Method of incorporating rubber into a petroleum oil

Claim 1

A METHOD OF INCORPORATING UNVULCANIZED RUBBER IN A BODY OF PETROLEUM DERIVED OIL WHICH COMPRISES DISPOSING A BODY OF A PETROLEUM DERIVED OIL HAVING A VISCOSITY IN THE RANGE OF 100 TO 500 S.S.F. AT 122*F., A FLASH (C.O.C.) OF 450*F. MINIMUM AND GRAVITY LIMITS OF 11*-20* A.P.I. IN A MIXING VESSEL AND MAINTAINING IT THEREIN IN A HEATED CONDITION AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 350 TO ABOUT 400*F., CONTINUOUSLY WITHDRAWING THEREFROM A RESTRICTED STREAM AND RETURNING IT THERETO THROUGH A RELATIVELY ENLARGED UPWARDLY OPEN BAFFLED INLET, INTRODUCING TO SAID BODY FROM ABOUT 10% TO ABOUT 15% BY WEILGHT OF RUBBER LATEX SOLIDS BY COMMINGLING WITH SAID FIRST STREAM A CONTINUOUS PROPORTIONED STREAM OF RUBBER LATEX TO HEAT THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE LATEX TO ABOVE ITS BOILING POINT AND TO CAUSE IT TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY FLASH EVAPORATED THEREFROM UPON INTRODUCTION OF THE RESULTING HEATED OIL-RUBBER LATEX MIXTURE TO SAID INLET, CONTINUING SAID CYCLIC PROCESS TO PROGRESSIVELY ENRICH THE CIRCULATING LIQUID BY ABOUT 1/2 OF 1% PER PASS UNTIL SAID AMOUNT OF RUBBER HAS BEEN DISPERSED IN THE BODY OF OIL, AND RECOVERING AND COOLING THE RESULTING SUBSTANTIALLY MOISTURE-FREE PRODUCT.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF INCORPORATING UNVULCANIZED RUBBER IN A BODY OF PETROLEUM DERIVED OIL WHICH COMPRISES DISPOSING A BODY OF A PETROLEUM DERIVED OIL HAVING A VISCOSITY IN THE RANGE OF 100 TO 500 S.S.F. AT 122*F., A FLASH (C.O.C.) OF 450*F. MINIMUM AND GRAVITY LIMITS OF 11*-20* A.P.I. IN A MIXING VESSEL AND MAINTAINING IT THEREIN IN A HEATED CONDITION AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 350 TO ABOUT 400*F., CONTINUOUSLY WITHDRAWING THEREFROM A RESTRICTED STREAM AND RETURNING IT THERETO THROUGH A RELATIVELY ENLARGED UPWARDLY OPEN BAFFLED INLET, INTRODUCING TO SAID BODY FROM ABOUT 10% TO ABOUT 15% BY WEILGHT OF RUBBER LATEX SOLIDS BY COMMINGLING WITH SAID FIRST STREAM A CONTINUOUS PROPORTIONED STREAM OF RUBBER LATEX TO HEAT THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE LATEX TO ABOVE ITS BOILING POINT AND TO CAUSE IT TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY FLASH EVAPORATED THEREFROM UPON INTRODUCTION OF THE RESULTING HEATED OIL-RUBBER LATEX MIXTURE TO SAID INLET, CONTINUING SAID CYCLIC PROCESS TO PROGRESSIVELY ENRICH THE CIRCULATING LIQUID BY ABOUT 1/2 OF 1% PER PASS UNTIL SAID AMOUNT OF RUBBER HAS BEEN DISPERSED IN THE BODY OF OIL, AND RECOVERING AND COOLING THE RESULTING SUBSTANTIALLY MOISTURE-FREE PRODUCT.