Patent ID: 7393484
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: B29B,B29C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of directing a flow of water entering an inlet of a water box of an underwater pelletizer axially toward a die face and a cutter hub and cutter blades driven by a drive shaft, said underwater pelletizer having a tubular guide member separate from said water box and substantially filling the interior space within said water box, said guide member having a radial passageway in alignment with said inlet and forming an extension thereof, said passageway communicating with a cylindrical inner surface of said tubular guide member which surrounds and is generally concentric with an outer surface of said drive shaft to form an axial flow passageway between said drive shaft outer surface and said cylindrical inner surface of said guide member, said method comprising the steps of directing said water radially through said radial passageway and then axially through said axial flow passageway positioned within said guide member, said passageway including a discharge end at an end portion of said drive shaft having the cutter hub and cutter blades mounted thereon for discharging water toward said die face.