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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Footprint International, Llc, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Yoke Dou Chung, Chandler, AZ (US);
Michael Theodore Lembeck, San Tan Valley, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Footprint International, LLC, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 65/46 (2006.01); D21J 5/00 (2006.01); B30B 7/00 (2006.01); B31B 50/14 (2017.01); B31B 50/59 (2017.01); D21J 3/00 (2006.01); D21J 7/00 (2006.01); B31B 110/20 (2017.01); B31B 110/10 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 65/466 (2013.01); B30B 7/00 (2013.01); B31B 50/142 (2017.08); B31B 50/592 (2018.05); D21J 3/00 (2013.01); D21J 5/00 (2013.01); D21J 7/00 (2013.01); B31B 2110/10 (2017.08); B31B 2110/20 (2017.08);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a molded fiber part include: immersing a wire mesh mold in a slurry bath comprising water and fiber particles; drawing a vacuum across the wire mesh mold to cause fiber particles to accumulate at the wire mesh mold surface yielding a molded fiber part; transferring the molded part from the slurry bath to a die press assembly; and drying and die cutting the molded part in the die press assembly.