Compacting apparatus
AssigneeKoch Materials Company
InventorsDon L. Dekker, Robert R. Hasbrouck
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for compressing a material in a mold. The apparatus includes a frame having a first portion and a second portion. The apparatus also includes a roller coupled to the first portion of the frame for compressing the material in the mold, and a support plate coupled to the second portion of the frame for receiving the mold thereon to position the mold relative to the compression roller. The apparatus further includes an apparatus for varying the distance between the roller and the support plate so that the roller applies a compressive force to the material. A drive mechanism is coupled to the support plate for moving the support plate relative to the roller in a direction normal to the compressive force applied by the roller.
Claims4
An apparatus for compressing a material in a mold, the apparatus comprising:
- a frame;
- a support plate coupled to the frame for mounting the mold thereon;
- means for coupling the support plate in a fixed vertical position relative to the frame to permit reciprocating movement of the support plate only in a horizontal direction relative to the frame along a predetermined path;
- a roller rotatably coupled to the frame above the support plate for compressing the material in the mold;
- means for moving the support plate in the horizontal direction relative to the frame along the predetermined path so that the support plate passes back and forth below the roller;
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- means for moving the roller vertically downward relative to the frame and the support plate to adjust the compressive force applied to the material by the roller incrementally during reciprocating horizontal movement of the support plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.