# US 5,346,384 A · Apparatus for the production of plastic pipes

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- Number: US 5,346,384 A
- Document ID: US5346384A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/847,947
- Filed: 1992-03-06
- Granted: 1994-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 1991-04-08
- Assignees: Wilhelm Hegler
- Inventors: Ralph-Peter Hegler; Wilhelm Hegler
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5346384A

## CPC

- B29C 48/327: {with centering means}
- B29C 48/0015: {producing hollow articles having components brought in contact outside the extrusion die}
- B29C 48/09: Articles with cross-sections having partially or fully enclosed cavities, e.g. pipes or channels
- B29C 48/13: Articles with a cross-section varying in the longitudinal direction, e.g. corrugated pipes
- B29C 48/21: the layers being joined at their surfaces
- B29C 48/303: {using dies or die parts movable in a closed circuit, e.g. mounted on movable endless support (B29C48/35 takes precedence)}
- B29C 48/92: Measuring, controlling or regulating
- B29C 2948/92647: Thickness
- B29C 2948/92666: Distortion, shrinkage, dilatation, swell or warpage
- B29L 2016/00: Articles with corrugations or pleats (B29L2023/18, {B29L2024/003} take precedence)
- B29L 2023/18: Pleated {or corrugated} hoses
- B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00)
- B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES

## Abstract

An apparatus for the manufacturing of plastic pipes has an injection head and half shells of which two at a time combine as a pair to form a mold. The injection head has at least one channel issuing in a substantially ring-shaped nozzle, which is delimited by two components one of which being adjustable for modification of the width of the nozzle. A component directly delimiting the nozzle is tiltable in relation to the central longitudinal axis, whereby an adjustment of the width with great sensitivity is attained for such a ring-shaped nozzle.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for the production of plastic pipes (23) comprising:
a plurality of half shells (2), of which each is provided with a mold recess (105) and of which two at a time combine as a pair on a molding path (9) to form a mold surrounding a mold space (103) with a central longitudinal axis (29), and which half shells are arranged on a machine bed (1) in the form of two endless chains (3, 3') and which half shells form said mold when guided in a direction (4) of production; an injection head (25) of an extruder being arranged upstream of said molding path (9) and having an internal channel (37) and an external channel (38) surrounding said internal channel (37), which channels (37, 38) extend substantially concentrically of said central longitudinal axis (29) and which respectively, issue in one substantially ring-shaped internal nozzle (63) and one substantially ring-shaped external nozzle (83), which is upstream of the internal nozzle (63) in the direction (4) of production and which nozzles (63, 83) are directly delimited, respectively, by a nozzle ring (66, 81) of which at least one (66, 81) is adjustable for modification of the width (c, d) of an extrusion orifice of one of said nozzles (63, 83); and
wherein the at least one adjustable nozzle ring (66, 81) is one nozzle ring of an internal nozzle ring (66) and an external nozzle ring (81) guided displaceably on the injection head (25) in the direction of said central longitudinal axis (29) and tiltable in relation to said central longitudinal axis (29) thereby adjusting said width (c, d) of said extrusion orifice of said nozzle (63, 83); and
wherein said at least one adjustable nozzle ring is connected with the injection head (25) by means of a plurality of tension adjusting screws (67, 82) and pressure adjusting screws (67', 82') alternately arranged along the circumference of said adjustable nozzle ring and extending parallel to said central longitudinal axis (29), whereby said tension adjusting screws (67, 82) are screwed with a thread into a threaded bore of said adjustable nozzle ring and supported in an abutment of the injection head and whereby the pressure adjusting screws (67', 82') are screwed into a threaded bore of the abutment of the injection head and is pressed against said adjustable nozzle ring, whereby through common actuation of the tension adjusting screws and the pressure adjusting screws said adjustable nozzle ring is displaceable in the direction of said central longitudinal axis (29) and tiltable in relation to said central longitudinal axis (29).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said abutment is located on an outer surface of the injection head (25) such that said tension adjusting screws (67, 82) and said pressure adjusting screws (67', 82') are accessible from outside of said injection head (25).

### Claim 3

An apparatus for the production of plastic pipes (23) comprising:
a plurality of half shells (2), of which each is provided with a mold recess (105) and of which two at a time combine as a pair on a molding path (9) to form a mold surrounding a mold space (103) with a central longitudinal axis (29), and which half shells are arranged on a machine bed (1) in the form of two endless chains (3, 3') and which haft shells form said mold when guided in a direction (4) of production;
an injection head (25) of an extruder being arranged upstream of said molding path (9) and having an internal channel (37) and an external channel (3) surrounding said internal channel (37), which channels (37, 38) extend substantially concentrically of said central longitudinal axis (29) and which, respectively, issue in one substantially ring-shaped internal nozzle (63) and one substantially ring-shaped external nozzle (83), which is upstream of the internal nozzle (63) in the direction (4) of production and which nozzles (63, 83) are directly delimited, respectively, by a nozzle ring (66, 81) and said internal nozzle (63) also delimited by an internal mandrel disk (60); and
wherein on an upstream end of said internal mandrel disk (60) in the direction (4) of production said internal mandrel disk (60) has a conical surface (69) bearing against a stationary conical seat surface (70) connected with said injection head (25) and arranged upstream of said conical surface (69) in the direction (4) of production, said conical surface (69) and said conical seat surface (70) each being tapered inwardly in the direction (4) of production; and
wherein a plurality of pressure adjusting screws (79) are distributed along the circumference of said internal mandrel disk (60) and extend parallel to said central longitudinal axis (29) and are connected to said injection head (25) and are in pressure engagement with said internal mandrel disk (60) and, in the direction (4) of production, are arranged downstream of said conical surface (69) and said conical seat surface (70) and press against said mandrel disk (60) in a direction opposite to the direction (4) of production, whereby radial adjustment of said internal mandrel disk (60) on said conical seat surface (70) is effected.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an adjustment ring (72) has a cylindrical inner surface (75) which is guided on a stationary spherical seat surface (76) connected to the injection head (25) to be tiltable in relation to said central longitudinal axis (26) and which is arranged between said pressure adjusting screws (79) and said internal mandrel disk (60), wherein on an upstream end of said adjustment ring (72) in the direction (4) of production said adjustment ring (72) has a conical surface (73) bearing against a second conical seat surface (74) of said internal mandrel disk (60), wherein said conical surface (73) of said adjustment ring (72) and said second conical seat surface (74) taper outwardly in the direction (4) of production, and wherein radial adjustment of said internal mandrel disk (60) is effected by tilting said adjustment ring (72) on said spherical seat surface (76) by said pressure adjusting screws (79).

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said conical surface (69) of said internal mandrel disk (60) and said second conical seat surface (74) of said internal mandrel disk (60) are inclined one towards the other by an angle of approximately 90.degree..

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said conical surface (69) of said internal mandrel disk (60) tapers inwardly in the direction (4) of production at an angle of approximately 45.degree. towards the central longitudinal axis (29).