Apparatus for continuous extrusion of metal

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR MAKING POSSIBLE THE CONTINUOUS EXTRUSION OF SOLID ELONGATE METAL BILLETS INTO STANDARD COMMERCIAL SHAPES WHEN THE BILLETS ARE ADVANCED TOWARD THE APPARATUS IN END TO END TANDEM ARRANGEMENT, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A RIGID TUBULAR CYLINDER, A HARDENED DIE PLATE POSITIONED IN ABUTTING RELATION WITH ONE END OF SAID CYLINDER AND FORMED WITH AN EXTRUDING PASSAGE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BORE OF SAID CYLINDER, SAID PASSAGE DEFINING A STANDARD COMMERCIAL SHAPE, SAID DIE PLATE AND SAID BORE OF SAID CYLINDER DEFINING A COMPRESSION CHAMBER, MEANS FOR FIXEDLY MOUNTING SAID CYLINDER AND SAID DIE PLATE, A ROLLER BED POSITIONED ADJACENT THE OTHER END OF SAID CYLINDER AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BORE, SAID ROLLER BED COMPRISING SPACED PAIRS OF DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED ROLLERS JOURNALLED FOR ROTATION ABOUT AXES EXTENDING TRANSVERELY OF THE AXIS OF SAID CYLINDER BORE AND SPACED LATERALLY OF SAID BORE AXIS, SAID ROLLERS DEFINING A RECTILINEAR BILLET FEED PASSAGE IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID BORE, WITH A PLURALITY OF SAID PAIRS OF ROLLERS BEING ARRANGED IN CLOSELY SPACED RELATION ADJACENT SAID OTHER END OF SAID CYLINDER,