Patents by Inventor Cristina ELIZETXEA EZEIZA

Cristina ELIZETXEA EZEIZA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10179429
    Abstract: A device for polymerizing lactams in molds includes a hopper for storing solid lactam and a lactam feeding component that includes a plasticizing screw so as the lactam to be melted and simultaneously taken in a dosed manner to a mixing chamber. The device further includes a first dosing component to feed a liquid initiator, and a second dosing component to feed a liquid activator. The mixing chamber is configured to receive in a dosed manner the lactam, the initiator, and the activator from the feeding and dosing components. The mixing chamber has three separate inlets to receive, separately, the lactam, the initiator, and the activator, to allow them to flow into the mixing chamber coming into contact with one another for the first time, at the moment immediately prior to entering into a mold located adjacent the chamber and arranged for the polymerization reaction to take place inside the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: FUNDACIÓN TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
    Inventors: Amaia De La Calle Lizarazu, Cristina Elizetxea Ezeiza, Sonia García Arrieta
  • Patent number: 9517443
    Abstract: A device for polymerizing lactams in molds, comprising: a reservoir for storing lactam, wherein said reservoir is kept at a temperature which varies in the range of 135-150° C. for melting the lactam and keeping it in melted state; lactam feeding means comprising dosing pipes for feeding the lactam from the reservoir, first dosing means for feeding an initiator; second dosing means for feeding an activator; a mixing head configured to receive the lactam, the initiator and the activator from respectively said lactam feeding means, said first dosing means and said second dosing means. The initiator and activator are liquid, and the cited reservoir and lactam feeding means are located within a heater configured to maintain the temperature of the lactam at a substantially constant value until it reaches the mixing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
    Inventors: Sonia Garcia Arrieta, Unai Morales Diez, Cristina Elizetxea Ezeiza, M Amaia De La Calle Lizarazu, Jose Ignacio Hernandez Vicente, Pablo Casado Francisco, Mikel Liceaga Ontoria
  • Publication number: 20160303780
    Abstract: A device for polymerizing lactams in molds includes a hopper for storing solid lactam and a lactam feeding component that includes a plasticizing screw so as the lactam to be melted and simultaneously taken in a dosed manner to a mixing chamber. The device further includes a first dosing component to feed a liquid initiator, and a second dosing component to feed a liquid activator. The mixing chamber is configured to receive in a dosed manner the lactam, the initiator, and the activator from the feeding and dosing components. The mixing chamber has three separate inlets to receive, separately, the lactam, the initiator, and the activator, to allow them to flow into the mixing chamber coming into contact with one another for the first time, at the moment immediately prior to entering into a mold located adjacent the chamber and arranged for the polymerization reaction to take place inside the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Amaia DE LA CALLE LIZARAZU, Cristina ELIZETXEA EZEIZA, Sonia GARCÍA ARRIETA
  • Publication number: 20140178268
    Abstract: A device for polymerizing lactams in molds, comprising: a reservoir for storing lactam, wherein said reservoir is kept at a temperature which varies in the range of 135-150° C. for melting the lactam and keeping it in melted state; lactam feeding means comprising dosing pipes for feeding the lactam from the reservoir, first dosing means for feeding an initiator; second dosing means for feeding an activator; a mixing head configured to receive the lactam, the initiator and the activator from respectively said lactam feeding means, said first dosing means and said second dosing means. The initiator and activator are liquid, and the cited reservoir and lactam feeding means are located within a heater configured to maintain the temperature of the lactam at a substantially constant value until it reaches the mixing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Sonia GARCIA ARRIETA, Unai MORALES DIEZ, Cristina ELIZETXEA EZEIZA, M Amaia DE LA CALLE LIZARAZU, Jose Ignacio HERNANDEZ VICENTE, Pablo CASADO FRANCISCO, Mikel LICEAGA ONTORIA