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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2020
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Apeldorn, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Michael Kempf, Neuss, DE;
Jeffrey P. Kalish, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 33/82 (2022.01); B01F 23/20 (2022.01); B01F 23/235 (2022.01); B01F 23/70 (2022.01); B01F 23/80 (2022.01); B01F 27/75 (2022.01); B01F 33/71 (2022.01); B01F 33/81 (2022.01); B01F 33/83 (2022.01); B01F 35/71 (2022.01); B01F 35/95 (2022.01); C08J 9/12 (2006.01); B01F 35/90 (2022.01); B01F 101/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/122 (2013.01); B01F 23/2351 (2022.01); B01F 23/291 (2022.01); B01F 23/703 (2022.01); B01F 23/802 (2022.01); B01F 27/755 (2022.01); B01F 33/71 (2022.01); B01F 33/8212 (2022.01); B01F 35/7176 (2022.01); B01F 35/95 (2022.01); B01F 2035/98 (2022.01); B01F 2035/99 (2022.01); B01F 2101/2805 (2022.01); B01F 2215/0468 (2013.01); B01F 2215/0472 (2013.01); C08J 2201/03 (2013.01); C08J 2203/06 (2013.01); C08J 2323/12 (2013.01); C08J 2353/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an extrusion apparatus comprising: a) a planetary roller extruder; b) a melt pump arranged downstream of the extruder; c) optionally, a fluid feeding equipment; d) a static cooling mixer equipment arranged downstream of the melt pump; e) a foaming equipment arranged downstream of the static cooling mixer equipment. The present disclosure also relates to a process of manufacturing a foamed polymeric composition and uses thereof.