Patent ID: 6159292
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B05C,B29C

Abstract:
A tape ruler coating nylon resin forming structure comprising:a forming structure body,a guide locator stem body,a positioning block,a forming die, anda stopper; whereinsaid forming structure body is enclosed in an electrothermal heating element, and said forming structure body includes threads at a first end and threads at a second end, said first end of said forming structure body includes a stepped cavity, said second end of said forming structure body includes a conical cavity, said forming structure body further includes a material feed orifice therein,said guide locator stem body is a conical body with external threads and a nut at a first end so that said guide locator stem body is threaded into said second end of said forming structure body and received in said conical cavity thereof, said guide locator stem body further comprises a longitudinal guide locator passage in an interior of said guide locator stem body, said guide locator passage tapers downward from a first sectional area at said first end of said guide locator passage to a second sectional area at said second end of said guide locator passage,said positioning block is situated in said second end of said guide locator passage, said positioning block includes an arced positioning channel that also tapers downward from a first sectional area at a first end to a second sectional area at a second end, said arced positioning channel is aligned with said guide locator passage,said forming die comprises a forming gage block that is inserted into a die sleeve, said die sleeve is secured in said conical cavity of said second end of said forming structure body by said stopper, said forming gage block comprises a forming channel therein, said forming channel has a profile matching that of a desired profile of a tape ruler being processed, and said stopper includes a through hole aligned with said forming channel, said forming channel and said through hole being aligned with said arced positioning channel of said positioning block; such thatsaid tape ruler is inserted into said larger sectional area of said first end of said guide locator passage of said forming structure body and passes through said forming structure body and exits from said second sectional area at said second end of said positioning block, said tape ruler then enters and passes through said forming channel of said forming die so that said tape ruler is coated with a nylon resin fed through said material feed orifice while said tape ruler is formed in said forming structure.