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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
May. 15, 2009
Applicants:
J. Wayne Martin, Buchanan, VA (US);
Roger Blake Wright, Staunton, VA (US);
Inventors:
J. Wayne Martin, Buchanan, VA (US);
Roger Blake Wright, Staunton, VA (US);
Assignee:
Gala Industries, Inc., Eagle Rock, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 47/00 (2006.01); B29B 9/06 (2006.01); B29B 9/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/12 (2006.01); B30B 11/22 (2006.01); B29B 9/12 (2006.01); B29D 22/00 (2006.01); B29C 47/30 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 9/06 (2013.01); B30B 11/221 (2013.01); B29C 47/30 (2013.01); B29C 47/0057 (2013.01); B29B 9/12 (2013.01); B29C 47/0023 (2013.01); B29D 22/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/251 (2013.01); B29C 47/003 (2013.01); B29C 47/0011 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are extrusion processes to produce hollow pellets. Also disclosed are pelletizer devices that can be used to produce the hollow pellets. The processes and devices make use of an extrusion die having a die orifice and an insert that is placed in the die orifice to produce the hollow pellets.