Patent ID: 7806584
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: A01K,B01F,B01J,C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
1. A method of diffusing a first material within a second material, the method comprising: flowing the first material from a first inlet substantially without interruption into a first end of a channel formed between a first side of a first member and a first side of a second member; flowing the first material from the first end through the channel to an outlet proximate to a second end of the channel; while the first material is flowing through the channel, moving the second member with respect to the first member; while the second member is moving with respect to the first member, flowing the first material over surface disturbances comprising at least one of depressions or protrusions and a plurality of second inlets formed therein, formed in at least the one of the first side of the first member and the first side of the second member and thereby generating a plurality of vortexes in the first material, the surface disturbances comprising a plurality of second inlets formed therein, in the second member; introducing the second material proximate to the plurality of vortexes in the first material through the plurality of second inlets in the second member, the plurality of second inlets being arranged in a pattern including at least two rows of spaced second inlets and located between the first inlet and the outlet thereby causing the first material to flow past the plurality of second inlets, the plurality of vortexes diffusing the second material within the first material; and causing the first material with the second material diffused therein to exit the channel through the outlet.