Method for preparing coated binder units
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorsJoão Miguel De Amorim Novais Da Costa Nóbrega, José António Colaço Gomes Covas, Chantal Soubigou, Eurico Filipe Dias Pessoa, Bruno Henrigue Rodrigues Barros, Catherine Rodrigues
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for preparing a plurality of coated binder units are disclosed. A coated binder is divided into a plurality of coated binder units by applying a pair of dividing elements to the coated binder and applying a welding element.
Claims9
A method for preparing a plurality of coated binder units wherein each of the coated binder units comprises a core of a binder coated with a layer of coating material, which method comprises the steps of:
- (a) providing a coated binder which comprises a core of a binder coated with a layer of coating material;
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- (b) dividing the coated binder into the plurality of coated binder units by
- (i) applying a pair of dividing elements to the coated binder,
- (ii) moving the pair of dividing elements from a closed configuration to an open configuration, thereby removing the binder from a region of the coated binder such that two layers of coating material are adjacent to one another;
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- (iii) applying a welding element to the region of the coated binder wherein the binder has been removed by the pair of dividing elements and the two layers of coating material are adjacent to one another, thereby welding and cutting the two layers of coating material.
An apparatus for preparing a plurality of coated binder units wherein each of the coated binder units comprises a core of a binder coated with a layer of coating material, comprising:
- a pair of dividing elements having a closed configuration and an open configuration, which may be applied to the coated binder and moved from the closed configuration to the open configuration, thereby removing the binder from a region of the coated binder such that two layers of coating material are adjacent to one another;
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- a welding element which may be applied to the region of the coated binder wherein the binder has been removed by the pair of dividing elements and the two layers of coating material are adjacent to one another, thereby welding and cutting the two layers of coating material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.