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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1996
Nazim Safarali Nathoo, Houston, TX (US);
Thomas Fairchild Brownscombe, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald Marshall Bass, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process is provided for curing a high internal phase emulsion to form a porous crosslinked polymeric material is provided, comprising the steps of: forming a high internal phase emulsion having at least one curable phase; providing a continuous strip of a polymeric film wherein the polymeric film is incompatible with each of the phases of the emulsion; placing at least a portion of the emulsion continuously on the polymeric film; closing the polymeric film around the film; and curing the emulsion within the polymeric film. Apparatuses to perform this process are also disclosed.