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Patent No.:

US 12420453 B1

Date of Patent:

Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2023

Systems for manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament

Applicant:

Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, Calhoun, GA (US);

Inventor:

Thomas R. Clark, Hixson, TN (US);

Assignee:

Aladdin Manufacturing Corporation, Calhoun, GA (US);

Attorney:

Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Leo B Tentoni

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

B01F 27/1143 (2022.01); B01D 29/00 (2006.01); B01F 33/70 (2022.01); B01F 35/221 (2022.01); B01J 3/00 (2006.01); B01J 19/00 (2006.01); B29B 7/46 (2006.01); B29B 7/88 (2006.01); B29B 7/94 (2006.01); B29B 17/00 (2006.01); B29B 17/02 (2006.01); B29C 37/00 (2006.01); B29C 48/05 (2019.01); B29C 48/255 (2019.01); B29C 48/38 (2019.01); B29C 48/385 (2019.01); B29C 48/425 (2019.01); B29C 48/43 (2019.01); B29C 48/44 (2019.01); B29C 48/695 (2019.01); B29C 48/70 (2019.01); B29C 48/76 (2019.01); B29C 48/92 (2019.01); B29D 99/00 (2010.01); C08G 63/78 (2006.01); C08J 11/04 (2006.01); C08J 11/06 (2006.01); D01D 1/10 (2006.01); D01D 5/00 (2006.01); D01D 5/08 (2006.01); D01F 1/04 (2006.01); D01F 1/06 (2006.01); D01F 6/62 (2006.01); D02G 3/24 (2006.01); D02G 3/44 (2006.01); B29B 13/00 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29C 48/14 (2019.01); B29C 48/435 (2019.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/26 (2006.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

B29B 17/02 (2013.01); B01D 29/0095 (2013.01); B01F 35/2213 (2022.01); B01J 3/006 (2013.01); B29B 17/00 (2013.01); B29C 37/006 (2013.01); B29C 48/05 (2019.02); B29C 48/255 (2019.02); B29C 48/2552 (2019.02); B29C 48/38 (2019.02); B29C 48/385 (2019.02); B29C 48/425 (2019.02); B29C 48/43 (2019.02); B29C 48/44 (2019.02); B29C 48/70 (2019.02); B29C 48/767 (2019.02); B29C 48/92 (2019.02); B29D 99/0078 (2013.01); C08G 63/785 (2013.01); C08J 11/04 (2013.01); C08J 11/06 (2013.01); D01D 1/103 (2013.01); D01D 1/106 (2013.01); D01D 5/00 (2013.01); D01D 5/08 (2013.01); D01F 6/62 (2013.01); D02G 3/445 (2013.01); B29B 2013/002 (2013.01); B29B 2013/005 (2013.01); B29B 2017/0015 (2013.01); B29B 2017/0224 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0822 (2013.01); B29C 48/144 (2019.02); B29C 48/435 (2019.02); B29C 48/766 (2019.02); B29C 2948/922 (2019.02); B29C 2948/92361 (2019.02); B29C 2948/92514 (2019.02); B29C 2948/92876 (2019.02); B29K 2067/003 (2013.01); B29K 2105/0067 (2013.01); B29K 2105/26 (2013.01); C08J 2367/02 (2013.01); D10B 2503/04 (2013.01); Y02P 20/143 (2015.11); Y02W 30/62 (2015.05);

Abstract

Systems for manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament from polymer, where the systems are configured for: (1) passing polymer flakes through a crystalliers; (2) melting the polymer to create a first single stream of polymer melt; (3) separating the first single stream of polymer melt into multiple streams of polymer melt; (4) exposing the multiple streams of polymer melt to a pressure of between about 0 millibars and about 25 millibars in a chamber; (5) recombining the multiple streams of polymer melt into a second single stream of polymer melt; and (6) providing the second single stream of polymer melt to one or more spinning machines that are configured to form the second single stream of polymer melt into bulked continuous carpet filament.

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