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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:
Aug. 14, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruce E Banyai, Wilmington, DE (US);
Denis E LaSota, Wilmington, DE (US);
Dennis L Strunk, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
Aqualon Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L / ; C08L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
75321 ; 106194 ;
Abstract
A binder for agglomerating an ore in the presence of water, contains 10% to 90% of a water-soluble sodium carboxymethylhydroxyethylcellulose and 10% to 90% of sodium carbonate. A process comprises mixing a binder composition containing cellulose and sodium carbonate, water, and the ore, agglomerating the mixture into wet balls, drying the wet balls, and heating the resultant dry balls at a temperature of at least about 1204.degree. C. A preferred ore is taconite.