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US 2004/0169299 A1Published application
Macrocapsules containing microencapsulated phase change materials
AssigneeMicrotek Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsDanny Allen Davis, Ronald Lee Hart, Dale Ellis Work, David Russell Virgallito
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for producing macrocapsules containing therein a plurality of microcapsules. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, the microcapsules contain a phase change material.
Claims14
A method for producing macrocapsules containing a plurality of microcapsules therein, said method comprising:
- a. providing a plurality of microcapsules;
- b. suspending said plurality of microcapsules in a gelling agent solution thereby forming a suspension of said microcapsules in said gelling agent solution;
- c. adding said suspension of microcapsules as discrete drops to a crosslinking solution thereby crosslinking said gelling agent coating and forming discrete macrocapsules wherein each macrocapsule contains a plurality of microcapsules;
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- d. drying said macrocapsules.
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