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Details

Inventors: Keith, Donald George;
Assignee: ICI Australia Limited (AU)
Primary Examiner: Flint, Jr.; J. Howard
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Cushman, Darby & Cushman

Apparatus for deforming a sheet of thermoplastic material by sequentially pressing against one face of the hot sheet of material the cold tips of projections set in and extending normally from a first series of separately moveable combs and sequentially pressing against the second face of the material the cold tips of projections set in and extending normally from a second series of separately moveable combs so that the projections in the first series of combs interpenetrate with the projections on the second series of combs in such a manner that the projections of the first series are spaced from the projections of the second series by a distance greater than the thickness of the sheet; the interpenetrated projections are substantially parallel during the act of interpenetration; and the combs of any one series form a block pressing against the sheet of thermoplastic material, wherein the block so formed by the combs of any one series has two straight parallel sides, parallel with the sides of the thermoplastic sheet and has non-linear projections running across the block having a median normal to the parallel sides of the block said projections characterized in that an envelope around any one projection overlaps with the envelope around an adjacent projection; the combs each contain one or more complete projections; and wherein the interpenetrated combs are moved along at the speed of the sheet until the sheet is set and the combs are then removed and recycled.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
Apparatus for deforming a continuous sheet of thermoplastic material into a bi-corrugated sheet, said apparatus comprising two spaced-apart endless conveyors having opposed runs defining a space therebetween; a series of discrete combs carried by each conveyor so that upon movement of said conveyors each series moves along said space in opposed relationship to the other series, each of said combs having projections extending therefrom so that in said space the projections on one series of combs are parallel to and can interpenetrate with the projections on the second series of combs, and each of said combs being mounted on its respective conveyor for independent movement normal to said respective conveyor; the combs of any one series forming a block for pressing against a sheet of thermoplastic material, the block so formed by the combs of any one series having two straight parallel sides, parallel with the sides of the thermoplastic sheet and having non-linear projections running across the block having a median normal to the parallel sides of the block said projections characterized in that an envelope around any one projection overlaps with the envelope around and adjacent projection; means for moving each comb normal to its respective conveyor and toward the other conveyor as said comb enters said space so that the projections on opposed combs interpenetrate with each other, the projections on opposed interpenetrating combs in said space being parallel and being spaced apart from each other by a distance greater than the thickness of the thermoplastic sheet; means for moving each comb normal to its respective conveyor and away from the other conveyor as said comb leaves said space; and means for feeding a continuous sheet of thermoplastic material into said space in the direction of movement of said combs along said space.

Description:
This invention relates to an apparatus for deforming thermoplastic sheet in particular to an apparatus for forming bi-corrugated sheets

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