Subsequent To Extruding Step Patents (Class 264/141)
  • Patent number: 12077258
    Abstract: A multifunctional ship for the collection and recycling of ocean debris and the system thereof may include a hull; a detection device provided on the hull to detect ocean debris floating on the sea or deposited on the seabed; a collection device installed on the hull to collect the ocean debris detected by the detection device; a sorting device installed on the hull to sort the ocean debris collected by the collection device; a compressing device installed on the hull to compress the sorted ocean debris to compress and remove moisture and reduce the volume; a waste plastic recycling device installed on the hull to produce recycled oil by thermally decomposing the waste plastic compressed in the compressing device; a storage tank installed at the bottom of the hull to store the recycled oil produced; and a purifier for purifying wastewater generated in the process of producing recycled oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: WASTE ENERGY SOLUTION CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sung Yong Na, Byoun Hyun Chu, Hong Kim, Jang Jin Bak
  • Patent number: 12052996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a method for processing dough, in particular a dough divider, with a pump device and an adjoining tube. There is at least one ventilation device arranged in a region between the pump device and the outlet opening of the tube and can introduce a gaseous medium between the tube inner wall and the outer skin of the dough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rudolf Hirsch, Daniel Teufel, Karlheinz Kaestle, Manfred Baechtle
  • Patent number: 11969929
    Abstract: Described herein is a multilayer microporous film or membrane that may exhibit improved properties, including improved dielectric break down and strength, compared to prior monolayer or tri-layer microporous membranes of the same thickness. The preferred multilayer microporous membrane comprises microlayers and one or more lamination interfaces or barriers. Also disclosed is a battery separator or battery comprising one or more of the multilayer microporous films or membranes. The inventive battery and battery separator is preferably safer and more robust than batteries and battery separators using prior monolayer and tri-layer microporous membranes. Also, described herein is a method for making the multilayer microporous separators, membranes or films described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Celgard, LLC
    Inventors: Kang Karen Xiao, Stefan Reinartz, Takahiko Kondo, Hisaki Ikebata, Eric J. Penegar, Robert Nark, Changqing Wang Adams, Masaaki Okada, Brian R. Stepp, Eric Robert White, Allen M. Donn, Katharine Chemelewski
  • Patent number: 11953397
    Abstract: An ink blend consisting of a polymer, a weakly cross-linking agent and a nanomaterial deposited to form a thin polymer-nanomaterial composite film with unique mechanical and electrical properties suitable for high performance strain sensing applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, SCHOLARS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF TRINITY COLLEGE OF DUBLIN;
    Inventors: Jonathan Coleman, Daniel O'Driscoll, Conor Boland, Sean McMahon
  • Patent number: 11839996
    Abstract: A method for processing a mixture of recycled polyester material and a polyester prepolymer from a polyester manufacturing process, wherein a recycled polyester material is mixed with a polyester prepolymer, from a polyester manufacturing process, and treated in a bulk thermal treatment reactor (7) with a process gas which flows in a counter-current or a cross-current flow direction to the flow direction of the mixture. In this process, the process gas, before entering a catalyst vessel (14), is passed through a protective bed (11) containing a solid adsorbent material that removes high-boiling organic substances or organic substances, with a high combustion temperature, from the process gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Polymetrix AG
    Inventors: Andreas Christel, Karl Schöpf
  • Patent number: 11833766
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing composite workpieces that include adding an expandable element to an internal volume of a constraining container proximate to a uncured composite workpiece supported on a rigid form, where the expandable element is configured to expand when a predetermined change is produced in an attribute of the expandable element; expanding the expandable element by producing the predetermined change in the attribute of the expandable element, so that an expansion of the expandable element applies pressure to the workpiece supported on the rigid form within the internal volume, and curing the composite workpiece while the resulting pressure is applied to the workpiece supported on the rigid form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jonathan A. Santiago, Xiaoxi Wang, Gary Ernest Georgeson
  • Patent number: 11767495
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solid granule for use as or in a cleaning agent includes providing an anionic surfactant component having at least one anionic sulfonate surfactant and at least one anionic fatty alcohol-based sulfate surfactant; providing a granule-forming agent; mixing the anionic surfactant component and the granule-forming agent into a solid mixture; receiving the solid mixture in a granulation device, the granulation device having a first roller cutter and a second roller cutter, the first roller cutter includes a plurality of first blades and a plurality of first grooves, the second roller cutter having a plurality of second blades and a plurality of second grooves; cutting the solid mixture into a rough granule by cooperating the first blades with the second blades; and polishing the rough granule into the solid granule by friction rubbing between the first grooves and the second grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: YFY CONSUMER PRODUCTS, CO.
    Inventors: Yi-Da Ho, Hsien-Ming Kwo, Hsing-Nan Chen
  • Patent number: 11643510
    Abstract: Provided is a method for dyeing a polymer material with an aqueous pigment composition containing at least one pigment dispersed therein, wherein the polymer material is a blend including a first polymer composition and a second polymer composition which is compatible with the first polymer composition, which second polymer composition includes a binding agent for the at least one pigment. The method includes the steps of heating the polymer material to an activation temperature below the softening temperature of the polymer material, contacting the polymer material with the aqueous pigment composition at a contact temperature for a period of time sufficient to form a pigmented polymer material, subjecting the pigmented polymer material to a fixation step to fixate the at least one pigment therein by cooling the pigmented polymer material to a fixation temperature which is lower than the temperature at which contacting of the polymer material with the aqueous pigment composition is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SMART COLORING GMBH
    Inventor: Hendré Vos
  • Patent number: 11518865
    Abstract: A method for reclaiming polyester can include: providing a feed of recycled polyester; providing a feed of polyester precursors; depolymerizing the recycled polyester to obtain depolymerized polyester monomers; polymerizing the depolymerized polyester monomers with the polyester precursors to form a reclaimed polyester; and providing the reclaimed polyester as output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: OCTAL SAOC FZC
    Inventors: Tarun Joshi, Muteeb Siddiqui, Klaus Haarmann, Jerry Bradnam, Sean Brown, Mohammed Razeem, William J. Barenberg, Nicholas P. Barakat
  • Patent number: 11369575
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical particles having an inner portion comprising an agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ? (PPAR?) and a biodegradable polymer; and an outer coating comprising an emulsifier which surrounds the inner portion, wherein the agonist may be a fibrate, and the particle contains at least about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % of the agonist, and wherein the particle has a sustained delayed release of the agonist in a range of at least about 1 to 12 months when in an aqueous solution or physiological environment. The pharmaceutical particles may be used, for example, to treat diseases and conditions such as ocular disorders which benefit from PPAR? agonism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, Virginia Commonwealth University, Intellectual Property Foundation
    Inventors: Jian-xing Ma, Fangfang Qiu, Qingguo Xu, Tuo Meng
  • Patent number: 10751682
    Abstract: The manufacturing method includes a granulation step. The granulation step is a step of forming a plurality of granules by performing extrusion granulation on a granulation material using a granulation machine. The granulation machine includes a die and a roller. A through hole that allows the granulation material to pass therethrough is formed in the die. The roller pushes the granulation material into the through hole while rolling on the surface of the die. In the granulation step, low-speed pushing in which the granulation material is pushed while the roller rolls at a first speed, and high-speed pushing in which the granulation material is pushed while the roller rolls at a second speed that is higher than the first speed are executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junji Yoshinaga
  • Patent number: 10525378
    Abstract: An at least two shaft reactor/mixer, in particular for process engineering treatment of highly viscose, elastic and/or solid containing reaction substance and mixture, in which at the housing inner wall inwardly directed static mixing elements are arranged, which interact with scrapers of the at least two shafts in such a way, that in the area of the spaces between the scrapers the static mixing elements and the housing inner wall sheer forces, in particular a flow disturbance, are generated in an enhanced manner. In addition, there is a system including an end cap for a one or multiple shaft reactor/mixer and a discharge screw connector block being connectable with the end cap in a detachable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: BUSS-SMS-CANZLER GMBH
    Inventors: Hans Peters, Steffen Mohr
  • Patent number: 10500593
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for an animal excrement treatment material includes: a granulating step; a sorting step at which granules are sorted by a sieve to form an animal excrement treatment material; and a quality control step that includes an extracting step at which a sample is extracted, a comparison data calculating step at which the surface area per unit weight of the sample is obtained, and a sieve replacement step at which the sieve is replaced on the basis of the comparison data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chiyo Takagi, Takeshi Ikegami
  • Patent number: 10207448
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the changing of material from a starting material to a subsequent material with an extrusion device (10) for the production of extrusion products (100) comprising the following steps: recognition of a change of material requirement, performance of at least one preparation step for the change of material, performance of the change of material after termination of at least one of the preparation steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Windmöller & Hölscher KG
    Inventors: Martin Backmann, Markus Bussmann, Ansgar Avermeyer, Tobias Kulgemeyer
  • Patent number: 10179185
    Abstract: A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles is provided, comprising a) a polymerization step in which an aqueous monomer solution comprising at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer M which bears acid groups and may have been at least partly neutralized and at least one crosslinker is polymerized to obtain an aqueous polymer gel; b) a pelletization step in which the aqueous polymer gel having a solids content of 35 to 70% by weight and a temperature of 75 to 125° C. is forced from a high-pressure zone through a die plate into a low-pressure zone and pellets are obtained, the pressure differential between the high-pressure zone and the low-pressure zone being 4 to less than 14 bar and the orifice ratio of the die plate being 30 to 80%; c) a drying step in which the pellets are dried to a moisture content of less than 10% by weight; d) a grinding step and a classifying step to obtain water-absorbing polymer particles; and e) surface crosslinking of the water-absorbing polymer particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Markus Braun, Monica Haag, Stephan Deuerlein, Volker Klock, Roland Krauss
  • Patent number: 9701796
    Abstract: Provided is a method of preparing a superabsorbent polymer. According to the method of preparing the superabsorbent polymer of the present invention, provided is a superabsorbent polymer having improved physical properties, in which the superabsorbent polymer has improved absorption rate and liquid permeability without reduction in centrifuge retention capacity or absorbency under load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwayoon Jung, Chang Sun Han, Chul Hee Ryu, Mi Young Kim, Tae Bin Ahn
  • Patent number: 9434869
    Abstract: A viscose fiber comprises a fiber body including a regenerated cellulosic material and a plurality of microcapsules dispersed in the regenerated cellulosic material. The regenerated cellulosic material is derived from an organic plant material and the plurality of microcapsules containing a phase change material has a transition temperature in the range of 0° C. to 100° C., the phase change material providing thermal regulation based on at least one of absorption and release of latent heat at the transition temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: OUTLAST TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Mark H. Hartmann, James B. Worley, Matthew North
  • Patent number: 9382356
    Abstract: A catalyst for olefin polymerization, comprising: (A-1) a bridged metallocene compound represented by the following Formula [1-1], and (b) at least one compound selected from: (b-1) an organoaluminum oxy compound, (b-2) a compound which forms an ion pair, and (b-3) an organoaluminum compound: wherein in Formula [1-1], R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R9, and R12 are each selected from a hydrogen, a hydrocarbon group and a silicon-containing group; the four groups of R6, R7, R10, and R11 are not hydrogen atoms, and are each selected from a hydrocarbon group or a silicon-containing group; R13 and R14 are each a hydrocarbon group or the like, excluding a hydrogen atom and a methyl group; M is Ti, Zr or the like; Y is carbon or the like; Q is a halogen or the like; and j is an integer from 1 to 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yasushi Tohi, Masahiko Okamoto, Ryoji Mori, Tatsuya Nakamura, Takashi Yukita, Takashi Nakagawa, Miyuki Konno, Yuichi Yamamura, Shiegenobu Ikenaga, Mayumi Hiwara, Naritoshi Hirota, Hiromasa Marubayashi, Kouji Nagahashi, Shiro Otsuzuki, Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Masashi Higuchi, Yasuo Ichiki, Takayuki Kajihara
  • Patent number: 9348250
    Abstract: A charging roller includes a conductive base material, a conductive adhesive layer that has a gel fraction equal to or greater than 50% on an outer circumferential surface of the base material, and a conductive elastic layer on the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takuro Hoshio
  • Patent number: 9283707
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a liquid-crystalline polyester resin composition, the method comprising providing a twin-screw extrusion granulator that comprises a cylinder provided with at least one supply port and two screws installed in the cylinder; supplying (A) a liquid-crystalline polyester and (B) a titanium oxide filler into the cylinder through one of the at least one supply port; and melt-kneading the components (A) and (B), wherein a cylinder setting temperature is set at a temperature of (Tm?10)° C. or lower wherein Tm is a fluidization temperature of the component (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Shintaro Saito, Sadanobu Iwase, Hiroshi Harada
  • Publication number: 20150148366
    Abstract: A neutral poly(ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate) copolymer is employed as a carrier in the manufacture of pharmaceutical formulations containing an active ingredient. The formulations are preferably made by melt extrusion, and can have rubbery characteristics and can exhibit tamper resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Geoffrey Gerard Hayes, Hassan Mohammad, Harjit Tamber, Malcolm Walden, Steve Whitelock, Helen Kathleen Danagher, Derek Allan Prater
  • Patent number: 9039948
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing and treating plastic pellets. According to said method, a melt of the plastic material is granulated to give pellets, the pellets are cooled in a cooling fluid, the pellets are separated from the cooling fluid and the pellets are crystallized. The device according to the invention is characterized by comprising a control unit which monitors the crystallization step and controls the method in such a manner that, in case of a disturbance of crystallization, the pellets are supplied to an intermediate storage alter separation of the pellets from the cooling fluid and, as soon as the disturbance is removed, the pellets temporarily stored in the intermediate storage are supplied to crystallization and are crystallized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignees: Rieter Automatik GMBH, Buhler Thermal Processes AG
    Inventors: Frank Glöckner, Fernando Eusebio, Brent Allen Culbert, Franziska Morganti
  • Patent number: 9034232
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a sheet for a solar cell encapsulant which has stability against yellowing after a crosslinking process and thus good appearance with improved productivity in the sheet manufacture process, specifically to a method for manufacturing a sheet for a solar cell encapsulant characterized by melt-mixing a resin composition with an organic peroxide, a co-crosslinking agent and a silane coupling agent at the degradation temperature of the organic peroxide or less, wherein the resin composition is obtained by melt-mixing EVA resin with an antioxidant, an UV absorber and a light stabilizer at 80-220° C., and forming a sheet from the obtained melt-mixed resin composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Whan Cho, Jae Hyuck Han, Goo Hyeong Lee, Kyung Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20150126428
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to visually contrasting aesthetic particles having increased water solubility, particularly useful for combination with granular laundry detergent composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: AMCOL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Lock, Michael Pickstock
  • Patent number: 9011741
    Abstract: In a process for producing a biopolymer nanoparticles, biopolymer feedstock and a plasticizer are fed to a feed zone of an extruder and the biopolymer feedstock is processed using shear forces. A crosslinking agent is added to the extruder downstream of the feed zone. The process has a production rate of at least 1.0 metric tons per hour. The feedstock and the plasticizer are preferably added separately to the feed zone. The extruder may have single flight elements in the feed zone. The temperatures in the intermediate section of the extruder are preferably kept above 100 C. The screw configuration may include two or more steam seal sections. Shear forces in a first section of the extruder may be greater than shear forces in an adjacent downstream section of the first section. In a post reaction section, water may be added to improve die performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: EcoSynthetix Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert H. Wildi, Edward Van Egdom, Steven Bloembergen
  • Publication number: 20150101152
    Abstract: Cable ties employing a composite of nylon and carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Yan Gao, Alan D. Neal
  • Publication number: 20150093531
    Abstract: A container for precision members is prepared from a polycarbonate resin, wherein a polycarbonate resin solution prepared by immersing the polycarbonate resin in water and leaving the solution has chloride ions (Cl?), fluoride ions (F?) and sulfate ions (SO42-) in a concentration of about 2 ppb or less, independently of each other, as detected by ion chromatography (IC). The container for precision members is capable of preserving and transporting the precision members predisposed to damage by minor amounts of impurities or contaminants without damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Jong Chan HUR, Jun Ho CHI, Woo Suk CHEI, Eun Byul LEE
  • Publication number: 20150091202
    Abstract: The invention relates to hot melt adhesives which are pressure sensitive adhesives whereby the adhesive is provided in a granulated form and is free-flowing and does not block during storage. Such pellets can be used as feed for automated feeder devices for the supply hot melt application systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Milan Burgsmueller, David Duckworth, Gerald Petry, Gunther Kratz, Eckhard Puerkner
  • Patent number: 8993050
    Abstract: Method of manufacturing granulates or continuous strips intended for feeding an extrusion machine, formed of a gel comprising at least, as majority elastomer, a styrene thermoplastic elastomer and more than 200 phr of an extender oil, each element of the granulate having a given surface area. The granulate element is sized so that the compactness, of a granulate element, is less than a value decreasing from 1500 m?1 to 375 m?1 and deposited on the surface of said granulates is an anti-tack agent having a value increasing from 2 cm3 to 8 cm3 per m2 of granulate surface area, when the mean size of the particles of said anti-tack agent increases from a value of 1 ?m to 100 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Michelin Recherche et Technique S.A., Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin
    Inventors: Vincent Abad, Jean-Marie Mus
  • Patent number: 8985987
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for producing thermoplastic resin pellets of uniform shape. The apparatus includes a batch-type polymerization vessel whose inner pressure can be controlled; a pelletizer for cutting a strand-form thermoplastic resin discharged from the polymerization vessel, thereby forming pellets; a pipe for transferring the pellets to a storage container by pneumatic transportation or suction transportation; a pressure differential measuring unit for determining variation in a pressure difference between the inlet and the outlet of the transfer pipe; and a pressure controlling unit for controlling the inner pressure of the batch-type polymerization vessel on the basis of the variation in the measured pressure difference; wherein the inner pressure of the batch-type polymerization vessel is controlled in relation to a pressure loss in the transfer pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Katsumi Shinohara, Tomomichi Kanda, Hideyuki Kurose, Minoru Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 8975361
    Abstract: The present invention relates to water and solvent-free polymers, in particular water and solvent-free synthetic rubber products like styrene butadiene rubber products and butadiene rubber products as well as a process for the production thereof. The invention further relates to a device suitable to accomplish said process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Wolfgang Krumbe, Rolf Feller, Paul Wagner, Hanns-Ingolf Paul, Martin Siebuerger, Heike Kloppenburg, Alicia Le-Sattler, John Lovegrove
  • Patent number: 8974710
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pellet mill (20) for preparing pellets from a pelletizable material supplied to the pellet mill (20), comprising a frame (22), a main axle (28) rotatably mounted in said frame (22) and having a first end (30) and an opposite second end (32), an annular die (42) being supported by said second end (32) and having an inner surface (44) for receiving a portion of said pelletizable material (106) supplied to said pellet mill (20), an outer surface (46), and a plurality of radial channels (48) extending from said inner surface (44) to said outer surface (46) for preparing pellets from said portion of said pelletizable material (106), a roller holder (54) supported by said frame (22), a number of roller axles (64), each of said number of roller axles being moveably mounted in said roller holder (54), said roller axles may move in said roller holder (54) in the event of an overload to prevent damage to the pellet mill, a number of rollers (80), each of said number of rollers being rot
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Andritz AG
    Inventors: Jesper Blok, Tomas Kiré Hørdum, Steen G. Lassen
  • Publication number: 20150064250
    Abstract: The invention provides a tamper-resistant dosage form including a therapeutic agent-substrate complex embedded in a thermo-formable matrix; such that the complex includes at least one therapeutic agent bound to at least one substrate to form the therapeutic agent-substrate complex. The at least one substrate is being selected from the group consisting of a polyelectrolyte, an organic counter-ion, a pharmacologically inert organic component of a prodrug, an inclusion compound and an inorganic adsorbent; and the thermo-formable matrix includes one or more thermoplastic polymers and optionally at least one pharmaceutical additive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: ExxPharma Therapeutics LLC
    Inventors: Isaac Ghebre-Sellassie, Hibreniguss Terefe
  • Patent number: 8961859
    Abstract: There are provided expandable polystyrene resin particles formed by granulating a polystyrene resin containing an expanding agent, wherein the weight-average molecular weight Mw of the polystyrene resin is in the range of 120,000 to 270,000, and the expanding agent contains, as an essential component, pentane at a proportion of 3 to 8 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the polystyrene resin, while the composition of the pentane is in the range of isopentane:normal pentane=10:90 to 80:20 by mass ratio. These expandable polystyrene resin particles can utilize a recycled raw material, and can produce a molded foam product having sufficient mechanical strength, while the expandable polystyrene resin particles have a long bead life and excellent low pressure moldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sekisui Plastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Chinomi, Hiroyuki Tarumoto, Yoshifumi Saitou
  • Patent number: 8940206
    Abstract: A process for the anti-sticking treatment of polymer pellets comprising: a) pelletizing the polymer in the presence of cooling water; b) drying the polymer pellets by means of a centrifugal drier, wherein in step b) an aqueous composition comprising an anti-sticking agents is metered inside said centrifugal drier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Basell Poliolefine Italia S.r.l.
    Inventors: Decio Malucelli, Marco Consalvi
  • Patent number: 8939750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for pelletizing at least one strand of material to be pelletized. Said device comprises a cutting device with two blades that can be displaced relative each other, at least one feed roller and at least one strand feeder for feeding the strand to the cutting device. An additional tab-shaped rectification guide is arranged downstream of the strand feeder in the region directly in front of the feed roller and next to the same, said guide being adjustable and movable in relation to the strand feeder. The rectification guide can be used to adjust the angle at which the strand is fed to the feed roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Automatik Plastics Machinery GmbH
    Inventors: Sven Fenchel, Jochen Scheurich
  • Publication number: 20150011336
    Abstract: A cured elastomer golf ball component is made by heating an elastomer compound containing an ethylenically unsaturated elastomer, an ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and first and second free radical initiators to a first crosslinking temperature T1 in a compression mold and partially crosslinking the elastomer, then heating to a second crosslinking temperature T2 and curing the elastomer component of the golf ball. Either: (i) the first initiator has a half-life of about 0.2-5 minutes at T1, the second initiator has a half-life of about 0.2-5 minutes at T2, and T2 is higher T1 by at least about 30° C.; or (ii) the second initiator's one-minute half-life temperature is at least about 30° C. higher than the first initiator's one-minute half-life temperature, T1 is within about 20° C. of the first initiator's one-minute half-life temperature, and T2 is within about 20° C. of the second initiator's one-minute half-life temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: John C. Chen
  • Publication number: 20150011525
    Abstract: A stable ternary solid dispersion composition with enhanced physical stability and/or bioavailability comprising: (a) about 1% wt. to about 50% wt. of one or more poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) which belongs to Biopharmaceutics Classification System (BCS) class II and/or IV; (b) about 11% wt. to about 50% wt. of at least one water-soluble polymer; and (c) about 20% wt. to about 99% wt. of crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone (crospovidone, a water-insoluble polymer). The solid dispersion is capable of inhibiting crystallization of API in solid state and/or aqueous gastrointestinal tract (GIT) medium. Also disclosed is a method of preparation of such solid dispersion composition by fusion or solvent or fusion-solvent method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: ISP Investments Inc.
    Inventors: Yunxia Bi, Mohammed Abdul Rahman, James David Lester
  • Publication number: 20150011664
    Abstract: An example starch-based material for forming a biodegradable component includes a mixture of a starch and an expansion additive. The starch has an amylose content of less than about 70% by weight. The expansion additive enhances the expansion and physical properties of the starch. A method of preparing a starch-based material is also disclosed and an alternate starch-based material for forming a biodegradable component is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventor: Joseph Wycech
  • Publication number: 20140367878
    Abstract: A batch mixer is equipped with a plunger for pushing material from the batch mixer. The batch mixer includes a mixer tank structured to accommodate material. The mixer further includes a mixer head comprising at least one blade structured to blend the material within the mixer tank. The mixer further includes a plunger mechanism structured to push the blended material directly from the mixer tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: Fares D. ALSEWAILEM
  • Publication number: 20140357807
    Abstract: Provided is technology that causes polybutylene terephthalate resin to react with a reactive compound and reduces the thermal decomposition of the polybutylene terephthalate resin, when performing reactive processing method using the polybutylene terephthalate resin. During production of polybutylene terephthalate resin pellets, the polybutylene terephthalate resin (A) and a reactive compound (B) that reacts with the polybutylene terephthalate resin (A) are reacted such that the difference between the intrinsic viscosity of a polybutylene terephthalate resin composition configuring the polybutylene terephthalate resin pellets and the intrinsic viscosity of a polybutylene terephthalate resin composition configuring a polybutylene terephthalate resin molded article is no more than 0.05 dL/g, and the amount of carboxylic group ends in the resin included in the polybutylene terephthalate resin pellets is adjusted so as to be no more than 25 meq/kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2012
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Inventors: Kunihiro Hirata, Kazuhito Suzuki, Takayuki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20140348936
    Abstract: Gastroretentive controlled release vehicles may, in some embodiments, (1) comprise a polymeric matrix and agents for the treatment, prevention, and/or mitigation of a disease and/or side effect thereof and (2) have both gastroretentive properties and controlled release properties. Preferrably, the polymeric matrix may comprise ethylene copolymers, ethyl celluloses, and/or thermoplastic polyurethanes that may optionally be partially crosslinked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Jose Reyes, Kenneth Anderson, Dale Zevotek, Nathan Reuter, J. Gregory Little, Jeffrey Haley, Vassilios Galiatsatos
  • Publication number: 20140342154
    Abstract: A pellet made from paper particulate extruded and cut into pellets, the pellet comprising an elongated form having opposite flattened surfaces separated by a pellet thickness. Also a process for producing paper particulate pellets comprising: extruding processed paper particulate into pellets having an elongated form; and flattening the extruded paper particulate such that the pellets have opposite flattened surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: FIBRECYCLE PTY LTD
    Inventor: Donald B. Webb
  • Publication number: 20140327171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing polyamide granules. This method comprises, in particular, steps of extruding the polymer, cooling and cutting the extruded material, and a step of cooling the granules. The method of the invention is simple and quick to implement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: RHODIA OPERATIONS
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Thierry, Phlippe Boulanger
  • Patent number: 8876511
    Abstract: A system for kneading and extruding a material includes a crusher for crushing the material into coarse particles, an extruder for conveying and extruding the material crushed by the crusher, a gear pump for receiving and discharging the material extruded from the extruder, and a kneading and extruding apparatus for kneading the material discharged from the gear pump and continuously extruding the kneaded material. Therefore, a material is accurately quantified and highly uniform, resulting in reduced product variations and ensured consistent quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Yamane, Hideo Funahashi, Koichi Miyake
  • Publication number: 20140312525
    Abstract: The present invention is to a composition made from a polyester produced by the acid or ester polyester process, a cobalt salt and a base, preferably an alkaline metal base. The composition can be made by blending a cobalt salt with a polyester which has been polymerized in the presence a alkaline metal ion derived from a basic alkaline metal compound, e.g. alkaline metal base or basic alkaline metal salt. The composition may optionally comprise an ionic compatibilizer, which may further be blended with a partially aromatic polyamide. This blend can be processed into a container having both active and passive oxygen barrier with an improved color and clarity than that achieved by cobalt alone. The use of the cobalt salt in combination with the base can also be used to improve the color of recycled polyester during processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin Rollick, Gianluca Ferrari
  • Patent number: 8852634
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a pharmaceutical tablet composition which comprises an active pharmaceutical ingredient of formula I wherein the definitions are described in claim 1, or pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof and a water soluble poloxamer in which the compound of formula I and the water soluble poloxamer are processed by hot melt extrusion, and then the hot melt extrudate is mixed with other ingredients to form a tablet, that is optionally coated with a composition comprising an immediate release film coating system and purified water. The invention also relates to such pharmaceutical compositions and hot melt extrudates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Hoffmann-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Hashim A. Ahmed, Susanne Page, Navnit Hargovindas Shah
  • Publication number: 20140265004
    Abstract: An example method of forming a biodegradable component includes extruding the biodegradable material through a die. The extruded biodegradable material is divided to form a plurality of biodegradable pellets. A binding agent is applied onto the biodegradable pellets. The plurality of biodegradable pellets with the binding agent are compressed in a mold to form a biodegradable component corresponding to the geometry of the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Joseph Wycech
  • Patent number: 8834760
    Abstract: Described herein are extrusion processes to produce hollow pellets. Also disclosed are pelletizer devices that can be used to produce the hollow pellets. The processes and devices make use of an extrusion die having a die orifice and an insert that is placed in the die orifice to produce the hollow pellets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Gala Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Wayne Martin, Roger Blake Wright
  • Patent number: 8808592
    Abstract: Described herein is a machine (1) for shredding portions (30) of bituminous material in the solid state into recyclable granules (31) of small dimensions comprising a shredding unit (5), which in turn comprises a perforated tubular body (6), and a pressing member (7) for pushing the portions (30) into the perforated tubular body (6) in such a way as to force the bituminous material by compression to come out through the holes of the perforated tubular body (6) so as to obtain a plurality of substantially filiform extruded portions (33) of the bituminous material, and a cutting member (8) for cutting the extruded portions (33) coming out of the holes of the perforated tubular body (6) in such a way as to obtain the granules (31) of small dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Euroline S.r.l.
    Inventors: Antonio Fornasier, Alessandro Pavan