Patent ID: 9744690
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B29B,B29C

Claim:
1. A system for hydrocapsule encapsulation utilizing a nozzle assembly and metered pump, the system comprising: a nozzle assembly configured for hydrocapsule encapsulation and for input of a material to be encapsulated and input of a polymer or other material as a coating material; an ultraviolet exposure chamber system having a UV exposure chamber and column having a glass water jacket and configured to expose ultraviolet light to passing hydrocapsules; a sparging column, separate from the UV exposure chamber and column, disposed in a fluid path between a pressure control system having an inert gas supply source and an input water port of the nozzle assembly and configured to bubble an input inert gas and to provide an output of a sparged, deoxygenated water for input at the input water port of the nozzle assembly; and a metered pump system fluidly disposed in a fluid path between the output of sparged, deoxygenated water of the sparging column and the input water port of the nozzle assembly and configured to control a stroke length and a pulsation speed to attain constant shear with each pump of water, wherein a volume of water in each stroke is controlled, and wherein a speed of the stroke is controlled.