Patent ID: 8590582
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: A61F,B05C,B65G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for making a structure that comprises particulate material supported or enclosed by a substrate material, including: a) a particulate material feeder for feeding particulate material to: b) a first moving endless surface with a direction of movement (MD) and with a plurality of reservoirs, said surface being adjacent said particulate material feeder, said first moving endless surface and reservoirs thereof being for receiving said particulate material from said particulate material feeder and for transferring it directly or indirectly to: c) a second moving endless surface, being said substrate material or being a moving endless surface carrying said substrate material, for receiving said particulate material directly or indirectly from said first moving endless surface ; and d) a three-dimensional plate, for applying pressure on part of said particulate material and for guiding said particulate material into said reservoirs, said plate being positioned adjacent said particulate material feeder and adjacent said first moving endless surface, said plate having a first plate face adjacent said first moving endless surface, said plate face having at least: