Apparatus for forming regenerated cellulose sponge

Claim 1

A REGENERATED CELLULOSE SPONGE PRODUCING APPARATUS COMPRISING AN ENDLESS CONVEYOR BELT HAVING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING UPPER RUN WITH A SECTION THEREOF DOWNWARDLY TRANSVERSELY INCLINED APPROACHING A LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF SAID CONVEYOR BELT AND INCLUDING A TRAILING SECTION AND A LEADING SECTION, MEANS FOR ADVANCING SAID BELT LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID UPPER RUN FROM SAID TRAILING SECTION TOWARD SAID LEADING SECTION, MEANS FOR DEPOSITING A LAYER OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVELY SPONGE FORMING MASS ON SAID BELT AND SAID TRAILING SECTION, AND A PAIR OF TRANSVERSELY SPACED ELECTRODES CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF CURRENT AND EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID BELT UPPER RUN AND ADAPTED TO ELECTRICALLY ENGAGE OPPOSITE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID MASS LAYER UPON SAID BELT ALONG SAID TRANSVERSELY INCLINED RUN TO EFFECT THE INTERNAL ELECTRICAL HEATING THEREOF SAID TRANSVERSE INCLINATION OF SAID CONVEYOR BELT PROVIDING A DRAINAGE OF LIQUID FROM SAID MASS LAYER TO PROMOTE A UNIFORM HEATING ACROSS THE WIDTH OF SAID MASS LAYER.