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Sheath core composite extrusion and a method of making it by melt transformation coextrusion
Assignee: OHIO UNIVERSITY ATHENS OH 45701 A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
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Filing: 1985-10-11
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Granted: 1987-07-14
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Expires: 2005-10-11
Abstract
Abstract A composite extrusion, such as a fiber, film or ribbon, having an inner core and an outer sheath, wherein the inner core is made of a molecularly oriented polymer capable of being rigidified by imposition of a temperature gradient and the sheath is made of a polymer wherein its molecules are generally not oriented. A method of making such a composite extrusion utilizing melt transformation coextrusion wherein the inner core-forming material is caused to assume a molecular orientation coaxial to the longitudinal axis of said core while in a molten state and then forced through a reducing die while being subjected to a temperature gradient while surrounded by the liquid sheath-forming material such that crystallization in at least the outer skin of said core occurs within the die but the sheath-forming material does not crystallize until the extrudate exits the die.
Inventors
- 👤 John R. Collier
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 08:35
CPC Classifications
B; B29; B29C; B29C48/00; B29C48/25; B29C48/78; B29C48/86; B29C48/872; B29C48/022; B29C48/15; B29C48/80; B29C48/83; B29C48/832; B29C48/865; B29C48/87; B29C48/03; B29C48/06; B29K; B29K2995/00; B29K2995/0037; B29K2995/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
A method of making a composite extrusion having an inner core and an outer sheath which comprises causing said inner core-forming material to assume a molecular orientation coaxial to the longitudinal axis of said core while said core-forming material is in a molten state and in a confined space, surrounding said core-forming material with a liquid sheath-forming material while in said confined space, withdrawing said molecularly-oriented core-forming material while surrounded by said sheath-forming material from said confined space through a reducing die having a temperature gradient between said confined space and the exit from said die of an amount such that crystallization of at least the outer skin of said formed core will occur prior to said extrusion leaving said die but such that said sheath-forming material will not crystallize until said extrusion exits said die.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
136 words
A method of making a composite extrusion having an inner core and an outer sheath which comprises causing said inner core-forming material to assume a molecular orientation coaxial to the longitudinal axis of said core while said core-forming material is in a molten state and in a confined space, surrounding said core-forming material with a liquid sheath-forming material while in said confined space, withdrawing said molecularly-oriented core-forming material while surrounded by said sheath-forming material from said confined space through a reducing die having a temperature gradient between said confined space and the exit from said die of an amount such that crystallization of at least the outer skin of said formed core will occur prior to said extrusion leaving said die but such that said sheath-forming material will not crystallize until said extrusion exits said die.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said inner core-forming material is selected from the group consisting of thermoplastic crystallizable polymers and glassy polymers rigidified by imposition of a cooling temperature gradient and wherein the temperatures gradient in said reducing die is a cooling temperature gradient.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said inner core-forming material is a reactive thermosetting polymer and wherein said temperature gradient in said reducing die is a heating temperature gradient.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said liquid sheath-forming material has sufficiently lower viscosity than the core-forming material at the operating conditions of the process so as to cause encapsulation of the core.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the sheath-forming material is lower in viscosity than said core-forming material by at least a factor of 4.
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