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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:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
May. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas A Vivian, Flint, MI (US);
Colleen O'Connor, Upton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Gage Products, Inc., Ferndale, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B / ; C04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106739 ; 106745 ; 106792 ; 106817 ; 4289033 ;
Abstract
Calcium carbonate sludge from sugar beet refining is recycled for use as a blast cleaning medium; and contaminate blast cleaning media is employed in the manufacture of cement. Also disclosed herein is the use of pumice as an additive to enhance the efficiency of blast cleaning media.