发明申请
- 专利标题: MODULAR PRESS
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申请号: US17518276申请日: 2021-11-03
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公开(公告)号: US20220055246A1公开(公告)日: 2022-02-24
- 发明人: Samuel Taylor Pope , Laura Hart Meeker , Conrad Bullion , Kevin K. O'Connell
- 申请人: USNR, LLC
- 申请人地址: US WA Woodland
- 专利权人: USNR, LLC
- 当前专利权人: USNR, LLC
- 当前专利权人地址: US WA Woodland
- 主分类号: B27N3/20
- IPC分类号: B27N3/20 ; B30B1/38 ; B30B15/04 ; B30B1/00 ; B30B15/16
摘要:
A modular press suitable for use in the manufacture of EWC products may include a plurality of frame modules coupled together and aligned along a feed path axis. Each frame module may have a generally planar body supported on a corresponding pair of bases, an elongate aperture, an upper and a lower platform within the aperture, and a platen between the platforms. Optionally, the ends of the aperture may be curved. A first actuator system may be operable to move the platen from a raised position to an intermediate position, and a second actuator system may be operable to press the platen downwardly from the intermediate position onto a workpiece within the aperture. Some modular presses include conveyor rolls and a third actuator system to raise and lower the conveyor rolls. In some embodiments, the actuator systems may be pneumatic actuator systems. Corresponding methods and systems are also described herein.