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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2012
Peder Oscar Andersen, Oslo, NO;
Robert Kopesky, Camden, ME (US);
Christian Klein Larsen, Lillestrom, NO;
Olav Gaserod, Steinberg, NO;
David Harvey, Warren, ME (US);
Sanhuang Tung, Thomaston, ME (US);
Peder Oscar Andersen, Oslo, NO;
Robert Kopesky, Camden, ME (US);
Christian Klein Larsen, Lillestrom, NO;
Olav Gaserod, Steinberg, NO;
David Harvey, Warren, ME (US);
Sanhuang Tung, Thomaston, ME (US);
FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for a continuous encapsulation process is provided. The apparatus is a vibrating tubing used alone, in series, or in combination with an encapsulation apparatus, which is used alone or in series. The vibrating tubing is a flat coil, a standing spiral, or a flume. The encapsulation apparatus includes a winding having coils disposed in an aqueous gelling solution. The winding is rotatable about its longitudinal center axis. The winding has adjacently spaced coils forming a plurality of chambers. Objects to be encapsulated are added to the apparatus such that when the winding is rotated, the chambers transport a volume of objects through the length winding in the aqueous gelling solution in a predetermined time.