United States Patent (II] 3,607,993

1721 Malcolm H. Tuttle

Inventor 3,272,893 9/1966 Mogensen ... . 264/8
56 Avon Road, New Rochelle, N.Y. 10804 3,329,746 7/1967 Joyceetal. .. . 264/R
[21] Appl. No. 826,231
Primary Examiner-Robert F. White
[22 I Filed May 20, 1969
Assistant Examiner-]. R. Hall
12~ I Dhision of Ser. No. 531,658, Allorney-l<alph M. Wahon
Mar. 4, 1966, Pat. No. J,461,4!19
[ 45] Patented Sept. 21, 197l
ABSTRACT: Prills are formed from molten material by ex·
pelling hot melt through sets of orifices drilled through the
outer wall of a rotating centrifugal distributor on spaced
(54) METHOD OF PRILL1NG
horizontal planes and along lines which are related to the tan-
4 Clalms,14 Drawing Figs.
gent, at the point of discharge, to the circle described by the
(52) U.S.CI. ...................... . 264/8 distributor as it rotates through angles which differ in mag-
! 51 I lnt.CI ........................... . B01j 2/04 nitude progressively from the upper to the lower portions of
[50) Field of Search ............................. . 264/8 the distributor so that jets of hot melt are discharged from the
distributor along sets of lines respectively slanted toward the
[56) References Cited direction of rotation at the uppermost plane of discharge and
UNITED STATES PATENTS toward the other direction at the next lower plane of
3,246,982 4/1966 Moritz etal. 264/8 discharge, and at related speeds.