Patent ID: 8940207
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: B29B,B29C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of pelletizing a length of material to form discrete bits of material, the method comprising feeding a longitudinally continuous length of material through a guide aperture; supporting a distal region of the continuous length of material against a support surface defining an edge beyond which a distal end of the continuous length of material is fed downstream of the guide aperture; and, while continuing to feed the continuous length of material through the guide aperture and over the edge of the support surface, severing the continuous length of material at or beyond the distal edge at discrete intervals by a series of cutters disposed at spaced intervals about a cutting wheel, to form discrete and separate bits of the material, wherein the continuous length of material is of non-circular cross-section, the cutting wheel is maintained in alignment with the guide aperture, and the cutters are shaped such that severing the continuous length of material forms cut surfaces that have