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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Kevin Jude Taylor, Longview, TX (US);
Richard Joel Perritt, Longview, TX (US);
Kevin Jude Taylor, Longview, TX (US);
Richard Joel Perritt, Longview, TX (US);
Westlake Longview Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A streamer trap assembly for collecting streamers from a flow of polymer pellets includes a housing comprising an inlet, an outlet, and an opening bounded by a sealing surface; and a streamer trap positioned in the housing through the opening. The streamer trap comprises a screen sized to collect the streamers at the screen and to allow the polymer pellets to pass through the screen, a guide positioned to guide the flow of polymer pellets from the inlet to the screen and from the screen to the outlet, and a cover adapted to engage the sealing surface and cover the opening.