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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:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harald Artur Dietl, Burgkirchen, DE;
Achim Stankowiak, Altotting, DE;
Assignee:
Clariant GmbH, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252 70 ; 106 13 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a method of melting snow and ice on traffic areas, which comprises applying to the traffic areas covered with snow and ice a deicer in an amount of from 5 to 100 g/m.sup.2, which comprises from 30 to 70% by weight of sodium formate, from 30 to 70% by weight of sodium chloride and from 0.1 to 3% by weight of a corrosion inhibitor, and which is used in the form of solid particles having a diameter of from 0.3 to 10 mm or in aqueous solution with a content of from 5 to 25% by weight of the deicer.