US 12,458,934 B2
High-capacity polymer system and method of preparing polymeric mixtures
Michael Snuffin, Berlin, NJ (US); Yong H. Kim, Tinley Park, IL (US); Eric A. Maier, Pitman, NJ (US); and Troy Litherland, Bourbonnais, IL (US)
Assigned to UGSI Chemical Feed, Inc., Poway, CA (US)
Filed by UGSI Chemical Feed, Inc., Poway, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/397,306.
Application 17/397,306 is a continuation of application No. 16/275,735, filed on Feb. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,097,231.
Application 16/275,735 is a continuation of application No. 15/923,603, filed on Mar. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,213,753, issued on Feb. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/472,221, filed on Mar. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0362103 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B01F 3/12 (2006.01); B01F 5/00 (2006.01); B01F 7/16 (2006.01); B01F 7/22 (2006.01); B01F 13/10 (2006.01); B01F 15/00 (2006.01); B01F 15/02 (2006.01); B01F 23/50 (2022.01); B01F 23/53 (2022.01); B01F 25/10 (2022.01); B01F 27/808 (2022.01); B01F 27/81 (2022.01); B01F 27/91 (2022.01); B01F 33/82 (2022.01); B01F 35/00 (2022.01); B01F 35/71 (2022.01); B01F 101/00 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 23/53 (2022.01) [B01F 23/54 (2022.01); B01F 23/59 (2022.01); B01F 25/102 (2022.01); B01F 27/808 (2022.01); B01F 27/811 (2022.01); B01F 27/91 (2022.01); B01F 33/8212 (2022.01); B01F 35/55 (2022.01); B01F 35/71731 (2022.01); B01F 2101/2805 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for preparing a polymeric mixture comprising:
a containment device configured to distribute dry polymeric materials;
a receiving chamber in fluid communication with the containment device;
a wetting bowl connected to the receiving chamber;
a dispersing channel in fluid communication with the wetting bowl; and
a mixing chamber connected to the dispersing channel, the mixing chamber comprising: a first end comprising an opening; a second end located opposite the first end; a mechanical mixing device positioned between the first end and the second end; and a discharge port formed through a body of the mixing chamber below the mechanical mixing device and which is connected to piping where a polymeric mixture formed with the mechanical mixing device exits the mixing chamber,
wherein the dispersing channel comprises a conduit with a first end in direct contact with the wetting bowl, a second end located opposite the first end and which is attached to the mixing chamber, and a body extending linearly from the first end to the second end, wherein a third portion of the wetting bowl extends into the dispersing channel to allow water flowing through the wetting bowl to spray out radially onto an interior wall of the dispersing channel, and
wherein the mixing chamber is positioned below the dispersing channel and the first end of the mixing chamber comprising the opening is attached to the second end of the dispersing channel in which the polymeric materials and water exiting the dispersing channel flow directly to the mechanical mixing device.