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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:
Apr. 24, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1989
Robert R Patzelt, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Robert J Meade, Naperville, IL (US);
Morris Mindick, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Nalco Chemical Company, Naperville, IL (US);
Abstract
In a method of recovering volatile organic paint carrier from paint spray booths and also collecting, detackifying, and dispersing paint solids obtained from paint overspray in said paint spray booths, which paint spray booths are of the type comprising a chamber, a duct system for passing air through said chamber, an exhaust system connected to said duct system, a sump containing a circulating hydrophilic liquid which is pumped onto a means for forming a liquid curtain of said hydrophilic liquid, said liquid curtain being contacted by oversprayed paint and volatile organic paint carrier; the improvement which comprises using as the hydrophilic liquid an improved oil-in-water emulsion maintained at a pH value ranging from 7.5-11.0, which emulsion consists essentially of the ingredients: