Patents by Inventor Pedro Antonio Moreira Macovas Costa

Pedro Antonio Moreira Macovas Costa 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).

  • Publication number: 20080113059
    Abstract: The invention refers to a micro-extrusion line that comprises a single screw (2) micro-extruder (1), a die (7), a cooling bath (17) and a haul-off (19), which together enables the manufacture of extruded profiles from small amounts of raw material. The rotation of the micro-extruder screw, together with the high temperatures created by the heater bands, produces the conveying, melting, mixing and pumping of the material through the die. The extrudate is cooled down in a bath containing a cooling liquid and winded in a coil (19), which has a linear speed higher than that of the extrusion, thus enabling the control of the extrudate cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: UNIVERSIDADE DO MINHO
    Inventors: José António Colaco Gomes Covas, Pedro Antonio Moreira Macovas Costa