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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. 12, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward D Magauran, Westhampton, NJ (US);
Charles A Cody, E. Windsor, NJ (US);
William W Reichert, Freehold, NJ (US);
Mauriello D Kieke, Englishtown, NJ (US);
Steven J Kemnetz, Trenton, NJ (US);
Araxi Chiavoni, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
NL Industries, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252 28 ; 2523152 ; 252-8511 ; 252-8515 ;
Abstract
A preactivated organophilic clay gellant that may be used to thicken organic compositions, especially, lubricating greases without the presence of a polar activator. The preactivated organophilic clay gellant may be prepared using certain process parameters namely shearing of the smectite-type clay prior to reaction with the organic cation, dilute reaction conditions and gentle drying of the organophilic clay or the preactivated organophilic clay gellant.