Apparatus and method for treating materials with compositions
An apparatus and method for treating subject materials with compositions includes a material treatment section for treating a subject material with a composition of a silane-containing material and a hydrocarbon solvent to form a treated material, and a neutralizing section for neutralizing the treated material such that the treated material has a pH in a range of approximately 7 to approximately 8.
1 . An apparatus for treating subject materials with compositions comprising:
a material treatment section for treating a subject material with a composition comprising a silane-containing material and a hydrocarbon solvent to form a treated material; and
a neutralizing section for neutralizing the treated material such that the treated material has a pH in a range of approximately 7 to approximately 8.
2 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 including a removal section for removing at least one of moisture, hydrocarbon solvent, and byproduct of reaction from the treated material.
3 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 including a feeding section for feeding the subject material to the material treatment section.
4 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 including a drying section for removing moisture from the treated material after the neutralizing section.
5 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 including a collecting section for collecting the treated material from the removal section.
6 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 including a composition section for forming the composition.
7 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said material treatment section includes an applicator for applying the composition to the subject material.
8 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 7 wherein said applicator is a liquid applicator to apply a liquid composition to the subject material.
9 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 7 wherein said applicator is a vapor applicator to apply a vapor composition to the subject material.
10 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said neutralizing section includes a neutralizing chamber for applying a base-containing material to the treated material to neutralize the treated material.
11 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein said removal section includes at least one steam roller.
12 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 11 wherein said removal section includes a drying chamber and a source of heated dry air.
13 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 3 wherein said feeding section comprises a feeder to feed a roll of the subject material to said material treatment section.
14 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 4 wherein said drying section includes a drying chamber and at least one steam roller within said drying chamber.
15 . An apparatus as set forth in claim 5 wherein said collecting section includes a collector for collecting the treated material.
16 . A method for treating subject materials with compositions, said method comprising the steps of:
providing an apparatus having a material treatment section and a neutralizing section;
treating a subject material in the material treatment section with a composition comprising a silane-containing material and a hydrocarbon solvent and forming a treated material; and
neutralizing the treated material in the neutralizing section such that the treated material has a pH in a range of approximately 7 to approximately 8.
17 . A method as set forth in claim 16 including the step of removing at least one of moisture, hydrocarbon solvent, and byproduct of reaction from the treated material in a removal section of the apparatus.
18 . A method as set forth in claim 16 including the step of a providing a feeding section for the apparatus and feeding the subject material to the material treatment section.
19 . A method as set forth in claim 16 including the step of providing a collecting section for the apparatus and collecting the treated material.
20 . A method as set forth in claim 16 including the step of providing a drying section for the apparatus and drying the treated material.
21 . A method as set forth in claim 16 including the step of providing a composition section for the apparatus and forming the composition.
22 . A method as set forth in claim 16 including the step of applying the composition to the subject material with an applicator in the material treatment section.
23 . A method as set forth in claim 22 wherein said step of applying comprises applying a liquid composition to the subject material with a liquid applicator.
24 . A method as set forth in claim 22 wherein said step of applying comprises applying a vapor composition to the subject material with a vapor applicator.
25 . A method as set forth in claim 16 wherein said step of neutralizing includes applying steam to the treated material in a neutralizing chamber of the neutralizing section.
26 . A method as set forth in claim 16 wherein said step of neutralizing includes applying a base-containing material to the treated material in a neutralizing chamber of the neutralizing section to neutralize the treated material.
27 . A method as set forth in claim 18 wherein said feeding section comprises a feeder to feed a roll of the subject material to the material treatment section.
28 . A method as set forth in claim 19 including the step of collecting the treated material with a collector in the collecting section.
29 . A method as set forth in claim 16 including the step of removing excess hydrocarbon solvent for the treated material in a removal section of the apparatus.
30 . A method as set forth in claim 16 including the step of removing a byproduct of reaction for the treated material in a removal section of the apparatus.