Patent SG-11201808416Q-A (SG)
Title: Nozzle/header design for polystyrene
Inventor: TOMLINSON JOHN
IPC: B01J4/00
Filed: 2017-03-10
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization IIIMIOH01110101011111 HO 11111 01110101111111111111010111111111111111 0111111 International Bureau .. .... ..Yejd .... ...,,, (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/172327 Al 5 October 2017 (05.10.2017) WIP0 I P CT (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventors: TOMLINSON, John; 2122 Town Hill Dr., B29C 39/14 (2006.01) BOlD 3/06 (2006.01) Houston, TX 77062 (US). SOSA, Jose; 610 Kingston BOlD 1/04 (2006.01) BO1J 4/00 (2006.01) Court, Deer Park, TX 77536 (US). CORLETO, Carlos, BOlD 1/08 (2006.01) BO1J 19/24 (2006.01) R.; 10710 Clear Arbor Lane, Houston, TX 77034 (US). BOlD 1/30 (2006.01) B65D 25/40 (2006.01) KENNEDY, Roy; 18695 St. Andrews Court West, Prair- ieville, LA 70769 (US). (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/021875 (74) Agent: LOCKLAR, Michael; Adolph Locklar, 4615 SW Freeway, Suite 630, Houston, TX 77027 (US). (22) International Filing Date: 10 March 2017 (10.03.2017) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, (26) Publication Language: English BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, (30) Priority Data: HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, 15/085,464 30 March 2016 (30.03.2016) US KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, (71) Applicant: FINA TECHNOLOGY, INC. [US/US]; P.O. MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, Box 674412, Houston, TX 77267-4412 (US). NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, = [Continued on next page] (54) Title: NOZZLE/HEADER DESIGN FOR POLYSTYRENE = (57) : A vessel header includes lateral flow tubes = 107 108 arranged in a parallel configuration. The lateral flow tubes = enter the vessel header through alternating vessel header penetrations with a single vessel header penetration per lat- eral flow tube. Each lateral flow tube has a perforated sec- tion the header having within vessel a non-circular cross- _ = = 111 = 109 = _ _ 130 = = 106 - A 4 0 $ **. =• e — 104• ' 4 r xc. - ( .4.11e4V. ,_..,,•,.. 105 103 102 *. t.. s •, • o A o „ 4 , - 110 o + 101 / • F _______ PATTERN CONTINUES 112 having section the shape of a circular sector, an elliptical sector, or an irregular quadrilateral. A method includes passing a molten polymer through the lateral flow tubes of the vessel header. The molten polymer exits the lateral flow tubes as strands through perforations in the lateral flow tubes within the vessel header. The method includes ob- taining devolatilized polymer. \ = Il 110 N 107 ei M 108 IN IN FIG. IA 1-1 IN 1-1 © ei O WO 2017/172327 All#1101M01101 DIVIIMME3111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, LT, SE, GA, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, Published: TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, with international search report (Art. 21(3))