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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
May. 03, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Barrie Turner, Stoke-on-Trent, GB;
Robert Norman Deakin, Stoke-on-Trent, GB;
John Michael Victor Burnett, Wettenhall, GB;
Dennis Podmore, Newcastle, GB;
Assignee:
British Ceramic Research Limited, Staffordshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 3/300 ; B28B 7/12 ; B28B 1/306 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C04B 3/300 ; B28B 7/12 ; B28B 1/306 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for removing an item of shaped clay from a mould. The method including holding the piece (,) on a synthetic mould (,), pressing it against a resilient member (,) such that the member (,) substantially adopts the shape of the piece (,), and blowing the piece (,) off the mould (,), at which time the member (,) is compressed a little further to receive the clay (,) off the mould (,).