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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1985
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Papyrus Kopparfors AB, Molndal, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210680 ; 210693 ; 210924 ;
Abstract
A process is provided for the absorption of organic liquids, particularly oil, using hydrophobic fibrous material prepared by impregnating fibrous material comprising cellulose fibers with a liquid resinous material selected from the group consisting of acrylate prepolymers and polymers, alkyd prepolymers and polymers, and polyester prepolymers and polymers in an amount to provide in the impregnated fibrous material from about 0.5 to about 30% by weight polyacrylate, polyalkyd or polyester, and then heating the impregnated fibrous material to convert the polymer or prepolymer by chemical reaction into a hydrophobic polymer rendering the fibrous material hydrophobic.