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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Brian M. Pitsch, Jim Falls, WI (US);
Jesse J. Schemenauer, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Brian M. Pitsch, Jim Falls, WI (US);
Jesse J. Schemenauer, Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Allied Dies, Inc., Chippewa Falls, WI (US);
Abstract
The invention comprises a die apparatus including a flexible lip for adjusting a gap between the flexible lip and a second lip. The apparatus includes linear moving members that are adjusted through operative communication with gradients on a slide bar. Ball bearings may be in operative communication with the gradients of the slide bar. Movement of the slide bar causes the ball bearings to move linearly, which, in turn, cause the linear moving members to move in a similar linear direction. The moving members operatively communicate with the lip. As a result, the dimensions of the gap may be changed by moving the slide bar in a first direction.