Worm extruder assembly

US4242001A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kraftwerk Union Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Meintker · Baiersdorf, DE
• Anwer Puthawala · Erlangen, DE
• Hans-Peter Schabert
• Erich Strickroth · Buckenhof, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 30, 1978
• Grant date: Dec 30, 1980
• Expiry date: Aug 30, 1998

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S422/903
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Worm extruder assembly includes an extruder worm, a steam dome formed as a cylindrical tube disposed transversely to the worm axis, a condenser surrounding the cylindrical tube, a steam outlet line extending from the steam dome to the condenser, and means defining an annular gap connecting the condenser to the cylindrical tube.