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Device for continuously producing seamless plastic tubes

US6616437B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 23, 2001
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB29L2023/18
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Proposed is a device for continuously producing seamless plastic tubes, wherein provided as a distributor element for the molten material to be fed to an annular gap is a distributor plate which is arranged within the cross-section of the mold cavity and in which the molten plastic material is passed to the peripheral surface of the distributor plate substantially radially with respect to the direction of production by way of distribution passages which branch tree-like, wherein the flow path of the molten plastic material is the same in each of the individual distribution passages between the entry opening and the peripheral surface

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