Patent ID: 8900716
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: B05D,C23C,C25D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An anodized antimicrobial aluminum that resists the formation of microbes on the surface of the aluminum consisting of: aluminum in a continuous web or sheet form; an anodic layer positioned near a surface of the aluminum in the continuous web or sheet form; a heat sealed anodic layer positioned to lie near the anodic layer; such that pores of the anodic layer are substantially closed; organo-silane molecules bound to the surface of the heat sealed anodic layer wherein the organo-silane molecules are cross linked with adjacent organo-silane molecules to form an antimicrobial coating; and wherein the organo-silane molecules are 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride.