Apparatus for the continuous manufacture of chipboard panels, fibre panels or the like
US3938927A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 22, 1975 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 22, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB27N3/26
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In apparatus for continuously pressing panels of particulate material, such as chips or fibres, a press drum with an endless belt looped partially therearound and pressed against the drum to press the panels between the drum and the belt, an inlet roller adjacent the drum, between which inlet roller and drum the belt carrying the particulate material to be pressed passes, a plurality of return rollers and a tensioning and control roller spaced from the inlet roller to form therebetween a horizontal pass of the belt onto which the particulate material to be pressed is sprinkled, the tensioning and control roller being adjustable in position to control tension and lateral movement of the belt.
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