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Asbestos-free drywall joint compound utilizing sepiolite clay as asbestos substitute

US4370167A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 15, 1982
Grant dateJan 25, 1983
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE04F21/1652
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Drywall joint compounds in which asbestos fiber has been omitted and the physical characteristics which have heretofore depended on the presence of asbestos fiber or on attapulgite clay have been obtained by the inclusion of finely powdered sepiolite clay.

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