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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1978
Garland E Raley, Terre Haute, IN (US);
C W Miller, Terre Haute, IN (US);
D L Smith, Terre Haute, IN (US);
Ethyl Corporation, Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A rotating joint assembly for feeding an extrusion die with two or more thermoplastic layers of a consistent uniformity of distribution including a stationary manifold for receiving two or more thermoplastic streams and conveying the streams to discharge openings in the manifold, and a cylindrical conduit rotatably connected to the manifold, the conduit having intake openings aligned with discharge openings in the stationary base for receiving and conveying thermoplastic streams from the base to an extrusion die and an axial channel aligned with an axial channel in the stationary manifold for receiving and conveying one of the thermoplastic streams to the die.