ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,231, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Woamy Oy (Espoo, Finland).
"Method and apparatus for producing solid foam, product and use" was invented by Mikko Alava (Espoo, Finland), Juha Koivisto (Espoo, Finland) and Antti Puisto (Espoo, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to a method and apparatus for producing a solid foam continuously. A homogeneous suspension is formed from a raw material in which the suspension comprises a solidifying agent, and a foam mixture which comprises bubbles is formed by mixing air bubbles into the suspension. The foam mixture is injected via at least one nozzle to form a foam pat...