Merrill A. Cook - Salt Lake City UT Robert B. Clay - Salt Lake City UT
International Classification:
C06B 2100
US Classification:
86 1R
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pump truck for handling aqueous slurry blasting agents. The truck is designed to mix and pump the slurry without the use of augers, electrical drives, hydraulic drives, ingredient flow drive motors or other such equipment, resulting in increased safety and improved function.
Gary L. Hansen - Salt Lake City UT Richard E. Trapp - Salt Lake City UT Robert B. Clay - Bountiful UT
International Classification:
C06B 2100
US Classification:
1491096
Abstract:
Process for the formulation of a multi-component explosive composition from non-detonable components comprising a defined body of unconsolidated particulate aluminum fuel granules and an oxidizing liquid. Specific particulate aluminum fuel has an average particle size within the range of about 1/64-1/4 inch and is packed within a container or other confining structure to provide an average bulk density within the range of 0. 2-1. 0 gm/cc. The aluminum fuel particles are generally wadded-up aluminum foil granules. The oxidizing liquid added to the body of aluminum fuel fills the void space between granules of aluminum entrapping some voids within the granules to provide an average bulk density of the mixture of oxidizing liquid and particulate aluminum within the of 1. 2-1. 7 gm/cc, creating an explosive, formulation which is detonable in a diameter of 4 inches at 20. degree. C. by a one pound pentolite booster and normally by a 1/2 pound pentolite booster.
Blasting Slurry Compositions Containing Calcium Nitrate And Method Of Preparation
Robert B. Clay - Bountiful UT Melvin A. Cook - Salt Lake City UT Lex L. Udy - Salt Lake City UT
Assignee:
Ireco Chemicals - Salt Lake City UT
International Classification:
C01B 104 C06B 1900
US Classification:
149 2
Abstract:
Slurry blasting compositions of low water content and high density, including substantial proportions of calcium nitrate as an oxidizer component, can be sensitized in various ways to produce economical explosive compositions. Sensitizers may include aluminum powder, granular explosives such as smokeless powder, TNT, etc. ; a particularly preferred sensitizer or fuel is ethylene glycol. Solid carbonaceous fuels and conventional thickeners may be added. The calcium nitrate may be produced directly from burned lime with nitric acid and/or other nitrates.
A pourable blasting agent of high water resistance, having controlled density and bulk blasting strength greater than that of conventional ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (ANFO) mixtures, comprises two main essential components, i. e. (1) 40 to 60% by weight of a dry or essentially dry, solid, particulate oxidizer salt, with or without added fuel oil for oxygen balance and (2) 60 to 40% of a water-in-oil emulsion containing oxidizer salt dissolved in water and combined with an oily vehicle held in stable emulsion condition with a small quantity of water-in-oil emulsifier, the emulsion also containing a density controlled sensitizer such as hollow glass beads, polystyrene beads, microballoons or equivalent. The first component is preferably a fertilizer grade prilled ammonium nitrate, with or without added oil; the second is of heavy oil or grease consistency having high resistance to the extraction of salt therefrom in water and being of substantially higher bulk density than the particulate material. The components are thoroughly mixed together to substantially eliminate voids between the solid granules.
A blasting composition of high solids content, usually of plastic solid consistency, is composed of 60 to 90 parts by weight of solid particulate oxidizer salt, which is mainly ammonium nitrate, preferably fertilizer grade prills, and 10 to 40% of liquid slurry partially filling the interstices and voids in and between the solid particles. The slurry is one that will not appreciably dissolve or soften the granules, hence it is preferably a substantially saturated and thickened solution, in non-aqueous solvent, of strong oxidizer salt, typically ammonium and/or calcium nitrate to which sodium nitrate may be added. The preferred solvent is a low molecular weight polar organic liquid, selected from the group consisting of methanol, ethylene glycol, formamide and ethanol. In some cases isopropanol or propylene glycol may be included. The slurry is of greater density than the bulk granular solids so that it will significantly increase the overall bulk density of the composition which should contain enough dispersed air to improve its sensitivity to detonation over that of a similar composition containing no air filled voids.
Merrill A. Cook - Salt Lake City UT Robert B. Clay - Salt Lake City UT
International Classification:
C06D 108
US Classification:
86 20C
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pump truck for handling aqueous slurry blasting agents. The truck is designed to mix and pump the slurry without the use of augers, electrical drives, hydraulic drives, ingredient flow drive motors or other such equipment, resulting in increased safety and improved function.
Phosphorescent Toy Gel Composition And Methods Of Manufacture
Gary L. Hansen - Salt Lake City UT Richard E. Trapp - Salt Lake City UT Robert B. Clay - Bountiful UT
Assignee:
Glow-Tec - Sandy UT
International Classification:
C09K 1102
US Classification:
25230136
Abstract:
The phosphorescent toy gel composition is produced by suspending phosphorescent particles in an aqueous solution, thickened with guar gum and crosslinked by a borate compound. The method for manufacturing the phosphorescent gel composition comprises, in one aspect, the steps of providing a water-based solution with a borate ion-containing compound dissolved in the water, providing guar gum and phosphorescent particles suspended and dispersed in propylene glycol, and mixing the water-based solution and the propylene glycol dispersion in a proportion to provide a phosphorescent gel composition.
Richard E. Trapp - Salt Lake City UT Gary L. Hansen - Salt Lake City UT Robert B. Clay - Bountiful UT Lawrence J. Dubetsky - Tamaqua PA Robert S. Olney - Bethlehem PA
Assignee:
Atlas Powder Company - Dallas TX
International Classification:
D03D 2300
US Classification:
1491096
Abstract:
A multicomponent explosive composition and its use as a blasting agent in ditching operations and the like. The explosive comprises a fuel component and an oxidizer compnent, both of which are retained in the liquid state over wide temperature ranges and are stable over long storage intervals. The fuel component comprises a suspension of a particulate metal fuel, specifically aluminum, in a carrier liquid formed of a mixture of a water-miscible polyhydric alcohol and a pyrrolidone solvent. The carrier liquid contains a thickening agent to provide thixotropic rheological properties such that the particulate metal fuel remains in suspension at rest, but with shear forces induced by pumping, the components become more fluid for mixing and pumping easily. The oxidizer component comprises an aqueous solution of an inorganic oxidizer salt. The oxidizer solution contains void-containing materials such as glass or saran microbubbles.
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Company / Classification
Phones & Addresses
Robert J. Clay Principal
Perfect Light Studios, Llp Business Services at Non-Commercial Site
1328 E 700 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Robert Clay manager
South Sky Productions LLC VIDEO PRODUCTION
Robert Clay
THE CINCINNATI JOHNSON GROUP LLC
Robert Lee Clay
MODERN VETERANS OF AMERICA
Robert Clay
CAMBRIAN ENERGY, LLC
Robert Clay
JACKSON AMVETS POST 84
Robert N. Clay Director
OLD FRANKFORT PIKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, INC
Robert B. Clay Incorporator
CLAY OIL COMPANY
Resumes
Scientist And Technical Manager At Sandia National Laboratories
Sandia National Laboratories since 1995
Technical Manager
Terascale LLC - California Jun 2000 - May 2005
VP and Chief Scientist
Exxon Research and Engineering - Florham Park, NJ 1980 - 1989
Engineer
Education:
Carnegie Mellon University 1989 - 1994
PhD, Chemical Engineering
University of Tennessee-Knoxville 1974 - 1980
BS, Chemical Engineering
Emerson Elementary School Elmhurst IL 1960-1965, Deerfield Grammar School Deerfield IL 1965-1967, Alan B. Shepard Middle School Deerfield IL 1967-1968, Horace Mann Middle School San Diego CA 1968-1970