Plant for continuously polymerizing synthetic resin plates by using glass molds

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A PLANT FOR CONTINUOUSLY MASS PRODUCING SYNTHETIC RESIN PLATES BY USING GLASS MOLDS, COMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF TRUCKS, SUPPORTS ON SAID TRUCKS FOR HOLDING A PLURALITY OF SAID MOLDS IN SPACE RELATIONSHIP, A HOT WATER BATH, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TRUCKS SERIALLY INTO, THROUGH AND FROM SAID HOT WATER BATH, A PLURLAITY OF HEATING AND CIRCULATING UNITS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID HOT WATER BOTH AND CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO ACCURATELY MAINTAIN DESIRED TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIALS IN PREDETERMINED TREATMENT ZONES ALONG SAID HOT WATER BATH, SAID UNITS INCLUDING INLET AND OUTLET CONDUITS RESPECTIVELY COUPLED TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID HOT WATER BATH AND BAFFLE MEANS DISPOSED ALONG OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID HOT WATER BATH FOR PRODUCING UNIFORM TRANSVERSE FLOW OF HOT WATER THROUGH SAID BATH BETWEEN SAID CONDUITS, SAID BAFFILE MEANS COMPRISING VERTICALLY DISPOSED PERFORATED PARTITIONS DEFINING INLET AND OUTLET HOT WATER CHAMBERS LATERALLY OF SAID HOT WATER BATH RESPECTIVELY ON EACH SIDE THEREOF, WHEREBY SAID MOLDS WILL BE SUBJECTED TO DIFFERENT ACCURATELY CONTROLLED TREATMENT TEMPERATURES FOR PRESELECTED TIME PERIODS AS SAID TRUCKS MOVE SERIALLY THROUGH SAID HOT WATER BATH, A HOT AIR TREATMENT CHAMBER, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID TRUCKS SERIALLY FROM SAID HOT WATER BATH INTO, THROUGH AND FROM SAID HOT AIR TREATMENT CHAMBER, AND A PLURALITY OF AIR HEATING AND CIRCULATING UNITS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CHAMBER FOR ACCURATELY CONTROLLING THE TREATMENT TEMPERATURES IN PREDETERMINED TREATMENT ZONES ALONG SAID CHAMBER, WHEREBY TREATMENT TEMPERATURES ABOVE 100* C. MAY BE APPLIED TO SAID MOLDS AFTER LEAVING SAID WATER BATH AND RELATIVE LOWER MOLDRELEASING TEMPERATURES MAY BE APPLIED THERETO THEREAFTER AS DESIRED.