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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Rambus Delaware Llc, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
W. Scott Thielman, North Royalton, OH (US);
Rambus Delaware LLC, Brecksville, OH (US);
Abstract
Extrusion-to-sheet production line and method comprise first and second rolls set to a predetermined gap through which a continuously-extruded sheet of molten plastic material passes to calender the sheet to a predetermined thickness. The sheet passes through a nip formed between the second roll and a continuous belt looped around a third roll and a fourth roll. The belt comprises an embossing pattern of optical element shapes that is an inverse pattern of optical element shapes to be embossed at a first major surface of the sheet. The sheet remains in contact with the second roll until the sheet passes through the nip, where the pattern of optical element shapes on the belt is embossed into the first major surfaces of the sheet. Downstream of the third roll is a cooling area through which the belt passes.