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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. 16, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip E Jones, Sandersville, GA (US);
Ralph E Turner, Jr, Tennille, GA (US);
Assignee:
E.C.C. America Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106487 ; 1063 / ; 501146 ; 501148 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for reducing the abrasiveness of calcined clay, e.g. kaolin clay. The method comprises contacting the clay prior to calcination with an aliphatic diol, preferably ethylene glycol, in an amount sufficient to reduce the abrasiveness of the calcined product.