Patent ID: 8029266

Claim:
A mould member for moulding three-dimensional products from a mass of one or more food starting materials, which are suitable for human consumption, the mould member comprising: a body having a porous structure and a plurality of mould cavities, which mould cavities each have a mould cavity wall defined by the body and an opening in a surface of the body, wherein the body comprises at least one essentially fluid tight barrier; at least one fluid channel having a fluid inlet opening and a fluid outlet opening, for supplying a fluid from a fluid outlet opening through the porous structure of the body to the mould cavities; a support member having a supporting surface for supporting the body at a back surface opposite to the surface of the body wherein the opening of the mould cavity is provided, wherein the fluid channel is defined by the supporting surface of the support member and the back surface of the body, and wherein the support member and the body each comprise a cylinder having an axis of rotation and wherein a sealing device is provided between an essentially fluid tight barrier and the supporting surface of the support member, the sealing device having a structure comprising annular sealing strips at both ends of the mould member and a plurality of longitudinal sealing strips extending between the annular sealing strips and parallel to the axis of rotation.