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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Kevin D. Hartley, Clarklake, MI (US);
Robert C. Mceldowney, Jackson, MO (US);
Thomas G. Gilbert, Clarklake, MI (US);
Thomas A. Gates, Parma, MO (US);
Kevin D. Hartley, Clarklake, MI (US);
Robert C. McEldowney, Jackson, MO (US);
Thomas G. Gilbert, Clarklake, MI (US);
Thomas A. Gates, Parma, MO (US);
Certainteed Corporation, Valley Forge, PA (US);
Abstract
A sizer assembly for providing a shaped polymeric article in an extrusion process includes a sizer body having a product profile channel corresponding to the shaped polymeric article formed therethrough. The sizer body includes a plurality of cooling liquid inlet slots forming an opening substantially around the product profile channel and a plurality of vacuum slots forming an opening substantially around the product profile channel for removing cooling liquid expelled from said cooling liquid inlet slots.