US Patent Issued to NOVIS WORKS on May 20 for "Foundry mix including resorcinol" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,970, issued on May 20, was assigned to NOVIS WORKS LLC (Canton, Ohio).

"Foundry mix including resorcinol" was invented by James T. Schneider (Canton, Ohio) and Frances Trenta (Canton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foundry mix includes a major amount of a foundry aggregate and an effective binding amount of a binder system. The foundry binder system cures in the presence of sulfur dioxide and a free radical initiator. The binder system may include (1) 10 to 70 parts by weight of an epoxy novolac resin; (2) 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of resorcinol; (3) 20 to 70 parts by weight of a monomeric or polymeric acrylate; and (4) an eff...