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US 2009/0268550 A1Published application
Extruder Screw With Long Wearing Surfaces
AssigneeGood Earth Tools, Inc.
InventorsEdward Williams, Alan Eugene Kirkland
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Abstract
A method of extending the life of an extruder screw by affixing tiles of wear-resistant material along the crest of the extruder screw flighting threads, and optionally grinding the hardened material to remove any sharp edges. In another configuration of the present invention, plates of wear-resistant material are secured to the leading edges of the extruder screw threads to further prolong the life of the extruder screw.
Claims16
An extruder screw, comprising:
- a shaft;
- a flight extending helically about the shaft, the flight having a leading face, a trailing face, and a crest, and the crest being generally coaxial with the shaft;
- a plurality of rows of wear-resistant tiles, each tile having a wear surface and an opposite binding surface, and each tile having a plurality of edges, wherein the binding surface of each tile is configured to be secured to the flight;
- a first row of tiles that are secured to the leading face of the flight, wherein at least one edge of each tile in the first row is generally aligned with the crest of the thread;
- and
- a second row of tiles that are secured to the crest of the thread, wherein at least one edge of each tile in the second row is generally aligned with the wear surface of at least one tile in the first row.
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An extruder screw, comprising:
- a generally cylindrical shaft;
- at least one flight extending helically about the shaft, the thread having a leading face, a trailing face, and a crest, and the crest being concentric with a periphery of the shaft;
- a plurality of wear-resistant tiles, each tile having a wear surface and an opposite binding surface, and each tile having a plurality of edges, wherein the binding surface is configured to be secured to the flight;
- a first plurality of tiles secured to the leading face of the thread, wherein at least one edge of the tiles is adjacent an edge of the crest and is generally aligned with the edge of the crest;
- and
- a second plurality of tiles secured to the crest of the flight, wherein at least one edge of each tile in the second plurality of tiles is adjacent the wear surface of at least one tile in the first plurality of tiles.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.