Patent ID: 7591903

Claim:
A die for dispensing flowable material comprising: a die block; an external face disposed on the die block; at least one slot extending perpendicularly into the external face and having a longitudinal dimension, a first longitudinal side and a second longitudinal side, the at least one slot comprising a single row of at least two unconnected voids, wherein each slot extends longitudinally across only a portion of the external face; at least one support member extending from the external face into the slot, each support member extending continuously from the first longitudinal side to the second longitudinal side between two of the voids; wherein at least a portion of each support member is disposed in a direction other than perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension, such that at least a portion of any plane extending from the first longitudinal side to the second longitudinal side, in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal dimension of the slot, passes through at least one of the voids, and further wherein a portion of any line extending through any void in the row in a direction parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the slot passes through every void in the row.