Integrated belt puller and three-dimensional forming machine

An integrated belt puller and 3D forming machine for forming 3D products from plastic materials, said integrated belt machine comprising:

• a belt puller further comprised of:
• upper and lower carriages defining an entry and an exit located at opposite ends of said machine, said upper carriage having two upper pulleys, one of each said upper pulleys rotatably mounted at said entry and exit ends of said upper carriage, said lower carriage having two lower pulleys, one of each said lower pulleys rotatably mounted at said entry and exit ends of said lower carriage;
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• a motor for driving said upper and lower pulleys at synchronized speed;
• a continuous upper 3D mold belt having a 3D pattern embossed on an outer surface, said upper mold belt revolvably mounted on said upper carriage;
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• a continuous lower 3D mold belt, said lower mold belt revolvably mounted on said lower carriage, said lower mold belt adjacent to and opposite said upper mold belt;
• wherein said upper and lower pulleys revolve said upper and lower mold belts in an opposed relationship around said respective upper and lower carriages, said revolving upper and lower mold belts defining a moving 3D mold continuously moving from said entrance to said exit of said machine for continuously forming a heated plastic material having a 2D profile into a finished 3D product.

A 3D plastic extrusion forming system for forming 3D products from plastic material, said system comprising:

• a feeder for containing raw material;
• an extruder, wherein said feeder feeds said raw material into said extruder, said extruder heats said material above said material's glass transition temperature;
• a die disposed at one end of said extruder;
• said extruder forcing said heated material through said die shaping said heated material into a two dimensional profile;
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• an integrated belt puller and 3D forming machine comprised of:
• a belt puller further comprised of upper and lower carriages defining an entry and an exit located at opposite ends of said machine, said upper carriage having two upper pulleys rotatably mounted at said entry and exit ends, respectively, of said upper carriage, said lower carriage having two lower pulleys rotatably mounted at said entry and exit ends, respectively, of said lower carriage;
• a motor for driving said upper and lower pulleys at synchronized speed;
• a continuous upper 3D mold belt having 3D pattern embossed on an outer surface, said upper mold belt revolvably mounted on said upper carriage;
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• a continuous lower 3D mold belt, said lower mold belt revolvably mounted on said lower carriage, said lower mold belt adjacent to and opposite said upper mold belt;
• wherein said upper and lower pulleys revolve said upper and lower mold belts in an opposed relationship around said respective upper and lower carriages, said revolving upper and lower mold belts defining a 3D mold continuously moving from said entrance to said exit of said machine for forming a heated plastic material having a 2D profile into a finished 3D product.