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US H442 HGranted
Composition and method for cleaning embedded soil from surfaces having low gloss coatings
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorKenneth G. Clark
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Abstract
A composition for cleaning embedded soil from surfaces coated with flat or ow-gloss coatings has elastomeric particles intermixed with a thixotropic solvent emulsion cleaner. The elastomeric particles provide an eraser-like action to adsorb deeply entrapped soil so that the cleaner can emulsify or dissolve the soil and wash it away.
Claims1
A composition for cleaning embedded soil from a surface having a flat or low-gloss coating, said composition consisting of:
- about 90% by weight of a non-abrasive thixotropic cleaning fluid;
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- about 10% by weight of 6 to 30 mil particles of an elastomeric material selected from the group consisting of acrylic elastomers, chlorinated polyethylene elastomers, nitrile elastomers, polybutadiene elastomers, polychloroprene elastomers, polyisobutylene elastomers, polysulfide elastomers, silicone elastomers, styrene-butadiene copolymers, styrene-isoprene elastomers, thermoplastic polyester elastomers, thermoplastic polyolefin elastomers, urethane elastomers, vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymers, and natural rubbers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.