Patent ID: 7964128

Claim:
A process for continuously producing an elastomeric composition, comprising: metering at least one elastomer, at least one filler, and at least one minor ingredient; feeding the at least one elastomer, the at least one filler, and the at least one minor ingredient into at least one extruder; mixing and dispersing the at least one filler and the at least one minor ingredient into the at least one elastomer to form an elastomeric composition using the at least one extruder; obtaining a subdivided product in the form of discrete particles of the resulting elastomeric composition discharged from the at least one extruder; accumulating an amount of the discrete particles; stirring the accumulated amount of discrete particles in at least one stirring device while maintaining the discrete particles in subdivided form, and removing the stirred discrete particles from said at least one stirring device, wherein the stirred discrete particles remain in subdivided form during removal.