Patent ID: 6857199

Claim:
A drying mold for a pulp molded article having a first mold member, a second mold member, and a third mold member, wherein said first mold member has a drying portion which is brought into contact with a wet pulp molded article, said first mold member has a linear first passageway connecting said drying portion to an exterior surface of said first mold member, said second mold member has a prescribed heating means and is disposed in contact with the exterior surface of said first mold member or on an exterior surface of said third mold member when said third mold member is disposed in contact with the exterior surface of said first mold member, and said drying mold is designed to form a linear second passageway between said first mold member and said third mold member when said first mold member and said third mold member are disposed in contact with each other, said second passageway connects said first passageway to the outside of said drying mold and is perpendicular to the first passageway.