Method for making multiple durometer seals

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9914255
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14926577

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Method for making multiple durometer bulb seals and any other types of multiple durometer seals and moldings includes cooling separately at least one structural member and at least one sealing portion, which have different durometers and shapes. At least a first extrusion is drawn through an extruder, forming a structural member profile and the extruded material is pulled along a longitudinal axis to a first calibrator device and first cooling tank to cool the structural member profile to a predetermined temperature. Cooling medium directly contacts the outer and inner surfaces of the first profile. Downstream, the sealing portion is extruded and affixed onto the cooled structural member and pulled further downstream to a second calibrator device and through a second cooling tank to cool the final profile a predetermined amount. Disparity in cooling expansion and cooling differential between the multiple durometers and shapes is avoided or overcome.

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VINTECH INDUSTRIES INC611 INDUSTRIAL PARK DR IMLAY CITY MI 48444

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McNish, Vincent Fostoria, US 6 63
Schoonover, James Shelby Township, US 34 193

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