US Patent Issued to LG CHEM on Jan. 13 for "Micronizing apparatus for hydrogel of super absorbent polymer" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,726, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LG CHEM Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Micronizing apparatus for hydrogel of super absorbent polymer" was invented by Ui Seok Chung (Daejeon, South Korea), Yoon Jae Min (Daejeon, South Korea), Gicheul Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Tae Yun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Heechang Woo (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sangwon Han (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The micronizing apparatus includes: a body having a transfer space where hydrogel is transferred, and a discharge space where ground hydrogel is discharged; a rotation shaft disposed in the transfer space, wherein at least one screw i...