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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Aquasmart Enterprises, Llc, Lubbock, TX (US);
Inventor:
Tommy K. Thrash, Lubbock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Aquasmart Enterprises, LLC, Lubbock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 1/00 (2006.01); C09K 17/42 (2006.01); A01G 9/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K 17/42 (2013.01); A01G 9/1086 (2013.01); A01G 1/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
A material may include a substrate, such as sand, treated with a binder, for securing a layer of hydrating particles thereto. Typical binders may include lignicite, or other naturally occurring materials such as sugars, molasses, corn syrup, gelatin, water, a combination, or the like. Substrates may include natural organic materials or inorganic materials. Various materials can serve as a powdered, polymeric coating. Commonly called acrylamides or polyacrylamides by industrial suppliers, certain polymers have been found to serve well by being comminuted to powder and adhered to the substrate granules.