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Device for adjusting the pressure of the plastic material in a screw extruder

US5499869A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1994
Grant dateMar 19, 1996
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29C2948/92904
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A throttle for the adjustment of the pressure of plastic material in screw extruders in which the throttle is a cylindrical plunger submerged in the melt flow in a melt channel. In order to eliminate dead spaces downstream of the throttle, the plunger is arranged in a symmetrical and displaceable manner in a rectangular melt channel and one or more through holes are provided in the plunger in the flow direction in the submerged region of the plunger.

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