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US3148041A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Recovery of chlorinated methanes

Assignee: PPG Industries Inc
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Filing: 1961-11-21
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Granted: 1964-09-08
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Expires: 1981-11-21
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Dehn Frederick Chris
  • 👤 Robert E Feathers

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-31 07:33
CPC Classifications
C; C07; C07C; C07C19/00; C07C19/01; C07C19/03; C07C19/041; C07C17/00; C07C17/38

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 104 words
A METHOD OF RECOVERING CHLOROFORM, CARBON TETRACHLORIDE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE AND METHYL CHLORIDE PRESENT AS A GASEOUS MIXTURE PRODUCED BY THE CATALYTIC REACTION OF METHANE, AN OXYGEN CONTAINING GAS AND A CHLORINATING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HCL, CL2 AND MIXTURES OF HCL AND CL2 AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE, SAID MIXTURE CONTAINING BELOW 25 PERCENT CHLORINATED METHANES BY VOLUME, COMPRISING SCRUBBING SAID G ASEOUS MIXTURE WITH AN AQUEOUS ALKALINE SOLUTION AND CONTACTING THE GASEOUS MIXTURE SO SCRUBBED WITH A LIQUID HALOBENZENE THEREBY SELECTIVELY ABSORBING THE CHLORINATED METHANE CONTENT OF SAID MIXTURE IN SAID LIQUID HALOBENZENE AND RECOVERING THE CHLORINATED METHANES FROM SAID LIQUID HALOBENZENE.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 104 words
A METHOD OF RECOVERING CHLOROFORM, CARBON TETRACHLORIDE, METHYLENE CHLORIDE AND METHYL CHLORIDE PRESENT AS A GASEOUS MIXTURE PRODUCED BY THE CATALYTIC REACTION OF METHANE, AN OXYGEN CONTAINING GAS AND A CHLORINATING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HCL, CL2 AND MIXTURES OF HCL AND CL2 AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE, SAID MIXTURE CONTAINING BELOW 25 PERCENT CHLORINATED METHANES BY VOLUME, COMPRISING SCRUBBING SAID G ASEOUS MIXTURE WITH AN AQUEOUS ALKALINE SOLUTION AND CONTACTING THE GASEOUS MIXTURE SO SCRUBBED WITH A LIQUID HALOBENZENE THEREBY SELECTIVELY ABSORBING THE CHLORINATED METHANE CONTENT OF SAID MIXTURE IN SAID LIQUID HALOBENZENE AND RECOVERING THE CHLORINATED METHANES FROM SAID LIQUID HALOBENZENE.

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