DISPENSING CAPSULE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FORMING SAME

World Intellectual Property Organization Patent

APP PUB NO WO-2018049460-A1
SERIAL NO

PCTAU2017000172

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An apparatus for high speed continuous thermoforming of pulp materials into pulp based products including a beverage dispensing capsule comprising a body having a side wall and a base formed entirely of moulded pulp fibres, said apparatus comprising a holding tank for water and pulp fibres in suspension, a continuous feed belt of articulated mesh toolsets contoured to the preform shape of said products, said belt being inclined to allow partial immersion and partial withdrawal from said suspension by continuous rotation of said belt, vacuum means applied to said mesh toolsets to draw said pulp fibres onto said mesh toolsets immersed in said suspension to form a preform pulp mat of said product.

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VARDEN PROCESS PTY LTDAUDEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING BUILDING 35 ROOM 226 16 ALLIANCE LANE CLAYTON VIC 3168 AUSTRALIA

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GORDON STUART C/O VARDEN PROCESS PTY LTD 11 SUGAR GUM COURT BRAESIDE VICTORIA 3195 3195
APPLEFORD MARK C/O VARDEN PROCESS PTY LTD 11 SUGAR GUM COURT BRAESIDE VICTORIA 3195 3195

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