Patent ID: 6851941
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: B29C,B29K,B29L,D04H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for curing fibrous insulation material, the apparatus comprising: an oven; a lower conveyor mounted to travel through the oven and having a plurality of flights for supporting fibrous insulation material, the flights including a support surface; an upper conveyor mounted to travel through the oven and having a plurality of flights opposite the flights of the lower conveyor, each flight including a support surface, wherein the upper and lower conveyors are arranged to press the fibrous insulation material between the respective support surfaces as the conveyors carry the fibrous insulation material through the oven; and a plurality of molding members mountable on the flights, the molding members being configured to mold a shape into a surface of the fibrous insulation material as the fibrous insulation material is being carried through the oven; and a plurality of retaining members for releasably retaining the molding members on the flights, the retaining members being configured to be automatically releasable when the lower and upper flights are moving, and wherein the releasing of the retaining members unlocks the molding members from the flights.