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United States Patent: Contastin 145) July 1, 1975
United States Patent: Contastin 145) July 1, 1975
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Flled:
Nov. 29, 1972
Appl. No: 310,562
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References C'ted
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ABSTRACT
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?nal product.
In fact, the turbulence in the viscous mixture then
causes pressure fluctuations, at the inlet ori?ce for the
head.
injected directly into the mixing head.
The ducting or passage for the resultant current is
If the nature of this constituent permits, it is then pre
furnished with the necessary means, for example a tur 35 mixed into one of the viscous constituents. It is then
obtain a ?nal product having the desired quality, the 50 tioning low viscosity products.
It is an objective of the invention to provide a method
constituents must be directed towards the mixing head
and a device for injecting in rigorously controlled pro
in well-de?ned proportions; these proportions may be
portions a low viscosity constituent into at least one
achieved by means of volumetric piston pumps, operat
other constituent, it being also possible to vary the
ing at the same rhythm as the mixing head but with
their stroke adjustable according to the proportion de 55 composition discharged.
The invention can be applied equally well in installa
sired.
tions comprising piston pumps or in those comprising
In this case however, when the mixing head has to de
gear pumps and in general, it may be used in any device
liver successive portions of the mixture discontinu
for introducing and mixing a relatively small ?ow of a
ously, the volume of each portion is associated with the
low viscosity liquid into a mass of a high viscosity liq
volume of the pumps.
uid,
with turbulence through the introduction of a gas
Moreover, it is difficult to change the composition
The device according to the invention is character
the length of stroke of the pistons has to be changed,
thus necessitating a mechanical operation. There is 65 ized in that it comprises at least one liquid atomizer dis
posed in a feed duct for said gas flow, and connected
therefore, neither ?exibility in the adjustment of the
to a source which supplies the ?ow of low viscosity liq
volume, nor ?exibility in adjusting the composition of
successive portions.
uid.
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resin.
These constituents can be obtained commercially,
for the gas, do not come into contact with the mixture
head. The droplets in the gas are then well cooled at the
and viscosity throughout the whole reservoir. The res
instant at which they enter the mixture.
ervoirs 2 and 3 are connected to the mixing head I by
Other characteristics of the invention will become 45 ducts 7 and 8, passing respectively through 2 axial
apparent from the following description.
screw pumps 9 and 10, which serve to supply the liq
In the attached drawings, given solely by way of ex
uids to the mixing head.
ample:
These pumps are driven by a single motor 11 through
FIG. 1 shows the diagrammatic layout of an installa
a transmission mechanism 12, for example to the gear
tion for producing polyurethane foam;
or belt type.
FIG. 2 shows a vertical sectional view through a mix
The transmission ratio can be preadjusted, in order
to vary the proportion of isocyanate to polyol resin ac
ing head used in this installation;
FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the mixing
cording to the constituents utilized and the quantity of
ing head.
The invention will be described below in its applica
tion to the production of polyurethane, but it is of
course to be understood that it can be equally well ap
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foam to be produced.
For I00 parts of polyol resin, the transmission ratio
can be preadjusted in order to obtain for example from
30 to 120 parts of isocyanate for the viscosities men
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ing turbine 53, rotationally driven about a vertical axis
at a speed of approximately 3,600 r.p.m. by a motor 54.
The upper part 55 of the cylindrical duct 51, into which
injected by atomization.
The first reservoir contains water or a dye, while the
relay.
In one of its positions, this valve 63 connects the
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water per 100 parts of resin, all the parts being calcu
lated by weight.
FIG. 4 shows a sectional horizontal view through the
mixing head 1, at the level of the upper portion of the
resin, and the other with the isocyanate, into which the
which they are domed in either the one or the other di~
rection. In one of the positions, the needle 14a is 25 of approximately 6 atmospheres, this difference of
for the orifice 14b, while a pulse arriving through the 35 liquid from the reservoir through the ducts 7 and 16,
duct 74 causes these discs to jump into their opposite
and 8 and 17 respectively, and through the flap valves
opening position. The resin ?ow rate can be adjusted
18 and 19. in this waiting position, all the cutoff valves
by the position of an abutment or stop 75.
The isocyanate enters the head 1 through a device
identical with that which has just been described for the
are closed.
ori?ce 15b and the needle 15a constituting the valve 45 a mould passes to beneath the mixing head, the motor
15.
ture into the lower part of the duct. In this lower part
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the turbine 53 continues to mix the constituents and
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tion.
form of an aerosol.
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valve means,
agitators.
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