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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 1987
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1984
Thomas E Lohr, Mount Clemens, MI (US);
Allen Industries, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for making a sheet of material from a fiber textile-like mat is provided, the apparatus comprising a press having a pair of movable endless belts having adjacent runs adapted to receive a mat of fibers of thermoplastic material mixed with other fibers therebetween and having outer returning runs, the press having a compressing unit for compressing the mat between the adjacent runs of the belts to densify the mat, the press having a heating unit for heating the mat between the adjacent runs of the belts, and the press having a cooling unit for cooling the mat between the adjacent runs of the belts after the mat has been heated and densified by the heating unit and the compressing unit, the heating unit that heats the mat also preheating the outer runs of the belts before the mat is received between the adjacent runs of the belts.