IP Library Granted Patent US 7,182,282
Granted Patent B2
US 7,182,282 · App. 10/474,243 · Granted Feb 27, 2007

Fluid bed granulation apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,182,282
App. No.
10/474,243
Granted
Feb 27, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A nozzle for distributor devices of granule's growth liquid substance in fluid bed granulators, is distinguished by the fact that it comprises a first duct ( 2 ), with substantially rectilinear axis (A) and with a predetermined diameter, which duct has an end portion ( 3 ) including a supply opening ( 4 ) and made of at least two subsequent segments, a first cone-shaped segment ( 5 ) converging on the axis (A) and a further cone-shaped segment ( 7 ) diverging from the axis (A) and ending in the supply opening ( 4 ), a second duct ( 8 ) extending co-axially inside the first duct ( 2 ), with which it forms an annular space ( 9 ), the second duct ( 8 ) having a supply end ( 10 ) extended inside the first cone-shaped segment ( 5 ) of the first duct ( 2 ).

Claims (14)

1. A fluid bed granulation apparatus comprising:

a container, wherein a fluid bed of seeds and granules of the chosen substance to be granulated is obtained;

a device for feeding continuously said seeds in said fluid bed;

a fluidification and support system of the fluid bed; and

at least a distributor device for a flow of granules growth liquid substance,

wherein said distributor device comprises one or more supplying nozzles for said liquid substance comprising

a first duct, with substantially rectilinear axis and with a predetermined diameter,

wherein said duct has an end portion including a supply opening and made of at least two subsequent segments,

said two subsequent segments comprising a first cone-shaped segment converging on said axis and a second cone-shaped segment diverging from said axis and ending in said supply opening, and

a second duct extending co-axially inside said first duct, with which it forms an annular space, said second duct having a supply end extended and ending inside said first cone-shaped segment of said first duct.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said end portion further comprises a cylindrical segment arranged between said two cone-shaped segments.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said cone-shaped end portion comprises a cylindrical segment of said first duct has a conicity greater than the conicity of the further arranged between said two cone-shaped segments diverging from said axis.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein said supply opening of said second cone-shaped segment has a diameter smaller than the predetermined diameter of said first duct.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said second duct has a supply opening extended in predetermined spaced relationship from an end of said first cone-shaped segment of the first duct, so as to locally form a flow accelerating narrow neck inside said space.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 4, 2014
From: AMMONIA CASALE SA; UREA CASALE SA; METHANOL CASALE SA; CASALE CHEMICALS SA
To: CASALE SA
Reel/Frame 034533/0456 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2007
From: BEDETTI, GIANFRANCO
To: UREA CASALE S.A.
Reel/Frame 018766/0283 →