Means and method for the formation of paneling having a foamed plastic core

Claim 1

IN A MACHINE FOR THE CONTINUOUS FORMATION OF A PANEL HAVING A CORE OF FOAMABLE MATERIAL, MEANS MOUNTING A PAIR OF ENDLESS BELTS HAVING BACKING PLATES FOR CONTINUOUS LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF SUCCESSIVE SEGMENTS THEREOF IN CLOSELY SPACED PARALLEL PLANES DEFINING A CONFINED AREA, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID PLATES WITH SAID SEGMENTS NON-YIELDABLY RESTRAINED IN SAID PLANES, A PAIR OF INSULATING BELTS, ONE EACH CIRCUMSCRIBING EACH OF SAID BACKING PLATES WITH SUCCESSIVE SEGMENTS THEREOF ADAPTED TO MOVE LONGITUDINALLY THROUGH SAID CONFINED AREA, A DISTRIBUTOR ADAPTED TO CONTAIN SOLID FOAMABLE MATERIAL WITH AN ELONGATED NOZZLE PROJECTING BETWEEN SAID PLANES FOR DISTRUBITING SAID MATERIAL, AND MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PERFORATED TUBULAR PROBES WITH SAID PROBES PROJECTING BETWEEN SAID PLANES IN A MARGINAL AREA ADJACENT SAID NOZZLE FOR FEEDING AN ACTIVATOR FOR SAID FOAMABLE MATERIAL INTO ENVELOPING RELATION WITH SAID MATERIAL.