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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. 19, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip D Deck, Ardsley, PA (US);
Jose B Rivera, Philadelphia, PA (US);
William L Harpel, Langhorne, PA (US);
Assignee:
Betz Laboratories, Inc., Trevose, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C11D / ; C11D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252156 ; 25217422 ; 25217421 ; 252135 ; 252173 ; 252D / ;
Abstract
A cleaning and etching solution and method for metal surface is disclosed which is an alkaline formulation which includes a surfactant combination of a low foaming ethylene oxide - propylene oxide block copolymer surfactant and a defoaming reverse ethylene oxide - propylene oxide block copolymer. The preferred cleaner includes an alkali metal hydroxide, an alkali metal salt of gluconic acid and preferably an alkali tripolyphosphate and the surfactant combination.