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| 4854842 | Production apparatus to form the solid state food material completely wrapped and sealed with the clayish state food material into globular shape The invention as disclosed herein relates to an apparatus for wrapping and sealing on the circumference of a solid state food material with one or two kinds of the clayish state food material in layer condition, thereby forming the same into globular shap... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4851165 | Methods of and apparatus for coating optical fiber An optical fiber (21) which has been drawn from a preform (22) is moved into and through a chamber (38) of a housing. A source of vacuum is connected to the chamber to prevent the attachment of air pockets to the optical fiber as it is being moved through... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4846660 | Apparatus for producing double wall pipe Pipe made from thermoplastic polymeric material and comprising a transversely corrugated outer wall and a smooth inner wall of constant diameter fusion welded to the inner crests of the corrugations of the outer wall is produced by an improved method invo... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4846864 | Method and apparatus for producing hollow glass filaments A feeder for the production of hollow glass filaments is comprised of tip assemblies wherein a tube positioned in the stream defining member is in communication with the gas in the fiber forming region immediately below the dischrge wall to form a gas fil... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4846648 | Triple-wall foam coextrusion apparatus A triple-wall foam coextrusion apparatus in which inner and outer layers of one synthetic resin material are coextruded with an intermediate layer of another synthetic resin material, and wherein the passages for the first material are inclined to the axi... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4838778 | Coextrusion head A coextrusion head for the continuous production of laminated tubes to be used as parisons in blow molding. The tubes consist of a plurality of layers of synthetic resins. The synthetic resin layers include one or more supporting layers, usually a barrier... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4836763 | Seven hole spinneret Segmented spinning capillaries for post-coalescent spinning provide the capability to spin round cross-section filaments with round continuous voids along the length of the filaments by adding an inner arcuate slot at the base of each spoke of each slot s... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4832960 | Device for feeding an extrusion head for plastic material A device for feeding an extrusion head for plastic material includes a main extruder connected to a main die for extruding a continuous main flow of material, and an auxiliary feed mechanism associated with the main die and selectively controlled to cover... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4832589 | Head for the circular coextrusion of a plurality of thermo-plastic material layers A head for the coextrusion of a plurality of N thermoplastic materials, N representing a positive integer, consisting of N+1 thermally insulated plates which are substantially modular and fit together and are aligned by respective projections and recesses... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4808098 | Pipe extrusion die with a cooled and vacuumed additional mandrel An extrusion die, particularly for double-walled corrugated thermoplastic pipes, including an extrusion head, a nozzle, two concentric hollow mandrels carrying die lips and an additional cooled and vacuumed mandrel. The vacuum is maintained between the la... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4804510 | Filtering system for use in coextrusion apparatus and method of use A filtering system for use in coextrusion apparatus, and particularly for removing carbon particles from a core extrudate of thermally degradable barrier material which has been preencapsulated with a preencapsular material. The filter includes a casing a... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4798526 | Modular extrusion head A modular extrusion head is disclosed including a plurality of cross head die modules, each including a flow path for a single resin. Molten resin layers are flowed from the modules onto a stepped mandrel and then along the mandrel and out an extrusion di... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4793786 | Extrusion of arcuate products A reconstituted banana product, which is formed primarily of banana puree with the addition of ice cream ingredients, is extruded by a horizontal extruder. As the extrudate stream is deposited on a moving product plate of a conveyor, which moves in the sa... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4790737 | Apparatus for manufacturing reinforced hose In an apparatus for manufacturing a reinforced hose, a reinforcing layer-forming device is arranged so as to be concentric with the material efflux port of an outer tube extruder and an inner tube extruder so that inner tube formation, the reinforcing lay... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4790975 | Method and device for extrusion of a double wall plastics pipe Method in extruding a double-walled plastic tube by using plastic materials of different colors for the inner layer and the outer layer, a portion of the material for the inner layer being diverted to form a longitudinal strip of the outer layer on the ou... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4789589 | Insulated electrical conductor wire and method for making same A conductor wire with an inner layer of insulation of cellular polyolefin compound and an outer layer of polyvinylchloride. The polyvinylchloride includes a material compatible with the polyolefin and which bonds to the polyolefin to bond the layers toget... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4789318 | Device for manufacturing molded articles of plastics material A device for manufacturing molded articles of plastics material which have an outer skin of a plastics material free of expanding agents and a porous core of a plastics material containing an expanding agent includes an extruder head with a main duct in c... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4789327 | Adjustable pipe extrusion die with internal cooling An extrusion die, particularly for double-walled thermoplastic pipes, includes an extrusion head, a nozzle, two concentric hollow mandrels carrying die lips and an additional cooling mandrel. The lips have threaded adjusting members to vary the sizes of t... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4784594 | Single lip rotary tubular extrusion die Disclosed is a single lip tubular extrusion die in which a plurality of separate melt streams passing through respective annular flow paths are fed to a common annular flow passage extending axially to and terminating at a die orifice. The annular flow pa... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4783290 | Method of changing die head for converting a co-extrusion apparatus In a method of operating a co-extruder, a co-extrusion die used during a co-extrusion mode of operation is replaced by a simple extrusion die which is used during a simple extrusion mode of operation. The co-extruder has a pair of juxtaposed outlets one o... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4783299 | Method and apparatus for extrusion of plastic pipes with composite walls A central body portion has first, second and third concentric cylinders of successively increasing diameter encircling the central body portion and each other in spaced relationship to form three concentric annular spaces for receiving molten material. On... | 11/08/1988 |
| 4773954 | Method of and apparatus for extrusion A method of and apparatus for simultaneously extruding a coating comprising a plurality of layers of dissimilar plastic compounds having substantially different melting points onto a moving electrical conductor wherein the plastic compounds are mechanical... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4773448 | Freeze-resistant plastic pipe and method for its manufacture A plastic pipe with a hard outer shell lined with an inner shell of soft resilient plastic foam with a smooth central axial passageway adapted to be a conduit for liquid. A method of manufacturing this pipe which comprises simultaneously extruding the mat... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4770620 | Extruder apparatus for sheathing a strand-form product, in particular a cable Extrusion head for sheathing a strand-form product, in particular a cable, comprises a central hollow mandrel having a central bore through which the product to be sheathed passes. An intermediate mandrel surrounds the central mandrel with an annular mate... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4770618 | Extrusion die for two-ply plastic tubing An extrusion die for two-ply seamless plastic tubing, includes an extrusion head with a first nozzle provided with a first centering means; a first hollow mandrel placed within said nozzle; an elongate carrier bearing a second mandrel, a second nozzle and... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4770837 | Method for making articles from polymer blends Polymer blends comprising a continuous matrix phase of thermoplastic polymer with a discontinuous phase of thermoplastic polymer distributed through it are produced by extruding a blend of immiscible thermoplastic polymers through an annular extrusion die... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4761129 | Device for changing color during the extrusion of a sheath around a conductor Apparatus for extruding a sheath of synthetic material around a conductor, comprising an extruder head with two inlet conduits respectively connected to two orifices traversed by the conductor, and distributor means for selectively connecting the inlet co... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4758144 | Accumulating heads for production of laminated plastic cylindrically configured blanks Accumulating heads to produce preliminary blanks for the production of hollow plastic articles such as containers by the blow process (known as the "joint extrusion process"), such blanks, being of cylindrical "tube" configuration and also laminates which... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4758259 | Hollow glass fiber bushing, method of making hollow fibers and the hollow glass fibers made by that method A method and apparatus for producing hollow glass fibers is described in which the glass from a bushing tip and the gas used to provide a lumen in fibers as they are drawn from the tip are fed from passages in the tip sized to provide desired inside to ou... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4752197 | Apparatus for producing frozen confections Apparatus for producing frozen confections includes a plurality of metering pumps which equally divide a flow of semi-solid confectionary material into a like plurality of flows and delivers such flows to a like plurality of forming heads. The forming hea... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4743189 | Spinneret for a co-spun filament within a hollow filament A hollow fiber which contains within the hollow a co-spun hollow or solid filament. The solid filament is formed of polymer that can distribute energy within the hollow fiber while a co-spun hollow inner filament can also act as a vessel for transportatio... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4735642 | Hollow glass fiber bushing assembly A fiber glass bushing is described which produces hollow glass fibers from a multiplicity of tips having air tubes centered inside of them. Modules for providing a common header for rows of tubes centered in rows of tips on the bushing bottom are shown al... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4732716 | Process for preparation of multifilament optical fibers A process for the preparation of a multifilament optical fiber having 1,000 to 10,000 islands as optical filaments, which comprises using a composite spinning spinneret for the preparation of an islands-in-a-sea type multifilament fiber, which comprises a... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4731002 | Triple-wall foam coextrusion apparatus A triple-wall foam coextrusion apparatus in which inner and outer layers of one synthetic resin material are coextruded with an intermediate layer of another synthetic resin material, and wherein the passages for the first material are inclined to the axi... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4728478 | Polymer films containing platelet particles Thin polymer films containing small sized platelet type filler. The polymer has a melt index of from 0.01 to 10 grams per 10 minutes at 190° C. to 250° C.as measured on ASTM Test No. D-1238 at a load of 1000 to 2160 grams. The preferred polymer is polyc... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4721594 | Method and an apparatus for the production of ribbed pipes This invention relates to a method and an apparatus for the production of ribbed pipes. The apparatus comprises a core which together with an extrusion sleeve forms a nozzle through which a plastic material is fed into a moulding space defined between a c... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4717325 | Spinneret assembly A spinneret assembly for sheath-and-core type composite fibers capable of corresponding to various spinning conditions, with a small degree of eccentricity of core component and a small quality variance and provided densely with a large number of spinning... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4717324 | Coinjection of hollow articles and preforms Apparatus for coinjecting a plurality of thermoplastic materials to mold an article having a layered wall structure using thermoplastic material having different optimum processing temperatures including the maintenance of the optimum temperatures in flow... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4717326 | Extrusion molding equipment for multi-layer parison Extrusion molding equipment for a multi-layer parison which includes an accumulator head, a cylindrical member disposed in the accumulator head and having a temperature control device for controlling a chief resin material temperature wise, a ringed pisto... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4715803 | Triple co-extruder An extruder provides three materials, one co-extruded about the other. A first material is completely enrobed by a second material, which in turn is completely enrobed by a third material. The first and third materials are preferably cookie doughs having ... | 12/29/1987 |
