Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Felsman, Bradly, Vaden, Gunter & Dillon, LLP
  • Method for blending rubber or plastics materials
    Patent number: 6228906
    Abstract: There are disclosed method and apparatus for blending rubber or plastics in a system with particulate filler material and liquid such as oils and plasticizers, characterized in that the particulate filler material is impregnated with the liquid by a liquid spray arrangement while the filler material is being conveyed, in a manner in which the particles are generally accessible, to a mixing chamber to which other components of the rubber or plastics system have already been added or will be added before mixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Loughborough University Innovations Limited
    Inventor: Philip Kenneth Freakley