Patent · US Expired

Plastic processing machine for producing fiber-containing thermoplastics

US7048431B2 · kind B2 · utility

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26References

11Claims

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Assignee

Krauss-Maffei Kunststofftechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Matthias Sieverding · Newton, US
Jochen Zwiesele · Hersbruck, DE
Rainer Zimmet · Neckarwestheim, DE
Roman Laberer · Oberroth, DE
Josef Sedlacek · Sent, CH
Rainer Wolf · Allschwil, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 21, 2004
Grant date	May 23, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 21, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29K2105/16
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A plastics processing machine for producing fiber-containing thermoplastics includes an extruder, and a scale assembly having a weighing plate for determining an amount of fiber to be supplied to the extruder. A fiber feeding device supplies fibers from a take-off unit into the extruder and includes a first fiber guide unit, which is securely fixed to the weighing plate, for removing the fibers from the take-off unit, and a second fiber guide unit which is decoupled from the weighing plate and so constructed as to route the fibers between the first and second guide units in a substantially perpendicular relationship to a gravitational force.

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