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Extrusion die for extruding a honeycomb structure

Assignee: Soken Inc
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Filing: 1981-07-10
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Granted: 1983-05-24
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Expires: 2001-07-10
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Abstract

Abstract An extrusion die for extruding a honeycomb structure having a thick outer peripheral wall without generating any distortion or deformation therein, comprises a die body provided with a plurality of disconnected feed passageways and interconnected grid-shaped extrusion slots, an annular die mask which is closely contacted with the outer peripheral portion of the outlet face of the die body. In the outlet face of the die body, along the inner peripheral wall of the die mask, an annular groove of which depth is smaller than that of the extrusion slots is formed so as to open in the extruding direction.

Inventors

  • 👤 Shinichi Yamamoto
  • 👤 Fumitoshi Sakagami
  • 👤 Toshihiko Ito

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 22:37
CPC Classifications
B; B28; B28B; B28B3/00; B28B3/20; B28B3/26; B28B3/269; B29; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/03; B29C48/09; B29C48/11; B29L; B29L2031/00; B29L2031/60

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 194 words
An extrusion die for extruding a honeycomb structure, comprising: a die body provided with interconnected grid-shaped extrusion slots having a predetermined depth which are formed on the outlet side thereof, and a plurality of disconnected feed passageways, which are formed on the inlet side thereof so as to be communicated with said extrusion slots therewithin; an annular die mask having an axially extending inner peripheral wall for defining the outer wall of said honeycomb structure and having an annular end surface extending radially outwardly from said wall and at least partially in its radial extent being in close contact with an outer peripheral portion of said outlet side of said die body for closing extrusion slots which open in said outer peripheral portion and leaving open those radially inward thereof; said die body being provided with an annular groove formed radially inwardly of said outer peripheral portion of said outlet side along the inner peripheral wall of said die mask so as to open in the extruding direction; and said annular groove having a depth smaller than said predetermined depth of said extrusion slots and a width larger than that of said extrusion slots.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 194 words
An extrusion die for extruding a honeycomb structure, comprising: a die body provided with interconnected grid-shaped extrusion slots having a predetermined depth which are formed on the outlet side thereof, and a plurality of disconnected feed passageways, which are formed on the inlet side thereof so as to be communicated with said extrusion slots therewithin; an annular die mask having an axially extending inner peripheral wall for defining the outer wall of said honeycomb structure and having an annular end surface extending radially outwardly from said wall and at least partially in its radial extent being in close contact with an outer peripheral portion of said outlet side of said die body for closing extrusion slots which open in said outer peripheral portion and leaving open those radially inward thereof; said die body being provided with an annular groove formed radially inwardly of said outer peripheral portion of said outlet side along the inner peripheral wall of said die mask so as to open in the extruding direction; and said annular groove having a depth smaller than said predetermined depth of said extrusion slots and a width larger than that of said extrusion slots.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 33 words
An extrusion die according to claim 1, wherein: the outer peripheral wall of said annular groove extends on the same axial plane as that of said inner peripheral wall of said die mask.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 31 words
An extrusion die according to claim 1, wherein: said die mask covers the outer peripheral portion of the opening of said annular groove throughout the circumference thereof by a predetermined width.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 32 words
An extrusion die according to claim 1, wherein: said annular groove has an equal width in the radial direction of said die body from the bottom portion to the opening portion thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 33 words
An extrusion die as in claim 1, wherein: said inner peripheral wall of said die mask intersects said annular end surface thereof at a right angle and extends therefrom in the extruding direction.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 74 words
An extrusion die according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 wherein: said die body is further provided with interconnected grid-shaped pooling slots which are formed in the portion wherein said feed passageways are communicated with said extrusion slots; and said pooling slots have a width smaller than that of said feed passageways and larger than that of said extrusion slots and are formed so as to be superposed on said extrusion slots.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1986-05-23 1986-11-22 1987-05-24 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1990-05-23 1990-11-22 1991-05-24 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1994-05-23 1994-11-22 1995-05-24 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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