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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Anthony Charles Neubauer, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Anthony Charles Neubauer, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Univation Technologies, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 7/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for melting polymer is provided. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus includes a housing, two or more rotatable members at least partially contained within the housing, where each rotatable member having a shaft coupled thereto. The apparatus also includes a motor having a drive shaft directly coupled to the shaft of the rotatable members such that the rotatable members rotate at a speed of the motor drive shaft. The rotatable members are preferably non-intermeshing and counter-rotating.