5181 results about "Mineral oil" patented technology

A nonwoven material coated with an amine-polyether silicone. The coating composition may include a wetting agent, an acid, and / or a defoamer. The nonwoven may be incorporated into a disposable absorbent article. The disposable absorbent article may include at least trace amounts of a mineral oil. The coating of the nonwoven may be durable even in the presence of mineral oil.

A vegetable oil hydroconversion process is described for hydroconverting a mixture between 1 to 75% in mass of oil or natural fat (1) and the rest mineral oil (2), hydroconverted in a reactor (205) under conditions of pressure, temperature, hydrogen (flow 119) and sulfide catalyst of Groups VIII and VIB, obtaining, after sour water separation (flow 111) and rectification (flow 112), a specified diesel product (4). The product (4) has an ITQ / DCN (cetane number) higher than a product obtained from a pure mineral based oil would have, lower density than from a base oil and a plugging point depending on the mineral oil flow, as well as greater oxidation stability than the base oil.

Mask seal having an embedded mounting member for engaging a mounting member on a mask shell to mount the seal and shell together. Headstrap retention bracket having an indentation for wedgedly engaging a mask shell cylinder to removably mount headstraps to the shell, the indentation circumscribed by an outward wall. Triangular mask seal of styrene-ethylene butylene-styrene copolymer modified with mineral oil.

A wet shaving system is disclosed including a blade member and a skin-engaging portion in proximity to said blade member, the skin-engaging portion comprising a solid polymeric shaving aid composite including an exposed portion containing a water-soluble shaving aid dispersed in a water-insoluble polymeric matrix, the water soluble shaving aid being coated with mineral oil.

The invention relates to uses of an alcohol-free cosmetic or pharmaceutical foam carrier comprising water, a hydrophobic solvent, a foam adjuvant agent, a surface-active agent and a water gelling agent as a flame retardant or flame resistant foam. The hydrophobic solvent is preferably mineral oil; medium chain triglycerides; isopropyl myristearate or octyl dodecanol, silicone oil or vegetable oil or mixtures thereof. The cosmetic or pharmaceutical foam carrier does not contain aliphatic alcohols, also making it non-irritating and non-drying. The alcohol-free foam carrier is suitable for inclusion of both water-soluble and oil-soluble pharmaceutical and cosmetic agents.

Lubricating oil compositions having excellent thermal and oxidative stability, wear control, copper corrosion control and compatibility with seal materials comprising a mineral oil having a) a Viscosity Index of greater than 110 and an aniline point of greater than 110 DEG C. and / or b) a linear+single ring paraffin content of greater than 68 wt %, and at least one polymer selected from olefin (co) polymer(s), polyalkyl (meth) acrylate(s) and mixtures thereof. The lubricating oil compositions are particularly useful as manual transmission and axle lubricants.

A process for in situ gasification of mineral oil in a subterranean formation comprises running a tool having a controllable thermal device therein from a surface production facility down to the subterranean formation, bringing said tool into operational proximity with the mineral oil in said subterranean formation, and activating the tool to operate the thermal device within a predetermined temperature range to generate gases or oily vapours from said mineral oil, which permits either an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method with reduced water contamination, or a gas production process (GPP) which is useful in reducing environmental risks normally associated with transport of crude oil.

The present invention provides for a novel oil-in-water (O / W) emulsion, with increased stability in the presence of bacterial or viral suspensions, especially those concentrated and non-purified or weakly purified. The emulsion of the present invention can act as vehicle for the delivery of a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one immunogen and, in particular, an immunogen selected from the group comprising an inactivated pathogen, an attenuated pathogen, a subunit, a recombinant expression vector, and a plasmid or combinations thereof. In one embodiment, the present invention provides for an injectable oil-in-water (O / W) emulsion comprising: (1) an aqueous solution containing an immunogen, said immunogen selected from the group comprising an inactivated Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterium, an inactivated porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2) virus or combinations thereof; (2) a mineral oil; (3) a non-ionic lipophilic surfactant; and (4) a non-ionic hydrophilic surfactant having a low HLB value which comprises ethoxylated fatty acid diesters of sorbitan (generally having HLB value between 11 and 13). In another preferred embodiment, the present invention provides for an injectable oil-in-water (O / W) emulsion comprising: (1) an aqueous solution containing an immunogen; (2) a non-ionic hydrophilic surfactant having a high hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) value greater than 13 and less than 40, in particular HLB≧13.5, and preferably HLB≧14; (3) a mineral oil; (4) a non-ionic lipophilic surfactant; and (5) a non-ionic hydrophilic surfactant having a low HLB value (HLB value of about 9 to about 13).

Podalic foot pads of various shapes and configurations which utilize a padding material that is primarily an A-B-A triblock copolymer and a plasticizer. A-B diblock copolymers may be compounded into the padding material. An anti-bleed agent is preferably employed. The plasticizer may be a resin, mineral oil or otherwise. A detackifier may be employed such as grape seed oil or another slip agent. Antioxidants, pigments and micropsheres may be added to the material. The material has good cushioning properties.

A method for electrospinning nanofibers having a core-sheath, tubular, or composite structure is disclosed. The process uses a spinneret having first and second capillaries that channel first and second fluids in the spinneret, the second capillary surrounding the first. A high voltage is applied between the spinneret and a spaced conductive collector. In one embodiment, the first fluid is a mineral oil and the second fluid is a polymeric solution that may include a polymer, a catalyst, a solvent, and a sol-gel precursor. The as-spun nanofiber includes an oil core and a composite sheath. The oil may be removed to produce a composite tubular fiber or the polymer and oil may be removed by calcination to produce a ceramic tubular fiber. In other embodiments, miscible fluids are used to produce porous nanofibers, selected additives functionalize the surfaces of the nanofibers and / or conjugated polymers are used.

An environmentally clean dual fuel for an internal combustion engine, comprising acetylene as a primary fuel and a combustible fuel, such as one or more fluids selected from an alcohol such as ethanol, methanol or any other alcohol or alcohols from the group comprising C1-C20 carbon chains, ethers such as from the group comprising dimethyl ether, diethyl ether, methyl t-butyl ether, ethyl t-butyl ether, t-amyl methyl ether, di-isopropyl ether and the like, low-molecular-weight esters such as from the group comprising methyl formate, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, methyl propionate, ethyl propionate and the like, or other suitable combustible fluid such as mineral spirits and the like, as a secondary fuel for operatively preventing early ignition and knock arising from the primary fuel. The dual fuel, internal combustion system, which generally utilizes a two-stage process for start-up and operation and can be operated with air- or liquid-cooling, is environmentally clean with hydrocarbon, CO, NOx, and SOx emissions substantially eliminated.

A method based on time-resolved, laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy for the characterization and fingerprinting of petroleum oils and other complex mixtures. The method depends on exciting the wavelength-resolved fluorescence spectra of samples using ultraviolet pulsed laser radiation, measuring them at specific time gates within the temporal response of the excitation laser pulse, and comparing them in terms of their shapes alone without taking into account their relative intensities. The method provides fingerprints of crude oils without resorting to any kind of approximation, for distinguishing between closely similar crude oils of the same grade, and is useful in remote and non-remote setups, along with applications in fingerprinting blended and non-blended crude oils using different ultraviolet excitation wavelengths. Applications include estimating °API gravity of crude oils and monitoring degradation of mineral oils.

A gelatinous elastomer comprising an A-B-A triblock copolymer and a plasticizer useful, for example, in casting fine-detail molds at a low processing temperature. The gelatinous elastomer comprises copolymer molecules having a molecular weights generally evenly distributed across a range of molecular weights rather than having a relatively narrow molecular weight distribution centered about a single molecular weight. The A-B-A triblock copolymer may include SEBS, SEEPS, or other triblock copolymers. The plasticizer may include mineral oil or other plasticizing fluids.

Shale reactivity is evaluated by testing a preserved test plug of shale sample in a triaxial test machine, the test plug being prepared by collecting a downhole shale sample and keeping it all times immersed in a preserving mineral oil so as to avoid dehydration, then applying radial and axial pressure on the test plug surrounded by mineral oil up to equilibration to overburden pressure, the test fluid being then contacted with the sample and the interaction of fluid and sample being evaluated by axial and radial deformations as measured by a triaxial detector apparatus sensitive to vertical and radial strains occurring across the shale sample, while the shale sample is subjected to any of a set of different conditions including a temperature or thermal potential, a hydraulic potential and / or a chemical potential. Only one fluid is tested on each sample. A sister test at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure is run in order to constitute a visual counterpart of what is occurring in the triaxial test machine.

The present invention relates to oil-in-water emulsions, their use as adjuvants, and pharmaceutical, immunologic, or vaccine compositions that may comprise the same. In one embodiment, the oil-in-water (O / W) emulsion may comprise an aqueous solution containing an immunogen, a mineral oil, a non-ionic lipophilic ethoxylated fatty alcohol and a non-ionic hydrophilic surfactant. In another embodiment, the oil-in-water (O / W) emulsion may comprise an aqueous solution containing an immunogen, a non-ionic lipophilic surfactant, a mineral oil and a non-ionic hydrophilic ethoxylated fatty alcohol. The present invention also encompasses a method of making a vaccine composition using the adjuvant of the instant invention, the vaccine composition so obtained and methods of use.

The invention relates to a soft hydrogel contact lens, especially a silicone hydrogel contact lens, which has a capability of delivering a hydrophobic comfort agent into the eye of a wearer. The hydrophobic comfort agent includes without limitation a monoglyceride, a diglyceride, a triglyceride, a glycolipid, a glyceroglycolipid, a sphingolipid, a sphingo-glycolipid, a phospholipid, a fatty acid, a fatty alcohol, a hydrocarbon having a C12-C28 chain in length, a mineral oil, a silicone oil, or a mixture thereof. It can be released from the soft hydrogel contact lens into the eye of a wearer when being worn so as to strengthen and stabilize the tear film lipid layer and alleviate the dryness of the eye.

A thermoplastic essentially oxygen-impermeable plasticized sealant is formed by melt-blending a hydrogenated styrene-conjugated diene-styrene (SMS) block copolymer rubber with a polystyrene-polyisobutylene-polystyrene (SIBS) block copolymer rubber and a polyolefin plastic with a liquid polyisobutylene (PIB) oil plasticizer provided the PIB oil is present (i) in the range from 5% to less than 50% by weight of the sealant and (ii) in relation to total rubber, in the range from 0.3 to 0.8. The required minor amount of PIB oil, relative to total rubber, in combination with SIBS present in a minor amount relative to the amount of plasticized sealant, provides the sealant with unexpectedly better oxygen barrier properties and load bearing at 82° C. (180 ° F.) than a comparable blend of SIBS with mineral oil; the sealant is also essentially free of tack, adhesive properties and oil-bleed, with essentially no detackifier present. The PIB-oil plasticized SIBS sealant has a haze of less than 15%; a composite made by melt-bonding a core layer between polyC2-C3olefin sheets, maintains a haze less than 14%. The plasticised sealant is particularly useful for sealing elements for containers in which foods, beverages and medical products must be preserved for a long period.

Methods for amplifying polynucleotides, e.g., by PCR, in a sample comprising polynucleotide targets present at very low concentration, comprising: (a) applying amplification reactants to the surface of a substrate comprising reaction spots, wherein the reactants comprise the sample and an amplification reagent; (b) forming a sealed reaction chamber, having a volume less than about 120 nanoliters, preferably less than about 20 nanoliters, over each of said reaction spots; and (c) thermal cycling the substrate and reactants. In one embodiment, the forming step comprises loading a sealing fluid, e.g., mineral oil, on the surface so as to cover the reaction spots. The present invention also provides microplates, comprising: (a) a substrate having at least about 10,000 reaction spots, each comprising a primer and a droplet of reagent having a volume less than about 120 nanoliters, preferably less then about 20 nanoliters; and (b) a sealing liquid isolating each of the spots.

Fluids viscosified with viscoelastic surfactants (VESs) may have their viscosities reduced (gels broken) by the direct or indirect action of a breaker composition that contains at least one mineral oil, at least one polyalphaolefin oil, and / or at least one saturated fatty acid. The breaker may initially be dispersed oil droplets in an internal, discontinuous phase of the fluid. In one non-limiting embodiment, the breaker, e.g. mineral oil is added to the fluid after it has been substantially gelled. The breaking composition is believed to act possibly by rearranging, disaggregating or otherwise attacking the micellar structure of the VES-gelled fluid in a non-spontaneous, rate controlled manner at elevated fluid temperatures. In a specific, non-limiting instance, a brine fluid gelled with an amine oxide surfactant can have its viscosity broken with a light, low viscosity paraffinic mineral oil.

An adhesive composition including an atactic polymer, an isotactic polymer, and an elastomeric base polymer. The composition may also include a high softening point tackifier resin, a low softening point additive and / or other additives, such as an antioxidizing agent, a plasticizer, mineral oil, color pigment, filler, polymer compatibilizer, or a combination of any of these additives. Facing layers, particularly stretchable and / or elastomeric substrates, can be bonded with the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition maintains high bond strength, even at body temperature and after initial stretching. Such adhesive compositions and laminates can be made according to a method of the invention.

The present invention provides novel insecticidal formulations comprising an effective concentration of: 1) at least one or more essential oils and an insecticidal soap; 2) at least one or more essential oils, an insecticidal soap, and pyrethrins; 3) at least one or more essential oils and pyrethrins; 4) at least one or more essential oils, an insecticidal soap and a synergist, such as sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium dodecyl sulfate or lecithin; 5) at least one or more essential oils, an insecticidal soap, a synergist, and pyrethrins; and 6) at least one or more essential oils, a synergist, and pyrethrins. A carrier oil, such as mineral oil, may be added to any of the foregoing formulations.

The present invention provides composite lithium-based lubricating grease and a preparation method thereof. The composite lithium-based lubricating grease consists of thickener, base oil and additive. The thickener consists of 12-hydroxy stearic acid lithium dibasic acid and / or lithium borate, and the mol ratio is 1 ®U 0.1 to 1 ®U 0.1to 1. The base oil is mineral oil or poly-alpha-olefin synthesis oil. The additive consists of organic amine compound antioxidant, benzotriazole and barium petroleum sulfonate or barium dinonylnaphthalene sulfonate anti-corrosion additive and rust protection agent, dialkyl dithiocarbamate or dibenzyl disulfide and sulfurized olefin cottonseed oil extreme pressure antiwear additive and nanometer copper powder repairing additive. The contents of the thickener and the base oil are respectively 6 percent to 18 percent and 82 percent to 94 percent according to the weight percentage. The lubricating grease has the multi-effect performances of high dripping point, good high-temperature performance and low-temperature performance, chemical invariability, colloid invariability, antiwear extreme pressure performance etc., and especially has the repairing function towards a damaged bearing.

This invention relates to a lubricating composition comprising at least about 30% by weight at least one mineral oil, having a kinematic viscosity of less than about 8 cSt at 100° C., (A) from about 15% to about 40% by weight of at least one polymer, and (B) up to about 30% by weight of at least one fluidizing agent, provided that when the fluidizing agent is a polyα-olefin having a kinematic viscosity from about 2 to about 30 cSt at 100° C., then the polyα-olefin is present in an amount up to about 12% by weight, wherein the lubricating composition has a shear loss of less than about 15% in the 20 hour taper bearing shear test. The invention also relates to concentrates used in preparing lubricating compositions. The present combination of components provides good low and high temperature properties especially when used in combination with one or more mineral oils. In one aspect, the compositions provide improved oxidation resistance.

The invention provides a mineral oil defoaming agent comprising mineral oil, a fatty acid metal soap, fatty acid amide, white carbon black, a defoaming auxiliary agent and an emulsifying agent. The invention has the technical scheme that the fatty acid metal soap, the fatty acid amide and the white carbon black are simultaneously selected as defoaming substances and a method mixing the defoaming substances into the mineral oil is changed, thus the stability and the foam removing and depressing properties of the mineral oil defoaming agent are improved. The mineral oil defoaming agent has better foam removing and depressing effects in the processes of papermaking black liquor, coating, sewage treatment, latex, cleaning, and the like.

A thermoplastic elastomer (“TPE”) which is oxygen-permeable is provided with excellent barrier properties against oxygen by melt-blending with a liquid polyisobutene oil plasticizer in an amount insufficient to render the plasticized elastomer tacky. If made tacky, enough detackifier is used to allow the product to be formed into a removable seal. The TPE may be a conventional thermoplastic vulcanizate or a block copolymer of a vinylaromatic compound, typically styrene, and a conjugated diene, typically butadiene or isoprene, or mixtures thereof; the block may be a diblock, triblock or higher block, but the preferred polyblock copolymer is a triblock with styrene end-blocks and a butadiene / isoprene mid-block. Preferably the diene mid-block is hydrogenated to provide a poly(lower)monoolefin mid-block. When the TPE is a TPV, some or all of the mineral oil used to make the TPV processable may also be substituted with the polyisobutene plasticizer. The elastomeric product is particularly useful for sealing elements for containers in which foods, beverages and medical products must be preserved for a long period.

The present invention relates to a multi-phase cosmetic composition for application to the body, which has a liquid and transparent appearance, becomes a homogeneous mixture after being stirred, the phases raps idly separating when at rest. The composition according to the present invention comprises at least one oily phase and at least one aqueous phase, further comprising a polyol, the oily phase comprising a mixture of at least one mineral oil and at least one vegetable oil, and the aqueous phase comprising a water-soluble salt.

The invention provides an integrated flow path chip device used for digital nucleic acid amplification. The device is composed of a vacuum system, a pipeline, a sucker, a sealing cover layer and a reaction layer, wherein two ends of the sealing cover layer are respectively provided with a sample inlet and a sample outlet; a path is formed between the sealing cover layer and the reaction layer; the reaction layer is provided with small reaction chambers; the sucker is arranged on the sample outlet; the vacuum system is connected with the sucker via a pipeline; and the sample inlet and the sample outlet are sealed by adhesive tape paper. According to the integrated flow path chip device, trace reaction samples can be distributed to thousands of small reaction chambers, and mineral oil is led in via a path in the sealing cover layer to separate thousands of small reaction chambers so as to realize the single molecule amplification and precisely quantify the nucleic acid molecules. The device is reasonable to design and is a minitype device used for digital nucleic acid amplification, which has low cost and is easy to operate.

An improved process of coating tacky or soft polymer pellets to maintain a free-flowing property, uses a liquid binder, in conjunction with an anti-tack or partitioning powder such as talc to prevent aggregation during storage. The binder is a non-volatile material such as an oil or plasticizer including triglycerides, mono- / di-glycerides, acetylated mono- / di-glycerides, fatty acids, epoxidized triglycerides, phthalates, benzoates, sebacates, lactates, citrates, mineral oils etc. Applications of this process include chewing gum bases, hot-melt adhesives, sealants, rubber masterbatches, powdered rubber, and other soft and tacky polymer materials.

A composition for treating a hard surface. The composition has: (a) at least one adhesion promoter; (b) at least one surfactant selected from the group consisting of: anionic, non-ionic, cationic, amphoteric, zwitterionic, and combinations thereof; (c) mineral oil; (d) water; (e) optionally, at least one solvent; and wherein the composition is self-adhering upon application to a surface to be treated, and wherein the composition provides a wet film to said surface when water passes over said composition and surface.

A method for electrospinning nanofibers having a core-sheath, tubular, or composite structure is disclosed. The process uses a spinneret having first and second capillaries that channel first and second fluids in the spinneret, the second capillary surrounding the first. A high voltage is applied between the spinneret and a spaced conductive collector. In one embodiment, the first fluid is a mineral oil and the second fluid is a polymeric solution that may include a polymer, a catalyst, a solvent, and a sol-gel precursor. The as-spun nanofiber includes an oil core and a composite sheath. The oil may be removed to produce a composite tubular fiber or the polymer and oil may be removed by calcination to produce a ceramic tubular fiber. In other embodiments, miscible fluids are used to produce porous nanofibers, selected additives functionalize the surfaces of the nanofibers and / or conjugated polymers are used.