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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:
Jan. 24, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas M Tymon, Lancaster, PA (US);
Shelly S Niznik, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Lancaster, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ; C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2523 / ; 106 86 ; 106121 ; 106D / ; 264110 ;
Abstract
An aqueous suspension of sheet silicate and the method of making the same are disclosed. The suspension is produced by treating crystals of 2:1 layer sheet silicates with a solution containing a water soluble salt of a cation of a secondary, tertiary or quaternary alkyl ammonium compound and thereafter dispersing the vermiculite crystals.