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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2008
Applicant:
Clayton Collins, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Clayton Collins, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Unimin Corporation, New Canaan, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08L 89/00 (2006.01); C08L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An improvement in a mixture for forming into a body that is to be fired into a 'whiteware ceramic product' wherein the mixture is a compound of clay and other minerals with a ferric oxide content of less than about 5.0% by weight of the dry mixture. The improvement includes adding to the mixture a binder in the form of a combination of protein and a vegetable flour with an equivalent gram strength of at least 30 grams and a protein content of 20-50% of the binder, where the binder is in the range of 0.05% to 0.50% by weight of the dry mixture.