GYPSUM SOIL CONDITIONER

• US 20100216639A1
• Filed: 02/20/2009
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Stabilizer Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Stabilizer Solutions, Inc.
• Inventors: Hubbs, Jonathon W.
• Application Number:
  US12/390,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20100216639A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 504/188
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 17/40 containing mixtures of inorganic and organic compounds

Abstract

Soil conditioning products according to the invention preferably include gypsum and organic binder. One or more of an oil, a polymeric binder, a gel, fibers and wax could also be included. The invention further includes surface materials comprising a soil and a soil conditioning product according to the invention. Other materials may be added to any of these soil conditioning products or surface materials.

Claims

1. A soil conditioning product for mixing with a soil, the soil conditioning product comprising organic binder mixed with gypsum.

2. The soil conditioning product of claim 1 wherein the organic binder comprises dried and ground plantago.

3. The soil conditioning product of claim 2 wherein the organic binder comprises dried and ground plantago seed husk.

4. The soil conditioning product of claim 1 that comprises approximately equal parts by weight of organic binder and gypsum.

5. The soil conditioning product of claim 1 that comprises liquid gypsum.

6. The soil conditioning product of claim 4 that comprises liquid gypsum.

8. The soil conditioning product of claim 1 that includes liquid gypsum and further comprises wax, wherein the liquid gypsum and wax are in a ratio of about 1 fluid cup of liquid gypsum per 100 gallons of wax.

9. The soil conditioning product of claim 1 that includes a liquid gypsum and wax in a ratio of between 1 fluid cup of liquid gypsum to between 80-120 gallons of wax.

10. The soil conditioning product of claim 1 that further comprises one or more of an oil, a gel, a polymeric binder, fibers, and a wax.

14. The soil conditioning product of claim 6 that comprises between 20% to 80% by weight of organic binder.

15. The soil conditioning product of claim 6 that comprises between 40% to 60% by weight of organic binder.

16. The soil conditioning product of claim 1 that further comprises wax.

17. The soil conditioning product of claim 16 wherein the wax is soy wax.

18. The soil conditioning product of claim 16 wherein the wax is an emulsified wax.

19. The soil conditioning product of claim 1 that further comprises an oil.

20. The soil conditioning product of claim 19 wherein the oil is soy oil.

21. The soil conditioning product of claim 19 wherein the oil is paraffinic oil.

22. The soil conditioning product of claim 9 that further comprises a polymeric binder.

23. The soil conditioning product of claim 22 wherein the polymeric binder comprises amorphous olefin.

24. The soil conditioning product of claim 1 that further comprises wax and oil wherein the percentage by weight of wax to oil is between 10% and 90%.

25. The soil conditioning product of claim 1 that further comprises a gel.

26. The soil conditioning product of claim 25 wherein the gel comprises petroleum.

27. A surface material including the soil conditioning product of claim 1.

28. The surface material of claim 27, wherein the soil conditioning product is a mixture of gypsum and dried and ground organic binder.

29. The surface material of claim 27, wherein the soil conditioning comprises between about 5 to about 40 pounds of gypsum per ton of soil.

30. The surface material of claim 27, wherein the soil conditioning product includes a mixture of liquid gypsum and wax at a ratio of about 1 fluid cup of liquid gypsum per 100 gallons of wax, wherein the soil conditioning product includes between about 5 gallons and about 50 gallons of the liquid gypsum and wax mixture per ton of soil.

31. The surface material of claim 27 wherein the organic binder includes dried and ground plantago.

32. The surface material of claim 31 wherein the organic binder includes dried and ground plantago seed husk.

33. The surface material of claim 32 wherein the organic binder comprises 80% or more dried and ground plantago seed husk.

34. The surface material of claim 27 wherein the soil conditioning product comprises between 20% to 80% by weight of organic binder.

35. The surface material of claim 27 wherein the soil comprises one or more of the group consisting of sand, silt, crushed stone, clay and gravel.

36. The surface material of claim 35 wherein the crushed stone is decomposed granite.

37. The surface material of claim 35 wherein the soil conditioning product comprises a polymeric binder.

38. The surface material of claim 27 that comprises between 5 to 100 lbs. of soil conditioning product per ton of soil.

39. The surface material of claim 27 wherein the soil conditioning product further comprises one or more of an oil, a gel, a polymeric binder, fibers, and a wax.

40. The surface material of claim 27 that includes between 8 to 20 lbs. of soil conditioning product per ton of soil.

7. A soil conditioning product for mixing with a soil, the soil conditioning product comprising an organic binder and one or more of gypsum, vermiculite, and perlite.

11. The soil conditioning product of claim 7, wherein the organic binder includes dried and ground plantago.

12. The soil conditioning product of claim 11, wherein the organic binder includes dried and ground plantago seed husk.

13. The soil conditioning product of claim 12, wherein the organic binder comprises 80% or more by weight dried and ground plantago seed husk.