Patent ID: 6641384
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B29C,B29K,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for continuous vacuum forming comprising:a first flexible belt having at least one mold therein, said first flexible belt being fitted over a first support belt rotating on a first pair of rollers; a second flexible belt having at least one mold therein, said second flexible belt being fitted over a second support belt rotating on a second pair of rollers, each of said at least one mold of said first flexible belt and each of said at least one mold of said second flexible belt forming at least one channel, each of said at least one mold of said first flexible belt and each of said at least one mold of said second flexible belt are adjacent one another; vacuum means positioned adjacent at least one of said first support belt or said second support belt; a plurality of teeth being formed in said first flexible belt; a plurality of indentations being formed in said second flexible belt, each of said teeth being received in one of said indentations, in which rotation of said first flexible belt rotates said second flexible belt by continuous pulling of said teeth and wherein said vacuum means provides drawing of a material received in said channel and said plurality of teeth received in respective said plurality of indentations provides alignment of said first flexible belt and said second flexible belt.