Patent ID: 6332956
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: D21J

Abstract:
A pulp product manufacturing apparatus comprising:a body having a frame and an upper fastening plate, the frame having two side walls and housing a pulp fluid bath therebetween and adjacent a front end of said frame, said pulp fluid bath having a collecting mold part of pulp collecting means disposed therein, pulp residing in the pulp fluid bath being squeezed against said collecting mold part which is capable of discharging water, said pulp collecting means further including a raising and lowering part disposed beneath said pulp fluid bath for raising and lowering said collecting mold part, the upper fastening plate being disposed at a predetermined separation from an upper end of the frame;first through third upper squeezing means respectively having upper molds and heating parts which are repeatedly raised and lowered by first through third cylinders mounted to the upper fastening plate so as to dry pulp using heat;a plurality of guide columns extending through comer portions of the first through third upper squeezing means and having upper and lower ends which are respectively fastened to a lower surface of the upper fastening plate and an upper surface of the frame;lower squeezing means including a movable member and first and second lower molds which are repeatedly moved forward and rearward relative to said front end of said frame by a forward and rearward moving part which is mounted between both side walls of the frame, said movable member mounted to said forward and rearward moving part, and said first and second lower molds mounted to an upper surface of said movable member;washing means arranged at said front end of the frame and repeatedly moved above the pulp fluid bath for washing the collecting mold part after pulp is removed from the collecting mold part; andpulp sucking means mounted along a length of each of said side walls of the frame adjacent to the upper end of the frame, for sucking and collecting dispersed pulp material.