Patent ID: 11970823
Assignee: VARDEN PROCESS PTY LTD
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  B | IPC B  D

Claim 8:
9. The system according to claim 5, wherein the fluid extraction system includes:
a duct that has an inlet end that is positioned to receive fluid from slurry deposits that are on the pre-form mould portions, and an outlet end; and
a vacuum pump that is interconnected with the outlet end of the duct, the vacuum pump is operable to induce a low pressure within the duct,
wherein, in use of the apparatus, low pressure induced within the duct draws fluid from a region immediately above the porous mould and into the duct via the inlet end for discharge at the outlet end, to thereby retain pulp fibre from the slurry deposits against the pre-form mould portions.