摘要 |
A support surface is formed into a trough, a liquid polymer which expands on reaction is dispensed onto the support surface, and the support surface is inclined to cause flow of the polymer to a region in which the polymer expands. The polymer is introduced onto a supporting liquid which supports the polymer in a zone which is substantially coextensive with at least a major portion of the expansion region. The supporting liquid has a specific gravity higher than that of the polymer, whereby the polymer floats on and advances across the supporting liquid in the form of an expanding mass having left and right sides, a flat bottom and a top which slopes upwardly in the direction of the advance. Conveyors support the expanding mass at the respective left and right sides thereof. The conveyors are submerged in the liquid at their upstream ends, and the direction of advance of their polymer-supporting active surfaces is substantially parallel to the sloping top of the polymeric bun as it expands.
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