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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. 20, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
C Arlyn Rice, Sandersville, GA (US);
Assignee:
ECC America Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106486 ; 1621818 ;
Abstract
A method for forming an aggregated kaolin clay pigment, comprising: preparing an aqueous 6-30% solids slurry of a fine particle size feed kaolin; intermixing with said slurry from about 10 to 20% of alum, by weight of the dry kaolin; adding to the mix of step (b) from about 15 to 30% of sodium silicate, by weight of the dry kaolin; mixing the reactants of step (c); and filtering and drying the slurry to recover aggregates of adherent platelets.