Title of Invention

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING,APPLYING AND RECYCLING NANOEMULSIONS PRODUCED FROM MICROMULSIONS

Abstract The invention is for a process for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the surface treatment of parts by means of the same, for which a nanoemulsion is produced, in which an emulsion flows through an actuation device (10), in which electrical and electromagnetic fields produced by a high frequency electrode (23) and electromagnetic high frequency coil (27) by means of generators are superimposed on each other and resonances are produced by means of selectable voltages, frequencies and phase shifts so that, as a result of the modification of the particle double layers, the Zeta potential is so modified that a microemulsion transforms to a nanoemulsion, with which the surfaces of parts are treated afterwards in a vacuum chamber (1) and is recycled afterwards in the recycling system and then used again. The invention is also for a device for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the surface treatment of parts by means of the same, consisting of a closed loop with minimum one pump (9) for the supply of an emulsion to a circuit, this closed loop containing a vacuum chamber (1) for the surface treatment of parts therein, in which the closed loop runs through an actuation device (10), as well as a high voltage electrode (23) and a high frequency coil (27) with separate generator each with frequency converter for the production of an electrical field, in which separate fields can be produced from it for the conversion of a microemulsion to a nanoemulsion, and the device further includes a transversal resonator (20) for the production of an aerosol/emulsion mixture as well as injection nozzles (34) for the spraying of the aerosol into the vacuum chamber (1).
Full Text METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AND RECYCLING NANOEMULSIONS AND FOR
PROCESSING PART SURFACES BY MEANS THEREOF
[0001] The invention relates to the process and a device in the form of an electromechanical
device with which microemulsions can be converted into nanoemuisions and process-controlled
into various phases so that a surface treatment of materials is possible in a vacuum chamber
through the multiphase process, especially an optimal coating and coating removal of organic as
well as inorganic solids. The emulsions are again recycled afterwards.
[0002] A microemulsion is a thermodynamically stable, isotropic, low viscosity mixture, which
consists of a hydrophilic component and a lipophilic component. The hydrophilic character of a
substance is determined by its property to dissolve in water. (Conversing: hydrophobic = water
repelling). Lipophilic characterises the property of compounds or molecular groups to dissolve
slightly in fats, fatty substances and oils or to serve as, solvent themselves for such substances,
while on the contrary lipophobic (fat repellent) materials, act in the opposite way. The electrical
and electromagnetic system of the device proposed here effect modifications to the diffuse
interphase of a so-called Stern double layer of the particles within the emulsions. This Stem
double layer is made up of a fixed and a diffuse layer. According to the theory of Otto Stem
(1888-1969), Nobel price winner Physics, a potential builds up due to the charge distribution,
which decreases linearly in the fixed and exponentially in the diffuse layer. The respective Zeta
potential of an emulsion is important for the functional effect at the diffuse interphase, which
describes the stability of a microemulsion or an individual micelle. The Zeta potential is therefore
a measure for the repulsion or attraction between particles and a micelle is a colloidal particle,
which is made-up-of-a number of small individual molecules.
[0003] One would want to keep the loss as small as possible in electrical insulations of high
frequency carrying conductors or in insulations in high frequency fields. For that, one uses
materials, which produce in such fields as small an effective power as possible and thus lead to
low losses. Conversely, one selects microemulsions in such a way that as high losses as possible
and consequently desired modifications arise within, i.e. at the micelle surfaces. Hence an option
is available to be able to influence the structure of micelles in a controlled and regulated way so
that they have acceptable kinetic conditions, which enable an coating removal as well as a
coating of materials in the molecular range. A system for such purposes works with a continuous-
flow process, which permits an activation using as less energy as possible. There is additionally
the option to merge the medium to be treated with the different charges in a vacuum chamber

such that a charge equalisation, i.e. a conversion of the microemulsion to a nanoemulsion, takes
place adjacent to the surface of the material to be treated.
[0004] The task of the present invention is to produce a device for the surface treatment of parts
by means of recyclable nanoemulsions as well as to indicate a process for the creation and
application of the nanoemulsions in a multiphase interface treatment as well as for the recycling
of the nanoemulsions.
[0005] This problem is solved by a process for the production, application and recycling of
nanoemulsions as well as for the surface treatment of parts by means of the same, for which a
nanoemulsion is produced, in which an emulsion flows through an actuation device, in which
electrical and electromagnetic fields produced by a high frequency electrode and electromagnetic
high frequency coil by means of generators are superimposed on each other and resonances are
produced by means of selectable voltages, frequencies and phase shifts so that, as a result of
the modification of the particle double layers, which causes a variation of the Zeta potential, a
microemulsion transforms to a nanoemulsion, with which the surfaces of parts are treated
afterwards in a vacuum chamber and is recycled afterwards in the recycling system and then
reused.
[0006] The problem is further solved by a device for the production, application and recycling of
nanoemulsions as well as for the surface treatment of parts by means of the same, consisting of
a closed loop with minimum one pump for the supply of an emulsion to a circuit, this closed loop
containing a vacuum chamber for the surface treatment of parts therein, in which the closed loop
runs through an actuation device, as well as a high voltage and a high frequency coil with
separate generator each with frequency converter for the production of an electrical field, in
which separate fields can be produced from it for the conversion of a microemulsion to a
nanoemulsion, and the device further includes a transversal resonator for the production of an
aerosol as well as injection nozzles for the spraying of the aerosol-/nanoemulsion mixture into
the vacuum chamber.
[0007] A device is represented in the drawings as example with its essential elements in different
views and is described below on the basis of these drawings and the process operated with that
is explained. The physical process sequences in the course of the coating removal process are
explained on the basis of schematically, greatly enlarged representations.
Brief Description of Accompanying Drawings :
The following are shown:
Figure 1: The device in a view seen from behind;


Figure 2: The device in a view seen from the front, with front-side cover removed;
Figure 3: Activation device with a pump outlet and a transversal resonator
Figure 4: A cross-section through the recycling system;
Figure 5-10: The different phases of an coating removal by means of nanoemulsion
represented schematically and greatly enlarged.
[0008] In order to be able to describe and understand the device and the process operated with it
better, at first a small digression about microemulsions is given here: These microemulsions can
be formed as purely organic or aqueous organic. For the purely organic microemulsion, a carrier
liquid is used, which consists of one or more types of molecules.
On the other hand, for the aqueous microemulsions, the carrier liquid consists of water.
[0009] The carrier liquids are now added with several surface-active materials, that is materials,
which go into physically-based bond with their surfaces in binding with another material. These
materials form so-called micelles in the carrier liquid by self-organisation. According to the task,
surface-active materials are used in addition, which form monomolecular or bimolecular micelles.
Such tensides are soluble organic compounds, which lower surface tension. They have minimum
one hydrophobic molecular part and one hydrophilic group.
Basic assumption for the stability and the molecular self-organisation of the treatment liquid is
that molecular, surface-active materials in the carrier liquid are not soluble. Enzymes are used for
the setting and changing of the interfacial kinetics of the double layer of the nanoparticles.
[0010] There are various surface-active and non-ionic agents available for the formation of the
organic and the aqueous microemulsions. These can be roughly classified into:
• Anionic materials
• Cationic materials
• Nonionic materials
• Amphoteric materials.
Anionic surface-active materials can form micelles with a positive charge. Cationic surface-active
materials can form micelles with a positive charge. Nonionic surface-active materials can form
micelles with a zero charge. Amphoteric surface-active materials can form micelles with a
negative or positive charge. For all these materials, the charge strength depends on the Zeta


potential. The type of charge is determined by electrical and magnetic forces, which are effective
at the system surface.
[0011] The amphoteric active materials are used in coating removal and coating systems, for
which very short conversion times are required. Due to this reason, these materials are especially
well suited for the present process. They can be recharged in fractions of seconds using
magnetic and electric phase control with the proposed device. The charging possibilities move
between negative (anionic), zero potential (neutral) and positive (cationic). The Zeta potential can
be controlled and regulated at a Stern double layer independent of the chemical potential through
suitable resonances with this device and the process operated with that. Thereby, Zeta potential
can be set from -15 to +15.
[0012] Further materials, which are used in microemulsions, are:
• Enzyme
• Organic and inorganic nanoparticles
• Left and right rotating terpenes
The enzymes can control the energy behaviour of micelles, nanoparticles and left and right
rotating molecules. Normally, they work as catalysts, which reduce the reaction energy between
two systems. The enzymes are not used in the microemulsion. Nanoparticles, which are smaller
than 20 nm in size, are highly reactive and can break through high energy barriers. In the
microemulsion, they are important for the self-organised reaction in the individual phases of the
coating and/or coating removal process. The left and right rotating molecules (mainly terpenes)
are responsible for the formation, enlargement and stabilising of the micro-capillaries, which will
be gone into in more detail later.
[0013] The electrical properties of micelles are analogous to the kinetic properties to a certain
extent. Since almost no electron conductivity is present in the micelles in comparison to the
metals, the electrical properties to a certain extent, as also the mechanical properties, depend on
the mobility of the molecular components of the micelles. Characteristic for these properties is the
relative permittivity εr. One calls εr the relative permittivity". The value of the relative permittivity of
an insulating material is determined by the strength of the polarisation. It is dimensionless, but
depends both on the material as well as on the temperature and the frequency. So-called
polarisation charges arise at the surface of the micelles under the influence of an electric field,
which cause induction. Here, by induction, one means the separation of charges of a conducting
body under the influence of the electrical forces exerted by external charges. The dielectric
polarisation is the proportion of the dielectric flux density, which falls on the dielectric. The value
of the dielectric polarisation P arises as per the relationship:



[0014] It can be derived from the equation (1) that the polar behaviour and consequently P of a
material depends on how large the relative permittivity is, for each salient one. If only a
displacement polarisation is present, the relative permittivity is small. If, besides the displacement
polarisation, an orientation polarisation also occurs additionally, the relative permittivity is larger. It
can then reach values of 4 to 100. If there is a spontaneous polarisation, the peak values of even
up to 100,000 can be reached as relative permittivity. But what exactly is polarisation? Real
bodies consist of equal number of positive and negative electrical charges, on which an
influencing electrical field exerts kinetic forces. Positive charges are accelerated in the field
direction, negative against the field direction. Micelles have practically no freely movable charge
carriers. The charges are bonded to carriers (Atoms, Molecular segments). They can be
consequently displaced only elastically by an amount proportional to the field strength. The
centres of gravity of the positive and negative charges therefore do not coincide any more;
electrical dipoles are formed. For the electron polarisation, the external field causes a deformation
of the electron shell of the atoms. It occurs for nonpolar materials. For the pure electron
polarisation, εr = n2 (n = optical refractive index). Also, it practically does not change with the
frequency, reduces with the temperature, since as a result of the thermal expansion, the number
of polarisable particles becomes less. Since only the molecules used for the formation of micelles
themselves or parts of them represent, permanent dipoles", they align themselves in electrical
fields, so that macroscopic polarisation arises, which is higher for polar, surface-active materials
than for nonpolar. The polarisation parts are also movable differently corresponding to the
different mechanisms. Since the permanent dipoles are relatively large groups in micelles, they
can follow only comparatively low frequencies. Of considerable practical interest is the question of
the influence of colour pigments on the relative dielectric constant. The most important mixing
rule is calculated approximately from the sum of the dipole moments of the colour pigments and
those of the carrier matrix on the total charge density:


in which p = Volume content
Thus, for example, the following arises for air inclusions (foam, flow zones, etc.) with

[0015] The proposed process can be used in various applications in connection with a
microemulsion. It functions for coating and coating removal in the nano range. The coating
removals serve for example for the
• removal of wet and dried printing inks
• removal of single or double component colours
• removal of plastic coatings
• removal of industrial dirt layers
• etc.
The coatings serve for the
• modification of the conductivity of plastic surfaces

• modification of surface energy of plastic surfaces, e.g. epilaminating, improvement of the
sliding property, etc.
• application of functional nanolayers on solids
• etc.
[0016] The objective of the process is to convert a microemulsion into a nanoemulsion in the
actuation device and create active electrical surface-double layers in the molecular or atomic area
on the solid particles of the nanoemulsion with the help of the phase resonator through
electromagnetic fields. Electrical double layers are responsible as is generally known for many
physical kinetic phenomena like electro-osmosis, electrophoresis, streaming potentials and
sedimentation potentials. The electrical kinetic forces, which act on electrically charged particles
in a liquid, are designated as Coulomb forces. For the function of the process mentioned, which
can be used for the layer formation and layer removal on solids, electrokinetic modifications are
produced at the double layers of different systems through electrical and high frequency high
voltage fields. Besides, a gas mixture is let into the actuation device. Thereby, an aerosol is
produced from a portion of the nanoemulsion, which is sprayed into the vacuum chamber
together with the remaining nanoemulsion with the rotating injection nozzles of the transversal
resonator. A parabolic, asymmetric, transversal superimposed rotation field is produced in the
vacuum chamber through the rotating transversal resonator. The double layers of the sprayed
particles react in this field and form functional resonances in the individual process phases.
Various functional single- or multiphase processes are used for the coating and coating removal
process.
[0017] A decisive role for the multiphase process is, among others, the influence of the
composition of the used microemulsion as well as the program-controlled reaction technique in
the actuation device or in the phase resonator. Isolated active and energy-rich centres with
electrokinetic charges are formed in the individual phases with the phase resonator, with which
the structure of the organic layer to be removed is modified. The molecules, enzymes and
nanoparticle surface atoms are dissolved in these active centres and effective, intermolecular
forces are produced in the organic layer. Different interactions arise between the layer molecules,
which are described in more detail in the four phases of the multiphase coating removal system.
A special feature of this process is the self-organisation of nanoparticles, which is formed through
the adsorption of ions and through self-dissociation. Nanoparticles, which are in this condition,
can lead to system instabilities in contact with ionic surface. This effect is operative in phase 4
described below for the removal of large layer agglomerations. A further effect, which is used in
the process of the phase 1 described below, is the arising of matter waves, which form a network
of split-capillaries in the organic layer. One knows from the formation appearance of the electrons


and neutrons that material particle properties come from matter waves, if the molecular force
constants are very large (Extension of the Maxwell relation for the translational energy). In
contrast to the electromagnetic waves or protons, the velocity of propagation is different from the
particle speed for matter waves. For the creation of a particle beam through an infinitely long
wave train, the impulse of the particle is uniquely determined by the wavelength. The spot, which
captures or runs through a particle at a particular point of time, is however fully uncertain. In order
to be able to mark the local place of a particle, which penetrates into the organic layer, at least
approximately, one must consider a wave packet. Such a wave packet arises through
superimposition of many wave trains, in which the wavelength and the amplitude are so selected
that interferences are caused. The uncertainty of the local position of the particle is narrowed
down with the help of a wave packet, which is used in the phase 3 described below. However,
this is possible only at the cost of the certainty in the indication of the impulse. The wave
character of material particles brings therefore a basic lack of certainty for the simultaneous
indication of location impulse of a particle (Uncertainty relation, Physicist Werner Heisenberg,
1927).
[0018] A specific embodiment for the use of such nanoemulsions is the cleaning of tampon
printing press implements. For this, a device is used, which is represented in Figure I from
behind. It is produced from chrome steel and has a vacuum chamber 1 accessible from above, in
which a treatment basket 2 with two handles 3 can be introduced. Implements to be cleaned, that
is, in the proposed example tampon printing plates, are placed in this basket 2 and thereafter
placed in the vacuum chamber 1. Many times, only a grid is used instead of the treatment basket
2 for the taking up of the cleaning material. The vacuum chamber can be closed with a cover 4,
which is fixed to this with the help of hinges on the upper side of the device. The operator stands
on the front side of the device, that is, on the side turned away from here in this diagram. The
cover is thus, starting from the closed condition, swung towards the front and forms after that a
placement area for the treatment basket 2 or the cleaning material lifted out of the vacuum
chamber.
Besides the vacuum chamber I, one can recognise a recycling system 5, in which the
microemulsion is freed of the colour, as is described in detail later. On the backside of the device,
there is an opening 6 for the exhaust air, which arises during the creation of the vacuum in the
vacuum chamber I. An internal exhaust air system or an active carbon filter can be connected to
the opening 6. On the small side of the device, there is in addition a compressed air connection 7
and an electrical connection 8.
[0019] In Figure 2, one sees the device in a view from the front, with the front-side cover
removed. Two circulation pumps 9 can be recognised under the vacuum chamber I. An actuation
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device 10, which cannot be seen fully here, is connected to each pump outlet. This actuation
device 10 is connected respectively to the corresponding transversal resonator (not visible here)
in the vacuum chamber 1 with the help of a threaded connection. In the floor of the vacuum
chamber I is the drain outlet, which is connected to the pump inlets via a T-joint 11 and a
threaded connection each. The circulation pumps 9 supply the microemulsion then via the
activation units 10 to the transversal resonators, where it is sprayed as aerosol/nanoemulsion
mixture into the vacuum chamber on the cleaning material. The microemulsion leaves the
vacuum chamber 1 via a drain outlet, which is connected to the circulation pumps 9 via the T-joint
11 and the connection pipes. This cleaning circuit described can thus also be operated
alternatively with one or more than two pumps according to the cleaning requirement. Besides the
cleaning circuit, the device contains in addition one circuit for the recycling. The two actuation
devices 10 are connected with each other for that via a connecting pipe 12. In its middle there is a
valve 13, which after switching on feeds a part of the emulsion to the recycling system 5 for the
recycling via the tube 14. After the recycling process, the now clean microemulsion is again
supplied to the vacuum chamber 1 via the pipe 15 and the valve 16. Air is blown in from below to
the recycling system 5 for a back flushing with valve 16 closed. The back flushing is gone into in
detail in Figure 4. Above the actuation devices 10, one can recognise the electric network 17
belonging to the device, which is provided on the outside of the vacuum chamber 1. The
generators for the operation of the electrodes and the coils as well as the phase discriminators
also belong to this electric network 17. High voltage fields of 1 to 10,000 Volt can be produced
with these generators with superimposed frequencies from 10 Hz to 1 GHz. A vacuum valve 18
can be recognised to the right of the vacuum chamber. The vacuum valve 18 has the task to set
the vacuum chamber 1 under vacuum and to conduct the exhaust air via the opening 6 (Figure
1). The 3/2 directional control valve 19 serves for the aeration and de-aeration of the recycling
system 5 as well as the aeration of the vacuum chamber 1.
[0020] The Figure 3 shows in an enlarged view the outlet of a circulation pump 9, an actuation
device 10 and a transversal resonator 20. The microemulsion is converted to a nanoemulsion
with the help of the actuation device 10. The individual process steps for the 4-phase process is
produced with the rotating transversal resonator 20. The actuation device 10 is at the pump outlet
9, fixed with a 1"- threading. The actuation device 10 consists of a shielding housing 21,
consisting of a pipe, which is welded on to the floor outlet of the vacuum chamber I. An insulator
22 is assembled in the shielding housing 21. In the middle of the insulator 22, i.e., in the liquid
inlet, there is one or two high voltage electrodes 23 and two sliding contacts 24. The high voltage
electrode 23 is connected to the wave guides and the permanent magnets 26 via a sliding contact
24 each. An electromagnetic high frequency coil 27 is fitted outside the shielding housing 21. In
the upper part of the insulator 22, which projects into the vacuum chamber I, there is a ball


bearing 28 and a fastening thread for the transversal resonator 20. At the lower end, below the
high frequency coil 27, is the connection 29 for the high voltage electrode 23. On the opposite
side is the inlet 30, via which gaseous, vaporous or liquid active agents can be lead into the
system. The transversal resonator 20 consists of a cylindrical rotating part 31 of plastic or ceramic
with internal thread for the fixing to the activation unit 10 and two threads provided sideways for
the hollow nozzle bars 32 of plastic. One or more ring permanent magnets 33 are assembled in
the upper part. One or more injection nozzles 34 each are screwed into the nozzle bars 32 while
there is one hole 35 below which is slightly displaced sideways. The transversal resonator 20
rotates around its axis through the outflow of the nanoemulsion from the two holes 35. One wave
guide 25 each of tungsten or stainless steel is fixed in the hollow nozzle bars 32 in the middle,
which is closed on outer side with a permanent magnet 26. The wave guides 25 are connected
on the inner side with a sliding contact 24 each to the actuation device 10. In the lower part of the
activation unit 10, there is a membrane as phase resonator 36, which is provided with a high
voltage/high frequency generator via the connection 37 for the production of nanoparticles with
definite sizes.
[0021] The microemulsion is freed from the colour absorbed continuously in the recycling system
5. The recycling system 5, which can be seen in Figure 2, is represented in Figure 4 in a cross-
section. It is a pot of chrome steel. In principle, a usual chrome steel digester can be used as
recycling system 5. There is an outlet opening 38 in the pot floor. A distributor 39 with an
electromagnetic discharge coil 40 is fixed at this outlet opening 38. The task of the discharge coil
40 is to reset the microemulsion again to a defined condition. An air inlet valve 41 is assembled to
the distributor 39 below the coil 40 with non-return valve 42 interposed for the back flushing. The
clean microemulsion leaves the recycling system 5 via the pipe 15, which is provided likewise at
the distributor 39. Four inlets 43, 44 and 47, 48 are pressed in with threads sideways to the pot.
The inlets 43 and 44 are connected with a tube 45. There is an adjustable capacitive level sensor
46 for the level control. The upper inlet 47 is connected with a 3/2 directional control valve to the
compressed air inlet via a nylon tube. The lower inlet 48 is connected with the tube 14 to valve
13. A part of the microemulsion is fed to the recycling system 5 for the recycling via this tube 14.
A separating plate 49 is put inside in the recycling system 5. This separating plate 49 is fixed with
a T-shaped fixing unit 54 on a sealing ring 55 on the pot floor. It consists of a metal tray 50 with
twelve discharge holes. A stainless steel nose plate 51 is welded to the metal tray 50 as spacer.
A Piezo foil 52 of coated stainless steel wire gauze or plastic cloth lies on that. Alternatively, an
electrode consisting of a wire gauze, which is supplied with high voltage from an external
generator, can also be put in. A fine-mesh stainless steel grid 53 lies over the Piezo foil 52 or the
high-voltage electrode. The parts put in are fixed at the rim insulated against the metal tray 50
with a high-ohmic sealing compound 56. In the middle of the separating plate 49, there is a


stainless steel lug with hole 57 for the fixing and removing. The separating plate 49 has, besides
the assembly of a liquid/liquid double layer for the colour separation, the task to prevent the
outflow of the fine-grained adsorber.
[0022] For the first commissioning or after a colour removal, at first a measuring beaker adsorber
or a unit of vacuum-packed adsorber paste is added to the recycling system 5. The adsorber
consists of various organic and inorganic substances, which are so selected that they can release
the costly active agents of the microemulsion again through exchange during the recycling. After
the addition of the adsorber, the recycling system 5 is closed tightly, for which the relevant cover
can be used in the case of a digester. After the starting of the cleaning process, the recycling of
the emulsion is active in parallel to that. At first the back flushing is started in the recycling system
5 for that. It mixes the adsorber with the dirty emulsion. During the cleaning process, the recycling
system 5 is filled cyclically with dirty emulsion via the valve 13. The filling volume is determined
by the capacitive level sensor 46. During the mixing with the adsorber, the molecular active
agents bonded to the colour agglomerations are again released and replaced by adsorber
molecules. The released active agents again form micelles partially and receive a negative
charge. A liquid/liquid separating layer is formed between the adsorber and the separating plate
with a negative field voltage through the pressure and/or vacuum acting on the Piezo membrane.
The field voltage (high voltage) forms an electrostatic filter and separates the positively charged
colour agglomerations from the negatively charged microemulsion. The microemulsion freed from
the colour leaves the recycling system 5 via the discharge opening 38 present on the floor. The
colour residues bonded to the adsorber however remain until the colour removal in the pot. For
the passage of the microemulsion through the electromagnetic discharge coil 40, the micelles are
again transferred back to the original state according to their charge. Afterwards, the regenerated
microemulsion is again fed to the vacuum chamber 1 via the pipe 15 and through the valve 16.
The separated colour quantity is monitored periodically and/or through a sensor with regard to the
quantity. If the maximum permitted colour quantity is reached, a colour removal process is carried
out automatically. For that, the recycling system 5 is emptied and the residual substance dried
with air from the inlet 47. After the end of this process, the cover is opened by hand and the
separating plate 49 removed manually with the powdered and dried colour residues bonded to
the used adsorber. After the removal of the residues, the separating plate 49 is again used in the
recycling system 5 and screwed firmly with the T-shaped fixing unit 54. A new cleaning process
can be started only if the recycling system 5 is filled again with adsorber afresh and the cover has
been closed. The recycling system permits a time-wise practically unlimited use of the
microemulsion. Only the carry-over losses have to be replaced from time to time.


[0023] Now the individual phases of the multiphase process are described and explained below
individually: Figure 5 shows the phase 1 of that: In the multiphase process, organic layers are
removed from the backside and built up from the front side for the layer formation. Therefore, for
layer removal in the phase 1, the organic layer is provided with a hollow space structure, i.e. it is
made porous. For that purpose, gas-loaded nanoparticles are accelerated in the direction of the
substratum surface with accumulated left and right rotating molecules from the aerosol mixture
produced in the transversal resonator in a polar, transversal alternating field. For this, a potential
difference of ∆φ0 = 3000 V and a superimposed alternating voltage of 4000V are applied between
the two electrodes (Wave guide) of the transversal resonator. In the alternating field, the energy
levels of the nanoparticle phase boundary layers are periodically raised and lowered. The
injection process is accelerated by that. The channel walls of the microchannels produced by the
penetration of the gas-loaded nanoparticles are occupied by left and right rotating molecules. This
process is performed by a tandem reaction. This is a reaction sequence in which two different
reactions follow each other directly, in which the first reaction practically forces the injection, the
second, the occupation of the channel walls. The capillaries produced thus remain stable for
about 30 to 60 seconds.
[0024] Phase 2: (Figure 6) An injection process occurs in the direction of the substrate or the
organic layer adhering to the substrate through the modification of the electrical double layer on
the nanoparticles M2. A potential drop arises at the phase transition (Aerosol/Liquid) ↔ (Layer)
and with that a modification of the resonance frequency at the particle surface M2. So that the
potential of the particle double layer is matched to the left and right rotating molecules in the
injection channel, at first a polar field adapted to the electric current potential is built up, which
produces in the microcapillaries a stationary velocity field with an asymmetric potential
distribution. For that, a potential difference'of' ∆φ0 = 500 V is applied in the transversal resonator
between the two electrodes (Wave guide). The dimensionless potential at the substrate then
amounts to Φ11 = 1 and at the walls Φ21 = 0. The particles M2 flow through the microcapillaries
formed in phase 1 in the direction of the substrate surface by the asymptotic adaptation to the
electrical boundary condition and the rotating field, which is formed by the rotation of the two
electrodes (Wave guide). Having arrived there, they transfer a part of the kinetic energy to the
phase surface "Substrate ↔ Layer", where they form a molecular separating layer through the
local modification of the Zeta potential.
[0025] Phase 3a: (Figure 7) In the Phase 3a, nonionic molecules are accumulated on the outside
of the organic layer. After a molecular occupation of the outer boundary layer, the surface energy
is increased. The boundary layer curves in a concave shape towards outside. Simultaneously,
amphoteric molecules diffuse in the still open capillaries. After the loss of their kinetic energy,


they remain stuck in the layer system. A distribution arises in the layer system through the
different amounts of kinetic energies of the individual amphoteric molecules. Phase 3b: (Figure 8)
The energy-deficient amphoteric molecules resonant in a high frequency energy field and
changes into anions. Simultaneously, they form a network of small areas through which crack-
shaped capillaries arise in the organic layer, in which the active materials are transported to the
anions in the Phase 4.
[0026] Phase 4: (Figures 9 and 10) In Phase 4, the method "Phase transfer catalysis" is used.
This enables reactions between substances, which are in different non-mixable phases. Nothing
happens by the contact of the anionic phase Mx with the enzyme phase My loaded with
nanoparticles. The reaction occurs only if an ion extracts from the phase Mx through the interface
Mxy to the phase My. Then, a vigorous reaction arises in the phase space Mx, y through the
catalytic action of the enzymes, which causes in the double layer a potential jump at the interface
of the nanoparticles. This potential jump leads to an instability of the phase space Mx, y, the
consequence of which is that the phase space cells decompose within a few microseconds to
their components. Isolated, large, energetic centres arise in the organic layer through the bonding
energy released thereby, which lead to the chipping of large areas (for example, colour
agglomerations) in the organic layer in the macro area.
[0027] Basically no materials are dissolved with the given cleaning process. According to the
process stage, mixtures arise, which degenerate partially by itself or under the influence of the
process. It is common to all these processes that, for the achievement of the desired effect,
interaction forces must exist between the equal and unequal partners. The bandwidth for the
possible uses of the process is very large. It can be used with a suitable microemulsion, not only
for coating removals, but also for coatings. This is possible through the specific production of
desired double layers with a suitable matrix. Primarily, the possible modifications of physical
properties and the self-organisation of the nanoparticles as well as the properties of double layers
are used in the process. Consequently, systems can be built up which achieve a large effect for
the least energy expenditure possible. Besides the physical modifications in double layers,
specific chemical modifications can also be produced with the process. The process can be used
likewise for the forming of molecular layers with new solid properties in the nano range.


I Claim :
1. Process for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the
surface treatment of parts by means of the same, for which a nanoemulsion is produced, in
which an emulsion flows through an actuation device (10), in which electrical and
electromagnetic fields produced by a high frequency electrode (23) and electromagnetic
high frequency coil (27) by means of generators are superimposed on each other and
resonances are produced by means of selectable voltages, frequencies and phase shifts
so that, as a result of the modification of the particle double layers, the Zeta potential is so
modified that a microemulsion transforms to a nanoemulsion, with which the surfaces of
parts are treated afterwards in a vacuum chamber (1) and is recycled afterwards in the
recycling system and then used again.
2. Process for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the
surface treatment of parts by means of the same as claimed in claim 1, wherein high
voltage fields of 1 to 10,000 Volt are produced with the generators with superimposed
frequencies of 10 Hz to I GHz.
3. Device for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the
surface treatment of parts by means of the same, consisting of a closed loop with minimum
one pump (9) for the supply of an emulsion to a circuit, this closed loop containing a
vacuum chamber (1) for the surface treatment of parts therein, in which the closed loop
runs through an actuation device (10), as well as a high voltage electrode (23) and a high
frequency coil (27) with separate generator each with frequency converter for the
production of an electrical field, in which separate fields can be produced from it for the
conversion of a microemulsion to a nanoemulsion, and the device further includes a
transversal resonator (20) for the production of an aerosol/emulsion mixture as well as
injection nozzles (34) for the spraying of the aerosol into the vacuum chamber (1).
4. Device for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the
surface treatment of parts by means of the same as claimed in claim 3, wherein generators
are present for the operation of the electrode and the coil as well as phase discriminators,
in which high voltage fields of 1 to 10,000 Volt can be produced by means of these
generators with superimposed frequencies from 10 Hz to I GHz.
5. Device for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the
surface treatment of parts by means as claimed in claim 3, wherein the vacuum chamber
(1) is fitted with a vacuum valve (18) for setting the vacuum chamber (1) under vacuum and

for leading away the exhaust air via the opening (6) in the housing of the device and further
that it has a 3/2 directional control valve (19) for the aeration and deaeration of the
recycling system (5) as well for the aeration of the vacuum chamber (1).
6. Device for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the
surface treatment of parts by means as claimed in one of the claims 3 to 5, wherein one or
more circulation pumps (9) are present, to whose outlets one actuation device (10) each is
connected and which is/are connected via a screwing with an inserted transversal
resonator (20) to the vacuum chamber (1) as cleaning tub, on whose floor there is a drain
outlet, which is connected to the pump inlets via a T-joint (11) and a threaded connection
each.
7. Device for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the
surface treatment of parts by means of the same as claimed in one of the claims 3 to 6,
wherein the device contains a circuit for the recycling and the two actuation devices (10)
are connected to each other via a connecting tube (12), in which there is a valve (13) in its
middle via which a part of the emulsion can be fed to the recycling system (5) for the
recycling via the tube (14), as well as a pipe (15) and a valve (16) for the recirculation of
the cleaned microemulsion to the vacuum chamber (1).
8. Device for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the
surface treatment of parts by means of the same as claimed in one of the claims 3 to 7,
wherein the actuation device (10) includes a shielding housing (21) and consists of a pipe,
which is connected to the floor outlet of the vacuum chamber (1) in which an insulator (22)
is assembled in the shielding housing (21) and in the middle of the insulator (22), that is in
the liquid inlet, there are minimum one high voltage electrode (23) and two sliding contacts
(24) for the connection with the wave guides (25), and that an electromagnetic high
frequency coil (27) is fitted outside the shielding housing (21) and there is a ball bearing
(28) and a fastening thread for the transversal resonator (20) in the upper part of the
insulator (22), which projects into the vacuum chamber, as well as the connection for the
high voltage electrode (23) at the lower end, below the high frequency coil (27), and an
inlet (30) is present via which gaseous, vaporous or liquid active agents can be supplied to
the system.
9. Device for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the
surface treatment of parts by means of the same as claimed in one of the claims 3 to 8,
wherein the transversal resonator (20) consists of a cylindrical rotating part (31) of plastic
or ceramic with internal thread for the fixing to the actuation device (10) and has two


threads provided sideways for hollow nozzle bars (32) of plastic, in which one or more ring
permanent magnets (33) are assembled in the upper part, and one or more injection
nozzles (34) are screwed on the hollow nozzle bars (32) each, as well as one wave guide
(25) each of tungsten or stainless steel is fixed in the lower third, in the middle of the hollow
nozzle bars (32) or in the region in-between, which are closed on the outer side with a
permanent magnet and are connected on the inner side with each via a sliding contact (24)
to the actuation device (10).
10. Device for the production, application and recycling of nanoemulsions as well as for the
surface treatment of parts by means of the same as claimed in one of the claims 3 to 9,
wherein the recycling system (5) contains a separation plate (49), which is fixed by a T-
shaped fixing unit (54) to a sealing ring (55) on the pot floor and consists of a metal tray
(50) with discharge holes, to which a stainless steel nose plate (51) is fixed as spacer, and
that a Piezo foil (52) or electrode consisting of a wire gauze lies on it, which can be
supplied with high voltage by an external generator and a fine-mesh stainless steel grid
(53) lies over the electrode, in which these parts put in are fixed at the rim with a high-
ohmic sealing compound (56) insulated against the metal tray (50).


ABSTRACT

METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING, APPLYING AND RECYCLING
NANOEMULSIONS PRODUCED FROM MICROEMULSIONS
The invention is for a process for the production, application and recycling of
nanoemulsions as well as for the surface treatment of parts by means of the same, for which a
nanoemulsion is produced, in which an emulsion flows through an actuation device (10), in which
electrical and electromagnetic fields produced by a high frequency electrode (23) and
electromagnetic high frequency coil (27) by means of generators are superimposed on each other
and resonances are produced by means of selectable voltages, frequencies and phase shifts so
that, as a result of the modification of the particle double layers, the Zeta potential is so modified
that a microemulsion transforms to a nanoemulsion, with which the surfaces of parts are treated
afterwards in a vacuum chamber (1) and is recycled afterwards in the recycling system and then
used again.
The invention is also for a device for the production, application and recycling of
nanoemulsions as well as for the surface treatment of parts by means of the same, consisting of a
closed loop with minimum one pump (9) for the supply of an emulsion to a circuit, this closed loop
containing a vacuum chamber (1) for the surface treatment of parts therein, in which the closed
loop runs through an actuation device (10), as well as a high voltage electrode (23) and a high
frequency coil (27) with separate generator each with frequency converter for the production of an
electrical field, in which separate fields can be produced from it for the conversion of a
microemulsion to a nanoemulsion, and the device further includes a transversal resonator (20) for
the production of an aerosol/emulsion mixture as well as injection nozzles (34) for the spraying of
the aerosol into the vacuum chamber (1).

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3120-KOLNP-2007-(26-04-2012)-CORRESPONDENCE.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-(26-04-2012)-DESCRIPTION (COMPLETE).pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-(26-04-2012)-DRAWINGS.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-(26-04-2012)-ENGLISH TRANSLATION.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-(26-04-2012)-FORM-1.pdf

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3120-KOLNP-2007-(26-04-2012)-FORM-3.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-(26-04-2012)-OTHERS.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-(26-04-2012)-PETITION UNDER RULE 137-1.pdf

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3120-KOLNP-2007-(27-02-2012)-EXAMINATION REPORT REPLY RECEIVED.pdf

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3120-KOLNP-2007-CORRESPONDENCE.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-EXAMINATION REPORT.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-FORM 18.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-FORM 3.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-FORM 5.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-GPA.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-GRANTED-ABSTRACT.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-GRANTED-CLAIMS.pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-GRANTED-DESCRIPTION (COMPLETE).pdf

3120-KOLNP-2007-GRANTED-DRAWINGS.pdf

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3120-KOLNP-2007-REPLY TO EXAMINATION REPORT.pdf

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Patent Number 254142
Indian Patent Application Number 3120/KOLNP/2007
PG Journal Number 39/2012
Publication Date 28-Sep-2012
Grant Date 24-Sep-2012
Date of Filing 24-Aug-2007
Name of Patentee MARCOLI, CLAUDIA
Applicant Address LATTENSTRASSE 13, CH-8308 ILLNAU
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 SCHMIDLIN EDGAR ALTHOLZSTRASSE 45, CH-9548 MATZINGEN
PCT International Classification Number B01F 3/08, B05D 1/00
PCT International Application Number PCT/CH2006/000089
PCT International Filing date 2006-02-10
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 262/05 2005-02-11 Switzerland