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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Ching-Chin Lee, Hudson, OH (US);
Gary Robert Burg, NW. Canton, OH (US);
Ernest Wilford Looman, Jr., Tallmadge, OH (US);
Bruce Joseph Turner, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Malcolm George Marshall, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
Apparatus for directing the flow of material from a supply source to one or more shaping dies has a flow channel therein. A flow directing insert ( A) located in the downstream region of the flow channel spreads the material toward the outer walls and improves uniformity of flow in an exit zone ( ). In the downstream region ( ), the channel height is gradually decreased and levels off near the exit. The flow channel may be split into two or mom flow branches ( A, B), each flow branch having a flow directing insert ( A) therein.