Rotary processor
US4227816A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 1978 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C48/03
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A multi-stage rotary processor for plastic and polymeric materials which are, or become in the course of processing, viscous liquids, including an annular housing, a rotor coaxial with and rotatable with respect to the housing and having a cylindrical surface in slidable sealing relation with the interior of the housing, a plurality of annular channels formed in the cylindrical surface and cooperating with the housing to form annular processing passages, transfer passages, which are preferably channels in the surface of the housing for cooperation with the cylindrical portions of the rotor, to provide passage for transfer of material between processing passages and blocking members extending into the channels to hold material in the processing passages for relative movement with respect to the channel walls for processing. In a preferred structure the transfer channels are formed and the blocking members may be mounted in removable flow director units including surfaces forming part of the surface of the annular housing.
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