Continuous cooking and blending of starch adhesive for the corrugating industry

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARATION AND CONTINUOUS DELIVERY OF A FINISHED STARCH ADHESIVE WHILE MAINTAINING THROUGHOUT DELIVERY A RELATIVELY STABLE VISCOSITY COMPRISING: BLENDING RAW STARCH WITH WATER TO PROVIDE AN UNCOOKED STARCH SLURRY; BLENDING ADDITIONAL RAW STARCH WITH WATER TO PROVIDE A SECONDARY STARCH SLURRY; ADMIXING A CAUSTIC WITH A PORTION OF SAID UNCOOKED STARCH SLURRY TO PROVIDE A CARRIER STARCH SLURRY MIXTURE; FLOWING SAID MIXTURE THROUGH A JET COOKEER IN A CONTROLLED VOLUME DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE DELIVERED VOLUME OF SAID FINISHED STARCH ADHESIVE; FLASH COOKING SAID MIXTURE AS IT FLOWS THROUGH SAID COOKER PRODUCING A GELATINIZED MIXTURE OF RELATIVELY STAABLE VISCOSITY; FLOWING SAID GELATINIZED MIXTURE TO A BLENDER AND FLOWING A PORTION OF SAID SECONDARY STARCH SLURRY TO THE BLENDER; BLENDING SAID GELATINIZED MIXTURE AND SAID PORTION OF SAID SECONDARY STARCH SLURRY TO INTERMIX THE TWO MATERIALS IN THE BLENDER IN PREPARATION FOR FURTHER MIXING; FLOWING THE BLENDED INTERMIXTURE TO A MIXER; THOROUGHLY MIXING KSAID BLENDED INTERMIXTURE TO INTIMATELY COMBINE THE INGREDIENTS OF THE INTERMIXTURE TO PRODUCE A FINISHED STARCH ADHESIVE WHEREIN THE GELATINIZER MIXTURE BECOMES A CARRIER TO HOLD SAID UNCOOKED STARCH SLURRY IN SUSPENSION AND SAID FINISHED STARCH ADHESIVE HAS A RELATIVELY STABLE VISCOSITY; DELIVERING SAID FINISHED STARCH ADHESIVE TO A SURGE TANK FOR RELATIVELY TEMPORARY STORAGE; FLOWING SAID FINISHED STARCH ADHESIVE CONTINUOUSLY FROM SAID URGE TANK TO THE SITE OF USE AT A VOLUME AND RATE TO EVACUATE THE FINISHED STARCH ADHESIVE WHILE IT REMAINS ITS RELATIVELY STABLE VISCOSITY; AND USING A MEASURING AND CONTROL DEVICE RESPONSIVE TO THE QUANTITY OF FINISHED STARCH ADHESIVE REMAINING AVAILABLE FOR DELIVER TO THE SITE OF USE AND DISCONTINUING OR RESUMING THE COOKING AND THIRD RECITED BLENDING STEPS IN SEQUENCES DEPENDING UPON THE MEASURING AND CONTROL DEVICE, WHICH PRODUCES A VOLUME OF FINISHED STARCH ADHESIVE ADEQUATE TO MAINTAIN A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF SAME AVAILABLE TO ASSURE A COMTINOUS FLOWS TO THE SITE OF USE.