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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:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frank J Sutman, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Richard A Hobirk, Fernandina Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
BetzDearborn Inc., Trevose, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210734 ; 210728 ; 210781 ; 210783 ; 162-5 ;
Abstract
A method for dewatering deinking sludge utilizing a water soluble block copolymer having the structure: ##STR1## wherein E is a polymeric segment obtained from the polymerization of hydrophobic monomers, x when present is a nonionic monomer, y is a cationic monomer, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same or different and are H or a lower alkyl group from C.sub.1 to C.sub.3 and F is a salt of an ammonium cation. Preferably, the polymer contains from about 20 mole % to 35 mole % cationicity.