Retaining device for an extruder housing
AssigneeThermo Electron (Karlsruhe) GmbH
InventorPeter Roberts
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Abstract
The invention relates to an extruder which has an extruder housing. The housing has at least two housing parts and is provided with a delivery channel in order to extrude a medium, at least one screw conveyor being located in said channel. The extruder housing is releasably retained on a frame by means of a first retaining device and a shaft section of the screw conveyor is releasably connected to a drive device. According to the invention the housing parts are fixed relative to one another by means of a second retaining device and the extruder housing is connected to the frame and secured against displacement in the longitudinal direction of the extruder housing by means of a third retaining device. When the first and third retaining device) are released, the housing parts can be removed as a unit from the frame.
Claims11
An extruder comprising
- an extruder housing mounted on a cooling and/or heating device and held detachably on a stand by a first retaining device, wherein the extruder housing has two housing parts fixed relative to one another by a second retaining device and is configured to extrude a medium;
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- a feed channel comprising a screw conveyor disposed therein;
- wherein the cooling and/or heating device is attached to the stand beneath the extruder housing, the extruder housing is connected to the stand by a third retaining device that secures against displacement in the longitudinal direction of the extruder housing, the screw conveyor is detachably connected at a shaft section to a drive device, and wherein the housing parts can be removed as a unit from the stand once the first and third retaining devices are released.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.