Apparatus for processing synthetic thermoplastic material

Claim 1

In apparatus for processing synthetic thermoplastic material, which comprises an upright receiver having a vertical axis, a shell surrounding the axis and defining an opening, a bottom wall and an upper end opposite the bottom wall, the upper end being adapted to receive the synthetic thermoplastic material, a disintegrating and mixing tool disposed in the receiver near the bottom wall thereof and mounted for rotation in a horizontal plane about the vertical axis, and drive means for rotating the tool in an operating direction: the improvement of a screw extruder extending substantially radially with respect to the vertical axis outside of the receiver shell and having an intake end, only the intake end protruding through the opening into the receiver and the intake end extending in a plane above the plane of the disintegrating and mixing tool, and a baffle having a lower end portion disposed close to the intake end of the screw extruder for guiding the material thereto, the baffle being disposed in the receiver adjoining the shell and sloping in said direction towards the intake end of the screw extruder.