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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:
Oct. 25, 1983
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Holmes, West Chicago, IL (US);
Frank Keyser, Streamwood, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B / ; B01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
366 76 ; 222413 ; 425225 ; 425580 ;
Abstract
The extruder assembly includes a barrel, a screw received within the barrel, a motor drive and transmission connected to one end of the screw for driving same and an extruding die at the other end of the barrel through which material is forced by the screw. The barrel has a slot therein and the assembly further includes a ram feed assembly having two pivotally mounted ram sections positioned on either side of the barrel for forcing molten plastic through the slot into the barrel. The ram sections are pivotable between an upper operating position and a lower exposed position providing easy access to the ram sections for cleaning and maintenance thereof.