Embedment roll device
AssigneeUnited States Gypsum Company
InventorsMichael J. Porter, William A. Frank, Lloyd George, Eugene Scott Stivender, Alfredas Blyskis
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Abstract
An embedment device includes a first integrally formed elongate shaft rotatably secured to the support frame and having a first plurality of axially spaced disks axially fixed to the first shaft, a second integrally formed elongate shaft rotatably secured to the support frame and having a second plurality of axially spaced disks axially fixed to the second shaft, the first shaft being disposed relative to the second shaft to be horizontally aligned and so that the disks intermesh with each other, and wherein, when viewed from the side, peripheries of the first and second pluralities of disks overlap each other.
Claims16
An embedment device for use in a structural panel production line wherein a slurry is transported on a moving carrier relative to a support frame, and chopped fibers are deposited upon the slurry, said device comprising:
- a first integrally formed elongate shaft rotatably secured to the support frame and having a first plurality of axially spaced disks axially fixed to said first shaft;
- a second integrally formed elongate shaft rotatably secured to the support frame and having a second plurality of axially spaced disks axially fixed to said second shaft;
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- a groove defined between adjacent disks of said pluralities of disks on each of said first and second shafts and also defining an outer peripheral edge of each said shaft;
- said first shaft being disposed relative to said second shaft to be horizontally aligned and so that said disks intermesh with each other, and wherein, when viewed from the side, peripheries of said first and second pluralities of disks overlap each other.
An embedment device for use in a structural panel production line wherein a slurry is transported on a moving carrier relative to a support frame, and chopped fibers are deposited upon the slurry, said device comprising:
- a first roll secured to the support frame including a first shaft and a first plurality of axially spaced disks;
- a second roll secured to the support frame including a second shaft and a second plurality of axially spaced disks;
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- a groove located between adjacent disks on said first and second rolls;
- said first roll and said second roll arranged on the support frame such that said first plurality of axially spaced disks and said second plurality of axially spaced disks intermesh with each other.
An embedment device for use in a structural panel production line wherein a slurry is transported on a moving carrier relative to a support frame, and chopped fibers are deposited upon the slurry, the device comprising:
- a first roll rotatably secured to the support frame including a first shaft and a first plurality of axially spaced disks axially fixed to said first shaft;
- a second roll rotatably secured to the support frame including a second shaft and a second plurality of axially spaced disks axially fixed to said second shaft;
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- a groove defined between adjacent disks on said first and second rolls and being an outer peripheral edge of said shaft, said groove being approximately 1.4-1.8 inches deep;
- said first roll being disposed relative to said second roll to be horizontally aligned and so that said first plurality of axially spaced disks and said second plurality of axially spaced disks intermesh with each other approximately twice a distance of embedment of the disks into the slurry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.