公开(公告)号：WO2020018828A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：PCT/US2019/042456

申请日：2019-07-18

Applicant: ALADDIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

Inventor： CLARK, Thomas R.

IPC: B29C48/05 ,  B29C48/29 ,  B29C48/17 ,  B29C48/36 ,  D01D1/06 ,  D01F1/04 ,  B29B7/88 ,  B29C45/18 ,  D01D5/28

Abstract: A method of introducing color to a polymer stream (510) during the manufacturing of bulked continuous carpet filament comprises: adding a colorant (204, 520) to a polymer stream (510) downstream of a primary extruder (202, 208); changing a color probe (1304) within a color injection port (1510) while maintaining the flow of the polymer stream (510) at a polymer stream (510) pressure; using one or more static mixing assemblies (208A, 208D, 208) for the polymer stream (510) to substantially uniformly mix the polymer stream (510) and its colorant (204, 520); and spinning the polymer stream (510) with its substantially uniformly mixed colorant (204, 520) into BCF using a spinning machine.

公开(公告)号：WO2020018829A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-23

申请号：PCT/US2019/042458

申请日：2019-07-18

Applicant: ALADDIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

Inventor： CLARK, Thomas R.

IPC: D01D1/06 ,  B29B7/32 ,  B29C48/36 ,  D01F6/92 ,  D02G3/44

Abstract: A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament from polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT) with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) comprises: (1) splitting the PTT stream extruded from the primary extruder into a number of polymer streams, each of the plurality of polymer streams having an associated spinning machine; (2) adding a colorant to each split polymer stream; (3) adding PET to the extruded polymer stream downstream of the primary extruder; (4) using one or more static mixing assemblies for each split polymer stream to substantially uniformly mix each split polymer stream and its respective colorant and PET; and (5) spinning each polymer stream with its substantially uniformly mixed colorant and any additives into BCF using the respective spinning machine.

公开(公告)号：WO2020247609A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-10

申请号：PCT/US2020/036094

申请日：2020-06-04

Applicant: ALADDIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

Inventor： CLARK, Thomas R.

IPC: D01D1/09 ,  B29C48/05 ,  B29C48/38 ,  B29C48/44 ,  D01D1/10 ,  D01F6/62

Abstract: A method of manufacturing bulked continuous carpet filament from recycled polymer. In various embodiments, the method includes: (1) reducing recycled polymer material into polymer flakes; (2) cleansing the polymer flakes; (3) melting the flakes into a polymer melt; (4) removing water and contaminants from the polymer melt by dividing the polymer melt into a plurality of polymer streams and exposing those streams to pressures below 5 millibars; (5) recombining the streams; and (6) using the resulting purified polymer to produce bulked continuous carpet filament.

公开(公告)号：WO2020113140A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：PCT/US2019/063806

申请日：2019-11-27

Applicant: ALADDIN MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

Inventor： CLARK, Thomas R.

IPC: B01F5/10 ,  B01F5/24 ,  B01F3/18 ,  B29B7/32 ,  B29B7/78

Abstract: A silo (100) for storing bulk material, comprising: a container (110) defining an inner space (114), at least one supply opening (120), an insert (130) having the shape of a capped cone, located in said inner space (114), the bottom rim (138) of the insert (130) being mechanically coupled to the inner surface of the container (110), the insert (130) having one or more openings (150), along its bottom rim (138) for allowing bulk material to pass from the upper inner space (142) to the lower inner space (144), a first group of discharge openings (122) near or at the lower side of the container (110) for discharging bulk material from the lower inner space (144), the top rim (134) is provided with a second group of discharge openings (133) comprising at least one discharge opening (133) for discharging bulk material from the upper inner space (142), a recirculation system (124) coupled to the discharge openings of one of the first and second group of discharge openings, and an extraction system (160) being coupled to the discharge openings of the other of the first and second group of discharge openings.