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US2848384A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Refining lubricating oils

Assignee: Sunoco Inc
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Filing: 1955-06-20
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Granted: 1958-08-19
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Expires: 1975-06-20
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Fear James Van Dyck

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 18:16
CPC Classifications
C; C10; C10G; C10G53/00; C10G53/02; C10G53/08; C10G2400/00; C10G2400/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 141 words
IN AN ADSORPTION PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF LOW V.I. AROMATIC CONSTITUENTS FROM MINERAL OILS OF LUBRICATING VISCOSITY CONTAINING A MINOR PROPORTION OF VERY STRONGLY ADSORBABLE COMPOUNDS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING A FIRST ADSORBENT MASS WITH A MINERAL OIL FEED STOCK OF LUBRICATING VISCOSITY COMPRISING AN AROMATIC FRACTION OF HIGH VISCOSITY AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, A SATURATE FRACTION OF LOWER VISCOSITY AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AND A MINOR PROPORTION OF GEL POSIONS, WHICH HAS BEEN HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE OF BETWEEN ABOUT 150*F. TO ABOUT 250*F. AND SUFFICIENT TO REDUCE THE VISCOSITY OF THE AROMATIC FRACTION TO AM POINT SUCH THAT IT PRESENTS NO SUBSTANTIAL RESISTANCE TO THE ENTRY OF THE GEL POISIONS INTO THE PORES OF THE ADSORBENT, WITHDRAWING A MINERAL OIL SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF GEL POISONS, PASSING SAID MINERAL OIL, AT A LOWER TEMPERATURE NOT IN EXCESS OF ABOUT 200*F.,
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 141 words
IN AN ADSORPTION PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF LOW V.I. AROMATIC CONSTITUENTS FROM MINERAL OILS OF LUBRICATING VISCOSITY CONTAINING A MINOR PROPORTION OF VERY STRONGLY ADSORBABLE COMPOUNDS, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES CONTACTING A FIRST ADSORBENT MASS WITH A MINERAL OIL FEED STOCK OF LUBRICATING VISCOSITY COMPRISING AN AROMATIC FRACTION OF HIGH VISCOSITY AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, A SATURATE FRACTION OF LOWER VISCOSITY AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AND A MINOR PROPORTION OF GEL POSIONS, WHICH HAS BEEN HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE OF BETWEEN ABOUT 150*F. TO ABOUT 250*F. AND SUFFICIENT TO REDUCE THE VISCOSITY OF THE AROMATIC FRACTION TO AM POINT SUCH THAT IT PRESENTS NO SUBSTANTIAL RESISTANCE TO THE ENTRY OF THE GEL POISIONS INTO THE PORES OF THE ADSORBENT, WITHDRAWING A MINERAL OIL SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF GEL POISONS, PASSING SAID MINERAL OIL, AT A LOWER TEMPERATURE NOT IN EXCESS OF ABOUT 200*F.,

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