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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ulrich Kreuz, Erdmannhausen, DE;
Ludwig Zollitsch, Korntal-Munchingen, DE;
Friedrich Hild, Beilstein, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34384 ; 34 65 ; 34207 ; 34216 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for cooling, drying and granulating plastic strands emerging from a nozzle in molten form includes a discharge channel washed with cooling water through which the plastic strands are conducted. A draining and drying device forms a separate unit following the lower end of the discharge channel and has a device subjecting the plastic strands to an air stream and a water collecting apparatus disposed under the plastic strands. A granulator follows the draining and drying device.