IP Library Granted Patent US 7,140,855
Granted Patent B2
US 7,140,855 · App. 10/503,053 · Granted Nov 28, 2006

Inner mandrel

Assignee: Kohjin Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,140,855
App. No.
10/503,053
Granted
Nov 28, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An internal mandrel for cooling a tubular thin film is disclosed where an air layer is eliminated in the lower side cooler of the internal mandrel, so that the tubular thin film can be continuously and stably produced. In the internal mandrel for directly cooling the tubular thin film while using external circularly shaped cooling tank where the tubular thin film is downwardly extruded through a circular slit of the die, the internal mandrel is characterized in that coolant for cooling a lower most part of the internal mandrel is flown in the countercurrent direction in the internal mandrel to the tubular thin film.

Claims (18)

1. An internal mandrel for cooling tubular thin film together with an external annular cooling tank, the internal mandrel comprising:

more than one cooling stage for cooling down from the inside molten tubular thin film coupled to the downside of an annular extrusion die from which the tubular thin film is extruded downward from an annular slit of the annular extrusion die; and

a pipe size control ring for shaping the molten annular thin film into a uniform cylindrical thin film;

wherein internal coolant of the lowest cooling stage of said more than one cooling stage is run to the tubular molten thin film in the countercurrent direction in the internal mandrel for direct cooling of the molten tubular thin film, wherein said lowest cooling stage is located below said pipe size control ring.

2. The internal mandrel for cooling tubular thin film of claim 1 , further comprising a drainage unit in the lowest cooling stage, the drainage unit including an annular ring for exhaust port regulation that regulates the volume of drainage and pressure.

3. An internal mandrel for cooling tubular thin film together with an external annular cooling tank, the internal mandrel comprising:

more than two cooling stages for cooling down from the inside molten tubular thin film coupled to the downside of an annular extrusion die from which the tubular thin film is extruded downward from an annular slit of the annular extrusion die;

a pipe size control ring for shaping the molten annular thin film into a uniform cylindrical thin film; and

more than one nozzle for jetting coolant, wherein an uppermost of said more than one nozzle is located above said pipe size control ring;

wherein internal coolant of the lowest cooling stage of said more than two cooling stages is run to the tubular molten thin film in the countercurrent direction in the internal mandrel for direct cooling the molten tubular thin film, and wherein said lowest cooling stage is located below said pipe size control ring.

4. The internal mandrel for cooling tubular film of claim 3 , further comprising a drainage unit in the lowest cooling stage, the drainage unit including an annular ring for exhaust port regulation that regulates the volume of drainage and pressure.

5. An internal mandrel for cooling tubular thin film together with an external annular cooling tank, the internal mandrel comprising:

more than one nozzle for jetting coolant;

a pipe size control ring being located below said more than one nozzle;

a lower cooling unit with an inner cylinder being located below said pipe size control ring; and

a lower coolant nozzle being located below said lower cooling unit inner cylinder;

wherein internal coolant of the lower cooling unit is run from said lower coolant nozzle to the tubular molten thin film in the countercurrent direction in the internal mandrel for direct cooling the molten tubular thin film, and wherein said lower cooling unit is located below said pipe size control ring.

6. The internal mandrel for cooling tubular thin film of claim 5 , further comprising a drainage unit in the lower cooling unit, the drainage unit including an annular ring for exhaust port regulation that regulates the volume of drainage and pressure.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2015
From: KOHJIN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: KOHJIN FILM & CHEMICALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035851/0767 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 17, 2015
From: KOHJIN CO., LTD.
To: KOHJIN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035917/0026 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2004
From: WATANABE, KOJI; MURAKAMI, SHINJI; KOJOH, HISASHI
To: KOHJIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016193/0527 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-025866 · Feb 1, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20050100623A1 · May 12, 2005