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Fiber reinforced thermoplastic material

US4640861A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 1984
Grant dateFeb 3, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249945
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fiber reinforced material is made by passing a preheated tensioned filament array over an arcuate extruder head where thermoplastic polymer is flowed through the filament array to expel air from the array while coating the filaments with polymer. The filaments comprise 50 to 75 percent by volume of the material and the polymer has a relative viscosity of at least 50.

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