Patent ID: 8517714
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: B29B,B29C,B29K

Abstract:
1. An open-bank sheet forming device having a supplying unit for extruding an amount of plastically deformable material, a storing unit having an upper opening portion for temporarily storing the material extruded from the supplying unit, and a rolling unit for rolling the material stored in the storing unit into a sheet form; wherein said open-bank sheet forming device comprises a pressing mechanism for pressing the material stored in the storing unit from the upper side thereof with a preset pressure, said pressing mechanism including the pressing member, an actuator for applying the preset pressure to the material stored in the storing unit from the pressing face of the pressing member, and a link mechanism for transmitting a force of the actuator to the pressing member; and wherein a pressing member constituting the pressing mechanism has a pressing face whose area is set to from 30 to 95% of the area of the upper opening portion of the storing unit.