US 12,246,506 B2
Ram liner
Samuel James Hamilton, Kansas City, MO (US); and Ruben Arturo Pino, Kansas City, MO (US)
Assigned to Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC, Kansas City, MO (US)
Filed by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC, Kansas City, MO (US)
Filed on Feb. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/590,997.
Prior Publication US 2023/0241854 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B30B 15/06 (2006.01); B30B 9/30 (2006.01)
CPC B30B 15/065 (2013.01) [B30B 9/3021 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liner for a ram configured to press a viscous material, the ram including a ram plate including a ram surface and a circumferential surface and having a plurality of apertures extending through the ram plate, the liner comprising:
a liner wall configured to abut the ram plate, the liner wall having a plurality of knock-out tabs configured to be removed to form a plurality of apertures configured to align with the plurality of apertures of the ram plate, the plurality of knock-out tabs being circular discs having circumferential indentations and being configured to be sheared from a remainder of the liner wall via the circumferential indentations; and
a circumferential lip extending vertically from the liner wall,
the circumferential lip being configured to prevent material from contacting the circumferential surface,
the liner wall being configured to prevent the viscous material from contacting the ram surface.