| abstract |
An extruder is shown having: cooled screw in the feeder section; rotation retarding means in the barrel of the feeder section in the form of open mouth axial grooves; the vertical arrangement of the extruder with the hopper immersing the cooled portion of the screw with inlet plastic such as flakes of scrap; an extension of the screw into the hopper agitating the flakes and housing water inlet to the feeder; a drive shank at the outlet end isolated by an internal air chamber from the heated extruder; the shank cooled by an inserted cooling member; a sealing member surrounding the shank defining a restricted passage that tapers and accommodates eccentricity; the stationary walls of the surrounding member are grooved, resisting outward leakage of the plastic. These various features are shown to enable feeding of difficult materials and scrap and to achieve a compact, simple, efficient machine. |