Compound switching apparatus for forming tire components
OwnerChristopher David DYRLUND, Gary Robert BURG +1inventors
InventorsChristopher David DYRLUND, Gary Robert BURG, Hongbing CHEN
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Abstract
One or more embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus for applying a mixture of a first compound and a second compound, the apparatus comprising a first extruder for processing a first compound and a second extruder for processing a second compound, wherein the outlet from the first extruder is in fluid communication with a first channel of a housing, and the outlet from the second extruder is in fluid communication with a second channel of the housing, wherein a gear pump is positioned in each channel, wherein a nozzle is in fluid communication with an outlet of the first channel and an outlet of the second channel.
Claims6
An apparatus for applying a mixture of a first compound and a second compound, the apparatus comprising:
- a first extruder for processing a first compound;
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- a second extruder for processing a second compound, wherein the outlet from the first extruder is in fluid communication with a first channel of a housing, and the outlet from the second extruder is in fluid communication with a second channel of the housing, wherein a gear pump is positioned in each channel, wherein a nozzle is in fluid communication with an outlet of the first channel and an outlet of the second channel.
An apparatus for applying a mixture of a first compound and a second compound, the apparatus comprising:
- a first extruder in fluid communication with a first gear pump for processing a first compound;
- and
- a second extruder in fluid communication with a second gear pump for processing a second compound, wherein the outlet from the first gear pump is in fluid communication with a first channel of a nozzle, and the outlet from the second gear pump is in fluid communication with a second channel of the nozzle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.