Patent ID: 6655939
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L

Abstract:
A system for manufacturing articles made from latex foam rubber comprising:a plurality of molds; an autoclave oven having a vulcanization means for vulcanizing the latex foam rubber in said plurality of molds, said oven having lateral walls and an upper wall and a lower wall, said oven comprising: a vulcanization chamber having a casing positioned on said lower wall of said oven, said casing being spaced from said lateral walls and said upper wall of said oven, said vulcanization chamber having a loading opening at one end thereof and an unloading opening at an opposite end thereof, each of said loading opening and said unloading opening having a door thereover so as to allow access to an interior of said casing of said vulcanization chamber; an enclosure in communication with said vulcanization chamber by passages formed at a lower part of said enclosure, said enclosure positioned in a space between said casing and said lateral walls and upper wall of said oven, said enclosure being stopped off at one end thereof; an inlet means at an upper part of said oven for introducing water vapor under pressure and at elevated temperatures into said enclosure; and an outlet means for extraction of the vapor and for evacuation of condensed water from said oven; a filling means cooperative with said oven for filling said plurality of molds with the latex foam rubber; an extraction means cooperative with said oven for extracting the vulcanized latex foam rubber from said plurality of molds; a washing means cooperative with said extraction means for washing the extracted vulcanized latex foam rubber; and a drying means cooperative with said washing means for drying the washed extracted vulcanized latex foam rubber.