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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7883332 | Method and apparatus for producing a seal including a portion having a wall of variable thickness The method makes it possible to produce a seal (1) of an extruded plastics material, including a tubular section (3) with a wall of variable thickness (WT), using a distribution chamber having a terminal die plate (12) with an annular extrusion ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7396223 | Forming jig and method for producing formed body using same A forming jig comprises a rectification plate having two or more material supply holes, a drawing die installed below the rectification plate to specify the external configuration of the formed body produced from a material, and a floating die in which two or more w... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7374412 | Extrusion head In an extrusion head and an extrusion method for the production of a tubular multilayer preform the extrusion head includes at least two feed paths for feeding plasticised plastic material from one or more extruders to an annular passage arrangement. The annular pas... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7296991 | Adjustable extruder die assembly die lip adjustment apparatus An annular thermoplastic foam extrusion die assembly has a first die body with a first die lip and a second die body with a second die lip. The first die body includes a trench having an undercut, sloped back wall and a circumferential groove opposite the back wall.... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7278844 | Extrusion head for blow molding A blow head for extruding a tubular plastic preform from an outlet gap between a fixed die core and a die body allows a change of the width of the outlet gap as a function of the circumference using light and small actuating devices, e.g., double-acting actuator cyl... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7267541 | Extruder head An extruder head for extrusion blow-molding plastic containers includes a ring gap nozzle with a mandrel and a ring-shaped nozzle body. An elastically deformable sleeve is arranged on an end of the nozzle outlet side and defines a gap width which can be varied by ax... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7175415 | Moulding system, in particular a calibration die The invention relates to a moulding system (3), in particular a calibration die (17), for an extrusion plant, with preferably parallel inlet and outlet faces (28, 29) spaced at a distance apart and with side faces (30, 31, 32, 33) extendi... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7163388 | Method and apparatus for incorporating lumens into the wall of a tubular extrusion A polymer extrusion head for forming continuous shapes having one or more lumens therein. The head includes an extrusion mandrel and die. At least one lumen pipe is disposed radially through a port in the die to intersect the polymer flow in the annular region betwe... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160094 | Die assembly A die assembly (10) having a first die part (12), which includes a first lip (16) that, in combination with a second lip (18), defines a feed gap (20). The first die part (12) also includes a rear portion (22), a fron... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7108817 | Die, especially for extruding green ceramic foils A die for producing flat sections, in particular a flat-sheet die for extrusion of ceramic green films, has a slot-shaped die outlet which opens in an outlet orifice. The height of the slot-shaped die outlet narrows beginning in the immediate vicinity of the outlet ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104778 | International die deckle with flow control An apparatus (10) for changing the width of an internal die cavity (12) to accommodate product width changes has a die end plate (14) with a front surface facing the internal die cavity (12), a rear surface and defines an opening that ext... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101167 | Method and a device for manufacturing a tool and a tool made by the method A rotary tool such as a helix drill and an end mill for example, is manufactured by forming a blank by an extrusion process, and then sintering the blank. During the extrusion, a mixture is passed through a die which provides a cylindrical shape to the outer periphe... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6945764 | Method and apparatus for distributing material in a profile extrusion die A method and apparatus for extruding plastic products having large cross sections, which require a correspondingly large die cross section, is described in which the cross section of the die is divided into regions of predetermined flow and separate flow streams are... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6926509 | Apparatus for extruding tubing having a variable wall thickness An extruder apparatus and method for producing an extruded tubing having varying inner dimensions without changing the outer dimensions. The tubing is forced from the die face of an extrusion head having an extruder die and an internal mandrel determining the outer ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6926512 | Apparatus for extruding foamed polypropylene sheet having improved surface appearance A coat hanger extrusion die wherein the aperture of the die land widens along the extrusion axis of the die to the die exit opening, thereby forming an expansion zone. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6911165 | Method for fabricating concrete slabs using a horizontal slip casting process A method is provided for fabricating a concrete slab in a substantially horizontal slip casting process method, concrete mix is fed into a mold through a delimited cross section moving progressively in the casting process so as to form a concrete product of a desire... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6881050 | Food forming apparatus A forming apparatus to produce nonsymmetrical three-dimensional shaped products from a food extrusion device includes a vector drive controlling an induction motor through current flux control, which selectively actuates an iris diaphragm. Food product is pumped to ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6852260 | Process for preparing cleansing bars having well-defined platelet striations therein A process for preparing a cleansing bar having well-defined platelet striations therein which comprises extruding a cleansing bar composition having platelets therein to form a cleansing bar using an extruder having a perforated barrier across the cross section of t... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6837698 | Multilayer coextrusion die and method The invention is an extrusion device comprising an interleaving block portion. The interleaving block portion includes at least two first chambers, each first chamber including a width, a length, a height, and an input aperture. The length dimension of the first cha... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6834693 | Electrically conductive tire and extrusion equipment for a section with a conductive insert A tire having a tread consisting of two circumferential layers of non-conductive material, each layer containing a circumferential insert made of a conductive mix and having on the contact surface between the two layers a circumferential footprint, the first of thes... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6799961 | Device for adjusting a gap The application relates to a device for adjusting the gap of a die arrangement using a thermopin, which is connected to the die lip (10) without any play by means of a clamp-type socket (7), where the clamp-type socket (7) engages on the one had... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6773249 | Extrusion head The invention relates to an extrusion head for producing a tubular parison (22) in order to manufacture large-volume, blow molded plastic hollow bodies. The inventive extrusion head has an adjustable ring-shaped tube outlet nozzle for selectively adjusting th... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6755638 | Apparatus for producing continuous extrusion molding A molding machine for producing a continuous extrusion molding product with varying profile includes a die with an inlet for receiving molten material, a channel, an outlet, and shaping knives rotatable around axes non-parallel to the flow direction of the molten ma... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6706229 | Molding method of molded surface fastener, molded surface fastener manufactured by the method, and molding apparatus thereof Molten resin material is continuously extruded from a first extruding hole extending in a width direction of a first extruding nozzle, and is passed through a second extruding nozzle which is arranged a front surface of the first extruding nozzle and has a second ex... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6695606 | Extrudate shrinkage control and reduction An extrusion apparatus for extruding visco-elastic materials includes an extruder head for preliminary shaping of a visco-elastic melt and a splice bar die assembly for final shaping of the visco-elastic melt. Both the extruder head and the die assembly h... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6612829 | Extrusion die An extrusion die having a first die element and a second die element, each of which has a die lip, between which an extrusion gap with a slot-shaped outlet opening extends over a width of the extrusion die. At least one die element has an adjusting device... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6610231 | Molding method for a surface fastener The molding method for molded surface fastener for molding a flat substrate and a plurality of first engaging elements integrally and continously using the same molding material. According to the method, a cooling/transportation means for cooling and tran... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6602066 | Extruder for formable materials A toy includes a chamber having a longitudinal axis, a hollow interior, a first opening, and a second opening. The toy includes a die coupled to the first opening of the chamber, and an extruder received at the second opening of the chamber. A cavity is d... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6572357 | Apparatus for manufacturing monolithic cross flow particulate traps An apparatus permits production of the complete monolithic cross flow trap module in a single extrusion process followed by firing to sinter the plasticized ceramic material and remove the plastics to achieve open porosity. Consequently, the trap modules ... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6561783 | Extruding machine for making multi-color mesh belts An extruding machine for making multi-color mesh belts includes an injection block which has a single material feeding inlet and a material feeding tube which has a plurality of equally spaced material feeding passages. Each feeding passage has a color in... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6533565 | Method and apparatus for distributing material in a profile extrusion die A method and apparatus for extruding plastic products having complex cross sections, which require a complex die cross section, is described in which the cross section of the die is divided into regions of critical flow and separate flow streams are suppl... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6485282 | Device for the extrusion of plastic profiles A device for the extrusion of plastic profiles with an extruder for the melting and delivery of a plastic material and with an extrusion die for defining the profile geometry, wherein a profile slot corresponding to the profile to be extruded and being de... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6475414 | Method of extracting a melt strand The geometry of a flow channel (1) can be varied within wide limits if at least one wall of the flow channel (1) takes the form of a sheet stack (2) which is pushed from the rear into the channel to a greater or lesser extent by means of adjusters (7). Th... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6470726 | Method for manufacturing an extruded article changing in cross-section and an apparatus for extruding said extruded article An extruded article which has at least one hollow portion and changes in cross-section along a direction of an extrusion axis is manufactured by the method. The method includes the step of advancing a punch to extrude a billet while controlling a movement... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6365080 | Method of making a multi-portion mixing element A method of making a mixing element for a static mixer, comprising: providing a split die set having a first die and a second die in axial alignment, each of the dies having an opening forming an extrusion pattern, each of the extrusion pattern mating wit... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6354828 | Extrusion head for blow molded extruded plastic containers An extrusion head for blow molding extruded plastic containers, with a ring gap nozzle having a mandrel and a ring-shaped nozzle body having an elastically deformable sleeve, and setting devices for radially deforming the elastic sleeve. The sleeve define... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6312749 | Method and apparatus for producing a corrugated pasta sheet, facilitating adherence of sauce to surface The present invention concerns a method for producing a corrugated pasta sheet, facilitating the adherence of the sauce to the surface, in which the pasta sheet is obtained by forcibly extruding the dough through a slot in a die plate, comprising the stag... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6309201 | Die for tubular film extrusion The die includes a central core and an annular ring arranged around the core, so as to define an annular slit for extruding a material, as well as a multiple number of inserts peripherally arranged around the ring and mechanically tied to the same, and de... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6284169 | Method of extrusion blow molding of a hollow body The extrusion blow molding of hollow bodies is carried out with a wall thickness program which in addition to varying the gap width over the entire perimeter of the gap in accordance with a first program curve and varying the geometry of the gap in respon... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6273701 | Heated die lips for controlling extruded polymer film thicknesses Lip die structures include thrust developing elements spaced along one lip at first points for flexing those first points toward and away from the other lip and controlled by a thickness monitor spaced downstream along the web being produced from the lip ... | 08/14/2001 |
