US 10,307,751 B2Granted

Apparatus and method for mixing and/or mulling a sample

AssigneeExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company

InventorsJean W. Beeckman, Natalie A. Fassbender, Theodore E. Datz, Chuansheng Bai, Adrienne J. Thornburg, Tilman W. Beutel

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Abstract

Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for mixing and/or mulling a sample, the apparatus comprising at least one container made of a flexible material and containing a sample, means for holding the container, and means for impacting the container, wherein the means for holding and the means for impacting are movable relative to each other, and wherein the means for holding, the means for impacting, and the container are arranged such that the means for impacting and the container can repeatedly collide, whereby an energy of collision can be imparted to the sample, thereby mixing and/or mulling the sample. Also disclosed is an assembly for performing high throughput experiments including the apparatus for mixing and/or mulling a sample and an extruder configured to receive a sample weighing less than 100 grams.

Claims13

Dependent claims

An apparatus for mixing and/or mulling a sample comprising:

at least one container made of a flexible material, the at least one container being suitable for containing a sample;
means for holding the at least one container;
and
means for impacting the at least one container,
wherein the means for holding and the means for impacting are movable relative to each other,
wherein the means for holding is arranged to rotate and the means for impacting is stationary, or wherein both the means for holding and the means for impacting are arranged to rotate,
wherein the means for holding, the means for impacting, and the at least one container are arranged such that, when the means for holding and the means for impacting are moving relative to each other, the means for impacting and the at least one container repeatedly collide, whereby an energy of collision is imparted to the sample contained in the at least one container, thereby mixing and/or mulling the sample.

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Facts

Application: 15/013,035Filed 2 Feb 2016 · us provisional application
Priority: 13 Feb 2015
Published: US 2018/0141033 A124 May 2018
Granted: 4 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

B01J 37/04
Processes, in general, for preparing catalysts; Processes, in general, for activation of catalysts: mixing
B01J 21/04
Boron or aluminium; Oxides or hydroxides thereof: alumina
B01J 35/40
Catalysts, in general, characterised by their form or physical properties: characterised by dimensions, e.g. grain size
B01J 35/61
Characterised by their surface properties or porosity: surface area

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Application62/115,901Us provisional application · filed 13 Feb 2015
US 2018/0141033 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 May 2018
US 10,307,751 B2This patent

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