Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Polymeric materials
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Application No.: US14980724Application Date: 2014-06-26
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Publication No.: US10947969B2Publication Date: 2021-03-16
- Inventor: Andrew Overend , Ian Campbell , Brian Jones
- Applicant: COLORMATRIX HOLDINGS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US DE Wilmington
- Assignee: COLORMATRIX HOLDINGS, INC.
- Current Assignee: COLORMATRIX HOLDINGS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US DE Wilmington
- Agency: Fay Sharpe LLP
- Priority: GB1311664 20130628,GB1311666 20130628
- International Application: PCT/GB2014/051956 WO 20140626
- International Announcement: WO2014/207472 WO 20141231
- Main IPC: B29B7/94
- IPC: B29B7/94 ; F04C2/10 ; F04C11/00 ; F04C2/18 ; F04C2/08 ; F04B23/12 ; F04C2/107

Abstract:
High pressure injection apparatus (2) for addition of a liquid formulation into a melt stream comprises a first pump which is arranged to accurately meter the liquid formulation (including highly loaded formulations comprising solids comprising particles of relatively large size) and a second pump which boosts the pressure of the formulation to that of the melt stream into which it is to be injected. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes a tank (4) for initially receiving liquid formulation. The tank is subjected to ambient temperature and pressure and need not be stirred or otherwise agitated. The tank is arranged to deliver the formulation via pipe (6) into a first pump (8) (which may be a diaphragm pump or a progressing cavity pump). The pump is arranged to work at a pressure up to 120 bar to boost pressure. Downstream of pump (8), a pipe (10) is arranged to deliver formulation from the pump (8) to a gear pump (12), driven by a motor (13). The gear pump acts to meter the liquid formulation. In an alternative embodiment, apparatus may include a progressing cavity pump to meter formulation and a gear pump to increase pressure. The apparatus may be used to inject a fluid formulation into a melted polymeric material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160290334A1 POLYMERIC MATERIALS Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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