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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172450 | Extruder In an extruder wherein the slip-on elements (1) have a cross-sectional profile comprising circular arcs corresponding to the maximum slip-on element diameter, the slip-on element core diameter and the center distance of the slip-on elements (1), the sl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8087815 | Kneader One object of the present invention is to provide a kneader which can diminish wear of screws and a barrel while preventing the manufacturing process for the screws and barrel from becoming complicated. In this kneader, a pair of screws are rotated about respective ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7857499 | Method and device for homogenizing and filtering a viscoelastic material using coaxial telescoping screws A viscoelastic material is extruded by kneading-and-conveying screws of different respective diameters positioned coaxially and telescopingly. A flight trough of a larger-diameter screw has radial orifices allowing a first space swept by the flight of the larger-dia... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7717609 | Digital video recording apparatus and editing method for recorded broadcast programs A digital video recording apparatus and an editing method for recorded broadcast programs are disclosed. In accordance with the disclosed apparatus and method, information of recorded broadcast programs is extracted from a broadcast stream which includes the broadca... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7513677 | Extruder for producing molten plastic materials The invention concerns an extruder for producing molted plastic materials from plastic granules available on the market, by heating and mixing granules, with heated single- or double-screw extruders, and for carrying out polycondensation or polymerization using part... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7354188 | Gear pump having input and output screw shafts with a decreasing flight depth toward a gear section in transfer mix areas The invention relates to a gear pump which is suitable for delivering highly viscous materials. The aim of the invention is to provide a gear pump having a low-wear and low-maintenance bearing system, high output and good self-cleaning properties. For this purpose, ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350960 | Dual flight rotors for continuous mixer assembly In the field of continuous mixer apparatus for commingling particulate thermoplastic materials, employing at least one main rotor with a helical profile body configuration, an improved profile for the peripheral threads is provided. It presents a first upstream feed... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350959 | Pin extruder with gear pump A conveying apparatus comprising an extruder having a housing, a gear pump connected to the extruder, an extruder cylinder rotatably mounted in the housing, and a plurality of pins extending radially outwardly from the extruder cylinder. The extruder housing is prov... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7322738 | Conical twin-screw extruder and dehydrator In a conical twin-screw extruder in which two rotor shafts having flights on the outer peripheral surfaces thereof and being adjacent to each other in the lateral direction are accommodated in a barrel having a raw material supply port on one side and a raw material... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320583 | Apparatus and method for producing colored extruded food products An apparatus and associated method for varying the color and/or flavor of an extruded food product during a single production run of a single extrusion device. The apparatus includes a multi-additive injection system, which is attached to a fluid supply line of an e... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7296920 | Mixer for a plasticizing screw The invention provides an improved mixer section for a screw for a molding machine. The improved mixer section includes at least one conveying flight and at least one spill flight intersecting with the conveying flight. At least one notch is formed in the conveying ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7290923 | Extruder/gear pump assembly An extruder/gear pump assembly is provided having an extruder screw connected to the gear pump. The relative speed of the extruder screw and the gear pump are adjustable by the use of a shaft housed in a cavity of the extruder screw. ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7284897 | Extruder for continuously working and/or processing flowable materials An extruder has at least three parallel, co-rotating shafts disposed in a cavity therein along a circle. The shafts are equipped with screw elements closely intermeshing over their whole circumference. At least one screw element is formed as a passage screw element ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7264460 | Installation for preparing materials A material processing plant comprises a first screw-type extruding machine (1) and a second screw-type extruding machine (2) which is disposed downstream thereof. Between the two screw-type extruding machines (1, 2), provision is made for a deli... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7229205 | Drive unit for plastics injection machines A drive unit for operating a plastics injection machine includes a rotatably supported bushing intended for accommodation of an extruder screw and a rotor which includes a hollow shaft and is defined by an inner diameter sized to allow passage of the bushing and acc... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7213488 | Three way swivel divider gearbox for agricultural drive systems A swivel gearbox system having multiple drivetrain outputs is disclosed. The system comprises a swivel gearbox and an angled divider gearbox where the power input and divided power output shafts are not in the same plane. The swivel gearbox is a right angle gearbox ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7182504 | Drive apparatus for a multi-shaft extruder rotating in a same direction A drive apparatus for an extruder with at least two co-rotating extruder screws having driveshafts includes a housing and a drive motor which is received in the housing and including a stator and a rotor. The rotor is operatively connected to driveshafts of the extr... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7128464 | Method and device for regulating pressure in a single-screw degassing extruder or in a cascade extruder The invention relates to a method for regulating the minimal value of the pressure in the first half of the metering zone in a direction of conveyance in a single-screw degassing extruder or in a cascade extruder during the conveying of a melt consisting of a thermo... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7121716 | Mixing equipment sealing device A shaft sealing arrangement for sealing bores around a pair of stirrer shafts that emerge through a wall of an associated mixing vessel includes a pair of generally cylindrical shaft sealing assemblies designed to be carried on adjacent stirrer shafts, each gland as... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7115187 | Method and device for continually producing a suspension of cellulose in an aqueous amine oxide The invention relates to a method for continually producing a suspension of cellulose in an aqueous tertiary amine oxide. The method includes (a) mixing cellulose and an amine oxide-free aqueous phase to form a cellulose suspension in a mass ratio in the range of 1:... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7101166 | Apparatus for extruding ceramic molding The extruding apparatus has the molding die to form the ceramic molding, the screw extruder containing the extrusion screw to knead and guide the ceramic material toward the molding die. The extrusion screw is comprised of the pressure screw part and the diffusion s... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7101165 | Extrusion molding apparatus for ceramic molded product An extrusion molding apparatus comprises a shaping die for producing a ceramic molded product, and a screw extruder having built therein an extruding screw (40) for mixing while leading a ceramic material forward. The extruding screw (40) includes a pr... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7097344 | Homogeneous cellulose solution and high tenacity lyocell multifilament using the same The present invention relates to a method for making highly homogenized cellulose solution, wherein the cellulose solution is obtained by obtaining a solidified N-methylmorphorine-N-oxide (hereinafter, referred to as ‘NMMO’) hydrates which is solidified a liquid... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097443 | Extruder transition section A method and system are provided that efficiently compound high levels of inorganic filler, processing fluid and silicone polymer at a commercial rate into homogeneous filled and devolatilized silicone compositions. In the method, filled silicone compositions are co... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7080935 | Multi-screw extruder The invention relates to a multi-shaft extruder for the continuous treatment and/or processing of bulk material, especially a powdery, granular or flocculent product, comprising a plurality of shafts (3) which are arranged in a crown-like manner in a cavity (... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7040798 | Ring extruder feed The invention relates to a multi-screw extruder for the continuous treatment and/or processing of a bulk material, especially a product in powder, granular or flake form, comprising several shafts (3) which are arranged in a ring shape in a cavity (1) ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025491 | Homogenizing and/or dispersing device comprising endless screws An apparatus for homogenizing and/or dispersing at least one viscous substance and at least one solid and/or at least one other substance of different viscosity includes in a space in a housing axis-parallel rotatable shafts disposed along a circle with equal centra... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7017732 | Multiple extruder configuration The invention concerns a multiple-extruder configuration in which two co-rotating twin-screw extruders and a counter-rotating twin screw extruder are connected to each other with respect to the flow of material. ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004616 | Kneading apparatus and method for kneading rubber-based composition using the same A kneading apparatus includes a barrel having a cylindrical chamber; a screw assembly rotating in the chamber so that a material to be kneaded is extruded in the axial direction by the rotation, the screw assembly including a screw section having helical blades and ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997694 | Extruder An extruder drive has a housing, at least two extrusion worms each having a drive shaft extending into the housing, and at least one drive motor including at least one cylindrical stator fixed in the housing and a cylindrical rotor cooperating with the stator so as ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6989120 | Heat-vulcanizable silicone compositions from premix A continuous process of preparing a heat-vulcanizable filled silicone composition, comprises mixing filler and high viscosity silicone polymer continuously in a first co-rotating intermeshing twin screw extruder; and compounding a filler and silicone polymer mixture... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6942376 | Extruder mixing An extruder for producing a thermoplastic material having a first and second portion, namely, an axially extending barrel; first and second screw conveyers co-axially disposed within said barrel, said second screw conveyer co-axially disposed within said first screw... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6908573 | Polymeric resin blends and methods of manufacture thereof A screw for a multiple screw extruder comprises at least two conveying sections for transporting a composition comprising a polymeric resin from the feed end to the discharge end of the extruder; and at least two mixing sections comprising screw elements having two ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6805544 | Extruder An extruder includes a material feeding device feeding into a radial pump unit. The radial pump unit includes conical screws which are adjacently positioned and rotate in the same direction. The radial pump unit transfers an annular flow of the material into the ext... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6745818 | Method and apparatus for producing semisolid method slurries and shaped components A method and apparatus for converting liquid alloy into its thixotropic state and for fabricating high integrity components by injecting subsequently the thixotropic alloy into a die cavity. The apparatus includes a liquid metal feeder, a high shear twin-screw extru... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6705753 | Extruder comprising blister mechanism An extruder for polymer melts, with an extrusion space arranged in an extruder barrel and through which at least one extruder screw shank extends so that it can be rotated by a motor. The screw shank has at least one section in the form of a cylinder casing, the ext... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6672752 | Extrusion apparatus with winding socket An extrusion apparatus is provided having an extrusion worm with a threaded exterior passage and rotatably driven by a drive shaft operatively couplable with a drive motor for driving rotation of the drive shaft. A feed in device feeds to the extrusion ap... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6627134 | Apparatus for molding multilayered articles An apparatus for injection molding two compatible polymeric materials, in which two substantially coaxial extrusion screws are used to plasticize the two materials into a common accumulation space. The charge comprising multiple layers of material is then... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6610134 | Method for producing a cellulose suspension A procedure to continuously produce a suspension of cellulose in aqueous N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide is characterized in that: (a) The cellulose is conveyed through a first shearing zone in the absence of N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide and is homogenized, and ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6585923 | Extrusion method and extruder An extrusion method and an extruder, the material to be extruded being fed with a material feeding device (1) into a radial pump unit included in the equipment. The radial pump unit comprises conical gearwheels (2) which are adjacently positioned and rota... | 07/01/2003 |
