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US2861038A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Dewatering cellulose ester composition

Assignee: Celanese Corp
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Filing: 1955-03-03
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Granted: 1958-11-18
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Expires: 1975-03-03
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Henry W Steinmann
  • 👤 Dunay Michael

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 07:52
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08B; C08B3/00; C08B3/22

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 89 words
IN A PROCESS WHEREIN A SOLUTION OF AN ORGANIC ACID ESTER OF CELLULOSE IN A WATER IMMISCIBLE SOLVENT COMPRISING METHYLENE CHLORIDE IS SUBJECTED TO A TWO-PHASE EXFRACTION WITH AN AQUEOUS MATERIAL AND WHEREIN THERE IS RECOVERED FROM SAID EXTRACTION AN EXTRACTED SOLUTION FREE FROM IMPURITIES BUT CONTAINING A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF WATER, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES DEWATERING SAID SOLUTION BY BRINGING IT INTO CONTACT WITH A SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE THROUGH WHICH WATER ALONE CAN PASS AND REMOVING FROM THE OTHER SURFACE OF SAID MEMBRANE THE WATER THAT HAS PASSED THERETHROUGH.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 89 words
IN A PROCESS WHEREIN A SOLUTION OF AN ORGANIC ACID ESTER OF CELLULOSE IN A WATER IMMISCIBLE SOLVENT COMPRISING METHYLENE CHLORIDE IS SUBJECTED TO A TWO-PHASE EXFRACTION WITH AN AQUEOUS MATERIAL AND WHEREIN THERE IS RECOVERED FROM SAID EXTRACTION AN EXTRACTED SOLUTION FREE FROM IMPURITIES BUT CONTAINING A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF WATER, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES DEWATERING SAID SOLUTION BY BRINGING IT INTO CONTACT WITH A SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE THROUGH WHICH WATER ALONE CAN PASS AND REMOVING FROM THE OTHER SURFACE OF SAID MEMBRANE THE WATER THAT HAS PASSED THERETHROUGH.

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