Patent ID: 6379137
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B29B

Abstract:
Device for feeding molten plastic extrudates (21, 22, 23, 24) which emerge from dies (20) to a discharge channel (1) having a cooling water inlet (7) which follows the dies (20), in which device the dies (20) are arranged in at least two rows (14, 15; 16, 17, 18, 19), in such a manner that in the discharge direction extrudates from one row and the other row are guided alternately, next to and at a distance from one another, characterized in that two collection channels (2, 4), which are arranged one above the other, are interposed between the dies (20) and the discharge channel (1), in such a manner that the individual extrudates (21, 22, 23, 24) emerging from one row (14, 15; 16, 17, 18, 19) of dies are in each case fed to the discharge channel (1) as a group via one of the collection channels (2, 4), the individual extrudates (21, 22, 23, 24) of the two groups meeting one another in an intermeshing position alternately and next to one another on the discharge channel (1) and being guided onward by the latter.