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Apparatus for making post-foaming gels and method

US4980085A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 3, 1989
Grant dateDec 25, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01F25/53
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for making post-foaming gels comprising, a piston chamber having an outer case defining a chamber, a piston being slidably received in the case and separating the chamber into a first compartment adjacent one end of the case for retaining a gel base, and a second compartment adjacent the other end of the case for retaining a compressed gas, with said piston having a hollow stem extending out of the other end of the case. The apparatus has a device for circulating the gel base through the stem and first compartment, and a device for introducing a foaming agent to the gel base while it is being circulated through the piston chamber.

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