Apparatus for Generating Generally Uniform Compression in High-Viscosity Fluids Venerus, David C. Kompani, Mandana An apparatus for generating generally uniform compression forces over a film of a relatively low-viscosity liquid by passing the low-viscosity liquid through a porous plate, from an upstream face to a downstream face of the porous plate. The porous plate has a specified porosity and arrangement of the through holes or other pores that results in forming a uniform pressure through and uniform compression forces over a film of the low-viscosity liquid that is at or near the upstream face of the porous plate. The apparatus of this invention results in homogeneous deformation of a material, such as molten polymer, polymer solution, multiphase polymer systems, asphalts or foods. Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology United States Patent 2009-05-11 1999-06-29 Patent application/pdf islandora:9776 5,916,599 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2426 en No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/ Open Access