Patent ID: 9694530
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: B23P,B29C

Claim:
1. An extrusion die, comprising: a die body, a lip body, a plurality of fasteners, a fastener tension adjustment assembly comprising an elongated body operatively connected to each of said plurality of fasteners, and a flow channel terminating in an outlet orifice, said die body including a first die body portion and a second die body portion forming the flow channel therebetween; said lip body being connected to one of said first die body portion and said second die body portion by said plurality of fasteners and forming one side of the outlet orifice; said fastener tension adjustment assembly being movable towards or away from said lip body, thereby simultaneously adjusting an amount of force applied to each of said plurality of fasteners, and said elongated body comprising a slide bar that applies a force to each of said plurality of fasteners, said slide bar being configured to slide in a lateral direction relative to said plurality of fasteners while moving towards or away from said lip body, and the force applied by said slide bar to each of said plurality of fasteners is applied in an orthogonal direction to the lateral direction.