Saturday, July 28, 2012

The Wykes-Quigley Patent (1993)

After  10 years of "silence" the patents on the Tencel process begin to emerge.  
  



United States Patent
5,354,371
Wykes ,   et al.October 11, 1994


Transport of solutions of cellulose through pipes



Abstract
A method for transporting a solution of cellulose in aqueous N-methylmorpholine N-oxide through a pipe, the temperature in degrees centigrade of said solution in the center of said pipe being controlled at 1000/(X+0.98 x.sqroot.D) and/or the temperature of said solution at the interior wall of said pipe being controlled at 1000/(Y+1.15 x.sqroot.D) where D represents the internal diameter of the pipe in inches, X represents a value equal to or greater than 5.0, and Y represents a value equal to or greater than 5.4.

Inventors:Wykes; Katharine A. (Wellesbourne, GB), Quigley; Michael C. (Meriden, GB)
Assignee:Courtaulds Fibres (Holdings) Limited (London, GB2
Appl. No.:08/069,184
Filed:May 28, 1993




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