Patent ID: 7025913

Claim:
A rapid resin or pitch transfer molding apparatus which comprises: means for melting and conveying a resin or pitch, said means comprising a holding tank for melted resin or pitch, a pair of gear pumps and/or a pair of piston pumps disposed to deliver pressurized melted resin or pitch through a pair of static mixers to a mold, and pressure indicator gauges and pressure relief valves downstream of said static mixers; a melt blender disposed between the conveying means and the holding tank, said melt blender being connected by resin feed lines and a gear pump to said holding tank; a mold arranged to receive melted resin or pitch that is conveyed from the static mixers into the mold; an accumulator disposed between the conveying means and the mold; means disposed at the mold to constrain the mold during supply of the resin or pitch into the mold; and means for recycling melted resin or pitch from the conveying means into said holding tank.