Apparatus for molding comminuted material

Claim 1

MOLDING APPARATUS FOR COMMINUTED MATERIAL, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING: FRAME AND RECEIVING MEANS INCLUDING AN INLET OPENING AND A DISCHARGE OPENING; A PLATE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF MATERIAL RECEIVING OPENINGS, AND RECIPROCABLE ACROSS SAID FRAME AND RECEIVING MEANS TO BRING SAID MATERIAL RECEIVING OPENINGS INTO SUCCESSIVE REGISTRY WITH SAID INLET OPENING AND SAID DISCHARGE OPENING; A PISTON MOUNT ADJACENT SAID PLATE; A PLURALITY OF PISTONS CARRIED BY SAID PISTON MOUNT FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATION IN SAID MATERIAL RECEIVING OPENINGS AT ALL TIMES WHEREBY SAID PISTONS AND SAID PISTON MOUNT ARE MOVABLE IN COMMON WITH SAID PLATE, AND SAID PISTONS ARE ALWAYS ALIGNED WITH SAID MATERIAL RECEIVING OPENINGS; DRIVE MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PLATE; AND MEANS OPERATIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID PISTON MOUNT DURING MOVEMENT THEREOF WITH SAID PLATE TO ALTERNATELY RAISE AND LOWER SAID PISTON MOUNT UPON REGISTRY OF ALL OF SAID MATERIAL RECEIVING OPENINGS WITH SAID INLET AND DISCHARGE OPENINGS, RESPECTIVELY, WHEREBY COMMINUTED MATERIAL IS SIMULTANEOUSLY DRAWN INTO ALL OF SAID MATERIAL RECEIVING OPENINGS UPON REGISTRY THEREOF WITH SAID INLET OPENINGS, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY DISCHARGED FROM ALL OF SAID MATERIAL RECEIVING OPENINGS UPON REGISTRY THEREOF WITH SAID DISCHARGE OPENING.