Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
280 words
In an apparatus for continuous extrusion of a plastic laminate comprising at least two extrusion screw presses, an accumulator block, a transition unit, and an output die from which a plastic laminate is extruded, wherein the accumulator block has a combining channel, to which said extrusion screw presses are connected and which is connected to said output die by way of said transition unit, the improvement wherein said combining channel has an essentially rectangular cross section with rounded corners, said combining channel being connected at a first end coaxially to a connecting canal with one of said extrusion screw presses and at a second end opposite said first end of said combining channel to said transition unit, said combining channel having downstream of said connecting canal at least one input metering slot connected to said combining channel at a first end of said slot and at a second end of said slot to another of said extrusion screw presses, said input metering slot being positioned between an input tongue formed on a wall of said combining channel and a substantially rectangular cross section adjusting bar recess formed in said block, said adjusting bar recess having a rectangular adjusting bar therein, said input slot extending over a long side of said combining channel, said input metering slot being slanted toward said channel in a downstream direction, and said adjusting bar having a compensating beveled portion for compensating flow across the width of said combining channel and being adjustable in said adjusting bar recess perpendicularly to said slot, said beveled portion being downstream from said slot and being an extension of a surface of said combining channel wall forming said input tongue.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
280 words
In an apparatus for continuous extrusion of a plastic laminate comprising at least two extrusion screw presses, an accumulator block, a transition unit, and an output die from which a plastic laminate is extruded, wherein the accumulator block has a combining channel, to which said extrusion screw presses are connected and which is connected to said output die by way of said transition unit, the improvement wherein said combining channel has an essentially rectangular cross section with rounded corners, said combining channel being connected at a first end coaxially to a connecting canal with one of said extrusion screw presses and at a second end opposite said first end of said combining channel to said transition unit, said combining channel having downstream of said connecting canal at least one input metering slot connected to said combining channel at a first end of said slot and at a second end of said slot to another of said extrusion screw presses, said input metering slot being positioned between an input tongue formed on a wall of said combining channel and a substantially rectangular cross section adjusting bar recess formed in said block, said adjusting bar recess having a rectangular adjusting bar therein, said input slot extending over a long side of said combining channel, said input metering slot being slanted toward said channel in a downstream direction, and said adjusting bar having a compensating beveled portion for compensating flow across the width of said combining channel and being adjustable in said adjusting bar recess perpendicularly to said slot, said beveled portion being downstream from said slot and being an extension of a surface of said combining channel wall forming said input tongue.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said input metering slot extends over the entire breadth of said rectangular side of said combining channel and opens directly into said combining channel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said adjusting bar is provided with an adjusting screw for precisely positioning it relative to said tongue.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein a plurality of adjusting screws are distributed along the length of said adjusting bar.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said adjusting bar has as viewed through said input metering slot a convex profile.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said adjusting bar as viewed through said input metering slot has a concave profile.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein said adjusting bar has as viewed through said input metering slot a sinusoidal profile.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
The improvement according to claim 1 wherein a plurality of exchangeable adjusting bars are provided having different adjustable beveled portions.