Extrusion apparatus
OwnerJanusz D. Krysiakinventor
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Abstract
Extrusion apparatus for production of a shaped article comprising one or more filling materials enclosed in a coating material. Included in the apparatus are inner and outer conduits through which the materials are extruded toward an iris valve adjacent the terminal portion of the outer conduit. An inner conduit preferably terminates within the outer conduit at a distance from the iris valve equal to the distance between outer surface of the inner conduit and inner surface of the outer conduit. Operation of the iris valve both determines the length of the article and the shape of forward and rearward ends of the article.
Claims7
Apparatus for preparation of a shaped article having a forward and rearward portion and wherein a coating material encloses a filling material, said apparatus comprising:
- inner and outer longitudinally-extending extrusion conduits, said outer conduit being of greater length than said inner conduit;
- means for intermittently supplying a coating material to and through said outer conduit;
- means for intermittently supplying a filling material to and through said inner conduit;
- iris valve means adjacent the terminal portion of said outer conduit for smoothly shaping forward and rearward portions of the article, said iris valve means providing leaf closure means reversibly movable from an initial position, wherein they occlude said outer conduit, through intermediate positions wherein they partially occlude said outer conduit to a final position wherein they do not occlude said outer conduit;
- and,
- means for sequentially activating the operation of said supply means and said iris valve means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.