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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:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Daniel P Montgomery, Mesquite, TX (US);
Assignee:
Fritz Industries, Inc, Mesquite, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ; B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106804 ; 106805 ; 106823 ; 106819 ; 106724 ; 106729 ; 106730 ; 1062059 ; 10619701 ; 417 53 ; 417 54 ; 417900 ; 524-2 ; 524650 ;
Abstract
A composition for and a method of promoting the flow of a concrete slurry through a pump and a conduit is provided. The composition is a dry particulate mixture comprised of a water soluble, inorganic material and a solvatable, organic polymer. The composition, when mixed with a suitable quantity of water, is useful in a method of priming a pump used to pump a concrete slurry. The composition, when mixed with a concrete slurry, is useful to improve the flow of the slurry through a conduit.