B - Operations – Transporting – 29 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
29
C
18/668
B29C 44/34 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1130968
ABSTRACT A method and apparatus for forming foam articles is described. Thermoplastic resin beads containing a blowing agent are continually agitated in a heated pre-expansion chamber to a temperature near the fusion point of the beads and above the boiling point of the blowing agent at substantially atmospheric pressure. The beads soften and expand substantially in volume. A dry gaseous medium may be swept over the beads to remove moisture and any blowing agent which has escaped. Thereafter, the chamber is evacuated. Evacuation continues until a predetermined amount of blowing agent is removed from the beads. As a preferred embodiment of the invention, steam may be injected into the chamber prior to evacua- tion. This serves to further expand the beads, and facilitates the removal of the blowing agent. This embodiment also provides a means of manufacturing particularly stable low-density foam. The expanded beads, after they are restored to atmospheric pressure, are discharged to a storage facility and maintained at an elevated temperature for immediate use in a molding apparatus. The expand- ed hot beads may be fed directly by air injection conveyors to mold cavities and molded into the desired articles.
349273
Cellofoam A.g.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
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