| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 425006000 | MEANS MAKING PARTICULATE MATERIAL DIRECTLY FROM LIQUID OR MOLTEN MATERIAL | 34 |
| 20090269428 | UNDERWATER PELLETIZER - An underwater pelletizer for cutting extruded plastic into a flow of liquid is disclosed. The pelletizer includes a cutter hub ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20110293762 | Method For The Production Of Polyester Granulates From Highly Viscous Polyester Melts And Also Device For The Production Of The Polyester Granulates - The invention relates to a method and device for the direct production of polyester granulate from a highly viscous polyester melt with a polymerisation degree of 132 to 165, as well as the granulates formed thereform. In the method, the highly viscous polyester melt is subjected to a pre-drying and drying/degassing after a hot cutting method. Hot cutting is implemented at water temperatures of 70° C. to 95° C. and with a liquid to solid ratio of 8 to 12:1. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20100129479 | PELLETIZING DIE PLATE, PELLETIZING DIE ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A pelletizing die plate is useful with a main die body with passageways. The pelletizing die plate includes a die plate body, which is made of a hard composite material. The hard composite material contains a low thermal conductivity matrix of hard matrix particles and an infiltrant alloy bonded to the hard matrix particles to form the hard composite material. The hard matrix particles includes between greater than zero and up to about 20 weight percent titanium carbide particles and the balance cast tungsten carbide particles. The infiltrant alloy contains at least one or more of nickel and copper. The hard matrix particles are between about 50 weight percent and about 70 weight percent of the hard composite material and the infiltrant alloy are between about 30 weight percent and about 50 weight percent of the hard composite material. The hard composite material has a thermal conductivity less than or equal to about 25 Watt/m° K. The die plate body has bores in alignment with the passageways in the main die body thereby forming continuations of the passageways of the main die body. A method of making a pelletizing die assembly that has the steps of: providing a main die body wherein the main die body having a first end face and a second end face, and a plurality of passageways extending through said main die body between said first and second end faces; placing a first mass of hard matrix particles on the second end face of the main die body; placing a second mass of infiltrant alloy on the first mass of hard matrix particles; heating the first mass and the second mass whereby the infiltrant alloy infiltrates the first mass to form a hard composite material comprising a solid mass of the hard matrix particles bonded together by the infiltrant alloy; and forming bores in the hard composite material to form a top die plate wherein the bores are in alignment with the passageways in the main die body. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20090053343 | Kits and Methods for Assessing Leptin-Mediated Lipid Metabolism - The invention relates to kits and methods for assessing susceptibility of a human to abnormal lipid metabolism and disorders associated therewith, such as obesity and diabetes. The methods involve assessing occurrence in the human's genome of one or more polymorphisms (e.g., single nucleotide polymorphisms) that occur in one or more genes associated with leptin-mediated lipid metabolism and that are associated with a disorder in humans. Preferred assessment and scoring methods are disclosed, as are kits for performing the methods. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20100260876 | VIBRATING PRILLING BUCKET FOR GRANULATION OF A FLUID SUBSTANCE - A vibrating and rotating prilling bucket ( | 10-14-2010 |
| 20110212202 | Vibrating Prilling Bucket for Granulation of a Fluid Substance - A vibrating prilling bucket for granulation of a fluid substance, comprising a hub ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110014310 | Method and apparatus for forming nano-particles - Nano-scale particles of materials can be produced by vaporizing material and allowing the material to flow in a non-violently turbulent manner into thermal communication with a cooling fluid, thereby forming small particles of the material that can be in the nano-scale size range. A raw material feeder can be configured to feed raw material toward a heater which vaporizes the raw material. The feeder can include a metering device for controlling the flow of raw material toward the heater. A gas source can also be used to cause gas to flow through a portion of the raw material feeder along with the raw material. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20100040716 | Thermally insulated die plate assembly for underwater pelletizing and the like - An insulated die plate assembly for use in underwater pelletizing and other granulation processes includes a thin, continuous air chamber formed across the plate assembly generally parallel to the die face such that the heated upstream portion of the die plate assembly is thermally insulated from the downstream portion. The air chamber is atmospherically equilibrated by venting the air chamber to the atmosphere. The plurality of extrusion orifices, either individually or in groups, are formed in extrusion orifice extensions that extend through the insulation chamber so that the process melt to be granulated can pass therethrough. The orifice extensions and the components forming the air chamber around the orifice extensions are specially configured to channel heat along said extensions to maintain the process melt therein at a desired temperature, to help rigidify the die plate assembly and to better seal the air chamber. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20120009291 | DIE FOR UNDERWATER CUTTING TYPE PELLETIZER - A die for an underwater cutting type pelletizer, the die including a die orifice part in which a thermoplastic resin is inhibited from solidifying within the die orifices. The die can have a reduced difference in temperature between the die orifice part and an inner periphery-side fixing part for fixing the die orifice part to a mixer/extruder, and can thereby inhibit the generation of thermal stress. The die is characterized by being equipped with a heating jacket for heating the inner periphery-side fixing part, the heating jacket being disposed within the inner periphery-side fixing part along an inner annular passage formed within either the die orifice part or the inner periphery-side fixing part or both along the boundary between the die orifice part and the inner periphery-side fixing part. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20100233307 | RESIN GRANULATING APPARATUS - In a resin granulating apparatus of the present invention, a bracket extending in the outward radial direction over an outer peripheral surface of a sleeve is provided for the sleeve for rotatably supporting a cutter shaft of a cutter for shearing a material extruded from a die. Stopper means cooperating with the bracket to regulate movement of the sleeve toward the die and moving a regulation position in the axial direction is provided on the radially outer side over an outer diameter of the sleeve. With such a configuration, installation space is compactified so as to additionally provide the stopper means in the existing facilities, and a position of the cutter relative to a die surface is precisely adjusted so as to stably produce a pellet of a best shape. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100233308 | POLYMER MICROSPHERES/NANOSPHERES AND ENCAPSULATING THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS THEREIN - This invention is an improved process to formulate polymeric microspheres/nanospheres and encapsulate therapeutic proteins or other useful substances, and a polymer sphere apparatus. The invention is also methods of purifying protein-containing-polymeric-microspheres from unused polymer, and an apparatus therefore. | 09-16-2010 |
| 425007000 | By means applying fluid jet or blast to unconfined liquid material | 10 |
| 20130078324 | SPRAY DRIED HUMAN PLASMA - The technology relates to spray dried plasma and methods of making the same. The method includes providing plasma to a spray drying apparatus, spray drying the plasma, at the spray drying apparatus, to form physiologically active plasma powder, the spray drying apparatus configured utilizing one or more parameters, and storing the physiologically active plasma powder. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20110142975 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MOLTEN MATERIALS - Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein relate to nozzle assemblies for conveying molten material, the nozzle assemblies comprising a body, which may be formed from a material having a melting temperature greater than the melting temperature of the molten material to be conveyed, and having a molten material passageway extending therethrough. The molten material passageway comprises an interior surface and a protective layer is adjacent at least a portion of the interior surface of the passageway. The protective layer may comprise a material that is essentially non-reactive with the molten material to be conveyed. Further, the nozzle assemblies according to various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein may be heated, and may be self-inspecting. Methods and apparatus for conveying molten materials and/or atomizing molten materials using the nozzle assemblies disclosed herein are also provided. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110293763 | Manufacturing Device of Spherical Magnesium Fine Powder - A device for manufacturing finely powdered spherical magnesium includes a gas compressor that compresses argon gas, a gas heating unit that heats the compressed argon gas, and a tundish that receives molten magnesium. The device further includes a reactor having a nozzle injection unit that injects heated argon gas into the reactor, a recovery unit that recovers magnesium powder produced in the reactor, and a first gas cooler that cools the argon gas passing through the recovery unit. The device further includes a filtering unit that filters the cooled argon gas, a buffer tank that receives the filtered argon gas, and a compression blower that adiabatically compresses the argon gas. The device further includes a second gas cooler that cools the compressed argon gas, an adiabatic expansion duct that adiabatically expands the cooled argon gas, supplies the expanded argon gas to the reactor, and cools the magnesium powder. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20100034910 | Spray drying process control of drying kinetics - The present invention provides exemplary systems and methods for producing dry powder formulations. In one embodiment, a system ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20110171335 | ELECTROBLOWING WEB FORMATION PROCESS - An improved electroblowing process is provided for forming a fibrous web of nanofibers wherein polymer stream is issued from a spinning nozzle in a spinneret with the aid of a forwarding gas stream, passes an electrode and a resulting nanofiber web is collected on a collector. The process includes applying a high voltage to the electrode and grounding the spinneret such that an electric field is generated between the spinneret and the electrode of sufficient strength to impart an electrical charge on the polymer as it issues from the spinning nozzle. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20090317504 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NANOPARTICLES - The invention relates to a device and a method for producing nanoparticles, in which method starting materials for nanoparticles are mixed at least as liquid droplets and optionally also as gases and/or vapours with at least combustion gases in a premixing chamber and the mixture is separated for liquid drops larger than size d, whereafter the mixture is conducted to at least one burner, in which the combustion gases are ignited such that a heavily mixing flame is generated, in which the starting materials react and optional solvents evaporate and generate through nucleation and/or sintering and/or agglomeration particles having a diameter of 1 to 1000 micrometres. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20110256250 | Process for producing metallic ultrafine powder - A process for producing metallic ultra-fine powder, which can use a raw material which is spread over a wide range, and control freely the grain size of the metallic powder to be produced, at low cost and high safety. The process for producing the metallic ultra fine powder consists of using a burner and a furnace which can generate a high temperature reductive atmosphere, and an apparatus for separating gas which is generated in the furnace from powder to recover the powder. The burner has a function of blowing a powdery metallic compound as a raw material into a high temperature reductive flame. The raw material powder is efficiently heated in airflow of a high temperature reductive flame, thereby being reduced rapidly into metallic ultra-fine powder. At this time, the grain size of the metallic ultra-fine powder is controlled by adjusting the oxygen ratio (i.e. the ratio of amount of the burning-assist gas supplied to the burner to the amount of the burning-assist gas required for completely burning the fuel). | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110135775 | BURNER FOR PRODUCING INORGANIC SPHERICAL PARTICLES - A burner for production of inorganic spheroidized particles according to the present invention includes a first raw material supply path ( | 06-09-2011 |
| 20100272840 | FACILITY FOR THE FORMING OF FROZEN GRANULES FROM FOOD LIQUIDS - A facility that is especially suited for the freezing of juices and similar products, which includes a cooling tank that supplies the product by means of an impelling pump to a freezing chamber that receives a supply of a liquefied gas at a temperature of around −140° C., preferably nitrogen, and pressurized air through an electro-valve to transform the juice into micro-drops or pellets and to freeze the droplets or the pellets inside the freezing chamber, which then exit the chamber through one or more dispensing valves, said freezing not affecting the original characteristics of the juice, in terms of its vitamin, protein and enzyme content. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20120282361 | METHOD OF GRANULATION WITH A FLUIDIZED BED GRANULATOR - A granulator, having a granulation unit having a bottom floor with a perforated plate as its bottom part; an upper air-supplying pipe for supplying a fluidizing air to the bottom of the granulation unit; a lower air-supplying pipe; air-spouting pipes, each of which is branched from the lower air-supplying pipe, and has an opening in the bottom of the perforated plate, for jetting the air into the granulation unit; and spray nozzles for spraying a granulation raw material liquid, which each are provided in the center of an air outlet of the air-spouting pipe, or having: the bottom; the air-supplying pipe; and spray nozzles for spraying a granulation raw material liquid each of which are provided in an opening in the bottom of the perforated plate, and use a high-pressure atomizing air as an auxiliary gas, with the spray nozzles being provided in a triangular arrangement. | 11-08-2012 |
| 425008000 | By slinger or rotating liquid comminutor | 4 |
| 20080233224 | Device For Manufacturing a Granular Product By Extrusion and Cutting - The invention relates to a device for manufacturing a granular product by extrusion and cutting, comprising an extruder provided with at least one extrusion die exhibiting an extruder face in which extrusion orifices open, a rotationally driven cutting head comprising at least two cutter blades designed to move past the orifices, characterized in that the blades are at least of two types and are arranged in such a way as to project the said granular product, after cutting, in at least two different projection cones. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20090304834 | Metal powder with nano-composite structure and its production method using a self-assembling technique - Methods, apparatuses and systems for producing powder particles of extremely small, highly uniform spherical shape and high sphericity, composed of metal including single metals and alloys, including nanocomposite structures, using a self-assembling procedure. The invention further includes the produced spherical particles. The metal spherical particles are produced whereby molten metal, alloys or composites are directed onto a fast-rotating disk in an atmosphere containing one or more inert gases and small amounts of an oxidizing gas and the molten metal drops are dispersed as tiny droplets for a predetermined time using centrifugal force within a cooling-reaction gas, and then cooled rapidly to form solid spherical particles. The spherical particles comprise a crystalline, amorphous or porous composition, having a size of 1-300 μm±1% with a uniformity of size being ≦60-70% and a precise spherical shape of less than or equal to ±10%. | 12-10-2009 |
| 425009000 | Cotton candy maker | 2 |
| 20110104316 | Cotton candy machine - A cotton candy machine includes a housing and a stick grabbing device mounted in the housing. A stick rotating device is mounted in the housing and aside corresponds to the stick grabbing device. A feeding device is mounted in the housing and a sugar floss maker is horizontally mounted in the housing under the stick rotating device. The stick grabbing device provides stick one by one and conveys the stick to the stick rotating device. The stick rotating temporarily holds the stick, rotates the stick and makes the stick longitudinally insert into the sugar floss maker for coiling the sugar floss from the sugar floss maker after the feeding device providing sugar material into the sugar floss maker. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120121746 | Scraping unit of a machine for making cotton candy - A machine for making cotton candy includes a shell, a sugar-spinning unit and a scraping unit. The sugar-spinning unit includes a heater located in the shell for heating and melting sugar, a bowl located around the heater, a lid located on the bowl, and a primary motor for spinning the heater and the bowl to spin the molten sugar. The scraping unit includes a holder located in the shell, a stopper connected to the holder, a lever pivotally connected to the holder, a first scraper attached to the lever, a second scraper pivotally connected to the holder, a hook connected to the second scraper, a spring for connecting the lever to the second scraper, a difference motor, and a crank including an end connected to a mandrel of the difference motor and an opposite end connected to a pin movably inserted in a slot defined in the lever. | 05-17-2012 |
| 425010000 | And distinct means applying congealing fluid to formed particles | 9 |
| 20100040717 | SEAMLESS CAPSULE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - In a seamless capsule manufacturing apparatus that ejects a droplet ( | 02-18-2010 |
| 20110217403 | System for Hot Asphalt Cooling and Pelletization Process - Systems for pelletizing hot asphaltenes are provided. Asphaltenic hydrocarbons can be dispersed to provide two or more asphaltenic particles. The asphaltenic hydrocarbons can be at a temperature of from about 175° C. to about 430° C. The asphaltenic particles can be contacted with a film of cooling medium. The film can have a thickness of from about 1 mm to about 500 mm. At least a portion of the asphaltenic particles can be solidified by transferring heat from the asphaltenic particles to the cooling medium to provide solid asphaltenic particles. The solid asphaltenic particles can be separated from at least a portion of the cooling medium. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20100098796 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PELLETIZING SULFUR - Relatively uniform spherical shaped solid pellets (prills) may be created by passing molten sulfur through a nested strainer to remove particles that would otherwise become trapped in the system, a drip tray with a heating channel attached on its underside, an injection conduit for delivery of a cooled zone of water to create solid prills, and thereafter moving the prills through a stationary curved screen to remove most of the excess water and a vibrating screen. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20090274785 | METAL POWDER PRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METAL POWDER - A metal powder production apparatus is capable of efficiently producing fine metal powder with a uniform particle size. The metal powder produced by the apparatus has an increased quality. The apparatus (atomizer) makes use of an atomizing method to pulverize molten metal into metal powder. The apparatus includes a supply part (tundish) for supplying the molten metal, a nozzle provided below the supply part, a tubular member provided between the supply part and the nozzle. The tubular member is constructed to ensure that the molten metal ejected from an ejection port passes through a bore of the tubular member and then makes contact with a fluid jet. Further, the tubular member has a top end air-tightly connected to the supply part and a bottom end lying around the midway of a first flow path through which the molten metal passes. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20080292737 | Cemented Carbide with Ultra-Low Thermal Conductivity - A hard alloy material comprising tungsten carbide in an amount of less than 50 weight percent of the material, titanium carbide in an amount of at least about 30 weight percent, and a binder material of cobalt and nickel. In other aspects of the invention, molybdenum and/or chromium are included to further lower the thermal conductivity of the material. The thermal conductivity of the material of the invention is about 12 Watt/m° K or less. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090186112 | DEVICE FOR CONDITIONING A GLUE-BASED PRODUCT - The object of the invention is a device for conditioning a thermosetting product, especially a “non-tacky” thermosetting glue comprising an intake ( | 07-23-2009 |
| 20110212203 | SEAMLESS CAPSULE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A liquid coolant supply pipe ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120213876 | DEVICE FOR PRODUCING GRANULES MADE OF POLYMERIC MATERIALS - A device for producing granules has a water-cooled granulating mechanism for producing plastics material granules. A discharge line arranged downstream of the granulating mechanism discharges a starting mixture flow and a granule heat exchanger arranged downstream of the discharge line controls the temperature of the mixture containing the plastics material granules and cooling water using parallel fluid passages. The granule heat exchanger has an inlet and an outlet for a transmission heat exchanger medium. A drying mechanism arranged downstream of the granule heat exchanger dries the plastics material granules. The device also may have an energy recovery mechanism arranged downstream of the discharge line for recovering energy from a recovery cooling water flow, containing at least a part of the cooling water of the starting mixture flow. The device uses waste heat, transmitted to the cooling water to increase the performance of the device and improve the energy efficiency thereof. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20110311666 | SCREEN/TRAY METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WET SULPHUR PRILLER - Relatively uniform spherical shaped solid pellets (prills) may be created by passing molten sulfur through a nested strainer to remove particles that would otherwise become trapped in the system, a drip tray with a heating channel attached on its underside, an injection conduit for delivery of a cooled zone of water to create solid prills, and thereafter moving the prills through a stationary curved screen to remove most of the excess water and a vibrating screen. | 12-22-2011 |
