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US2580019A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Method for washing butyl reactors with isobutylene

Assignee: Standard Oil Development Co
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Filing: 1946-10-09
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Granted: 1951-12-25
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Expires: 1966-10-09
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Leslie R Gould
  • 👤 Wanless Graham George

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 01:27
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08F; C08F210/00; C08F210/04; C08F210/08; C08F210/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 132 words
IN A LOW TEMPERATURE POLYMERIZATION PROCESS IN WHICH ISOBUTYLENE AND A MULTI OLEFIN ARE MIXED, DILUTED, COOLED TO A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN -40* C. AND -164* C. AND POLYMERIZED BY A FRIDEL-CRAFTS CATALYST AT LOW TEMPERATURE TO YIELD A POLYMER SLURRY, A PORTION OF WHICH ADHERES TO THE INTERIOR OF THE REACTOR, THE STEPS IN COMBINATION OF DISPLACING THE COLD REACTION MIXTURE AT THE END OF THE POLYMERIZATION BY A STREAM CONSISTING OF LIQUID ISOBUTYLENE UNDER PRESSURE AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN -6* C. AND +30* C., CIRCULATING THE WARM ISOBUTYLENE RAPIDLY OVER THE ADHERENT POLYMER TO SOLVATE IT AND ERODE IT BY THE FLOWING STREAM, CARRYING OUT FROM THE REACTOR A STREAM OF WARM ISOBUTYLENE CONTAINING PROTIONS OF SUSPENDED SOLVATED POLYMER; AND THEREAFTER DISPLACING THE WARM ISOBUTYLENE FROM THE REACTOR BY SOLVENT NAPHTHA.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 132 words
IN A LOW TEMPERATURE POLYMERIZATION PROCESS IN WHICH ISOBUTYLENE AND A MULTI OLEFIN ARE MIXED, DILUTED, COOLED TO A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN -40* C. AND -164* C. AND POLYMERIZED BY A FRIDEL-CRAFTS CATALYST AT LOW TEMPERATURE TO YIELD A POLYMER SLURRY, A PORTION OF WHICH ADHERES TO THE INTERIOR OF THE REACTOR, THE STEPS IN COMBINATION OF DISPLACING THE COLD REACTION MIXTURE AT THE END OF THE POLYMERIZATION BY A STREAM CONSISTING OF LIQUID ISOBUTYLENE UNDER PRESSURE AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN -6* C. AND +30* C., CIRCULATING THE WARM ISOBUTYLENE RAPIDLY OVER THE ADHERENT POLYMER TO SOLVATE IT AND ERODE IT BY THE FLOWING STREAM, CARRYING OUT FROM THE REACTOR A STREAM OF WARM ISOBUTYLENE CONTAINING PROTIONS OF SUSPENDED SOLVATED POLYMER; AND THEREAFTER DISPLACING THE WARM ISOBUTYLENE FROM THE REACTOR BY SOLVENT NAPHTHA.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1954-12-24 1955-06-25 1955-12-25 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1958-12-24 1959-06-25 1959-12-25 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1962-12-24 1963-06-25 1963-12-25 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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