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Manufacturing dimensionally stable shaped hollow sections from aliphatic polyamides and their applications
Assignee: Huels AG
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Filing: 1983-02-07
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Granted: 1985-05-28
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Expires: 2003-02-07
Abstract
Abstract Polyamide plastic fuel lines which are dimensionally stable and resistant to fuels, alcoholic fuels and alcohols as fuels are prepared from aliphatic high molecular weight polyamides. The fuel lines are prepared by extruding a hot melt of the polyamide, sizing through a die having a diameter in excess of the given diameter of the fuel line, cooling the fuel line in a cooling bath, removing the fuel line from the bath and sizing the fuel line adiabatically through a disk having a diameter less than the given diameter.
Inventors
- 👤 Klaus Michel
- 👤 Armin Gude
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-01 03:52
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C55/00; B29C55/30; B29C48/00; B29C48/03; B29C48/09; B29C48/25; B29C48/88; B29C48/90; B29C48/901; B29C48/908; B29C48/919; B29C48/10; B29K; B29K2077/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S138/00; Y10S138/07; Y10S264/00; Y10S264/61; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/139
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A method for manufacturing shaped, hollow sections of polyamide plastics dimensionally stable under influence of fuels for internal combustion engines and having a given diameter consisting of: (a) extruding a hot melt of aliphatic polyamides having at least 5 carbon atoms per carbon amide group or polyamides from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diamine which together have at least 12 carbon atoms through a tube die; (d) sizing said hot melt through a first gauging device having an inside diameter greater than said given diameter; (c) cooling said shaped, hollow sections obtained in a cooling bath; (d) removing the cooled, shaped hollow sections from the cooling bath; and (e) sizing the cooled, shaped hollow sections adiabatically through a second gauging device having an inside diameter less than said given diameter whereby said given diameter is achieved.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
138 words
A method for manufacturing shaped, hollow sections of polyamide plastics dimensionally stable under influence of fuels for internal combustion engines and having a given diameter consisting of: (a) extruding a hot melt of aliphatic polyamides having at least 5 carbon atoms per carbon amide group or polyamides from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diamine which together have at least 12 carbon atoms through a tube die; (d) sizing said hot melt through a first gauging device having an inside diameter greater than said given diameter; (c) cooling said shaped, hollow sections obtained in a cooling bath; (d) removing the cooled, shaped hollow sections from the cooling bath; and (e) sizing the cooled, shaped hollow sections adiabatically through a second gauging device having an inside diameter less than said given diameter whereby said given diameter is achieved.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said first gauging device of step (b) has a diameter 5 to 20% greater than said given diameter.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 2, wherein said second gauging device of step (e) has a diameter 2 to 15% less than said given diameter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
62 words
The method of claim 3, wherein said tube die of step (a) has an outside diameter of 16 mm and an inside diameter of 12 mm, said first gauging device of step (b) has an inside diameter of 9.5 mm and said second gauging device of step (e) has an inside diameter of 7.5 mm and said given diameter is 8 mm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said aliphatic polyamides having at least 5 carbon atoms per carbon amide group are selected from the group consisting of polylauryllactam and polyundecanamide.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1988-05-27 | 1988-11-26 | 1989-05-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1992-05-27 | 1992-11-26 | 1993-05-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1996-05-27 | 1996-11-26 | 1997-05-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |