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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis C. Balduff, Whitehouse, OH (US);
Henry A. Schworm, Swanton, OH (US);
Assignee:
Phoenix Technologies, L.P., Bowling Green, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 6/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08G 6/302 ;
Abstract
A process for cooling post solid-stating reactor PET flakes comprises conveying PET flakes from a solid-stating reactor to a first separator in the presence of air and water at an elevated pressure, separating the steam from the partially cooled PET flakes, and conveying the partially cooled PET flakes from the first separator to a second separator in the presence of air at an elevated pressure.