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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:
Jul. 19, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter B Sudweeks, Orem, UT (US);
Assignee:
Ireco Incorporated, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
149-8 ; 1491096 ; 4284022 ; 42840222 ; 264-34 ; 264-35 ; 264-43 ; 264-433 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a waterproof, free-running blasting agent and method of manufacturing the same and, more particularly, to a blasting agent in the form of microcapsules (small spherical-shaped particles comprising fluid or hardened droplets surrounded by a hardened shell material). The microcapsules are waterproof and free-running and are generally of a size ranging from about 10 to about 1000 microns or larger in diameter.