Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
179 words
A method of making a molded body from ligno-cellulose particles in a cavity, comprising the steps of providing a first die section and a second die section having a cavity which is formed with an open side, a surface opposite said open side, and an exposed face extending at a steep angle to said surface from the periphery of the latter to said open side; pouring a tacky but pourable mixture of ligno-cellulose particles and an adhesive binder material into said cavity to a depth which is greater in the region of said periphery and lesser in the region inwardly spaced from said periphery; inserting said first die section into said open side and effecting relative movement of said die sections in a sense advancing said first die section along said exposed face and towards said surface; and retarding the pourable mixture in a space between said first die section and said exposed surface against displacement in direction towards said surface so that due to such retardation the mixture will be subjected to uniform pressure everywhere in said space.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
179 words
A method of making a molded body from ligno-cellulose particles in a cavity, comprising the steps of providing a first die section and a second die section having a cavity which is formed with an open side, a surface opposite said open side, and an exposed face extending at a steep angle to said surface from the periphery of the latter to said open side; pouring a tacky but pourable mixture of ligno-cellulose particles and an adhesive binder material into said cavity to a depth which is greater in the region of said periphery and lesser in the region inwardly spaced from said periphery; inserting said first die section into said open side and effecting relative movement of said die sections in a sense advancing said first die section along said exposed face and towards said surface; and retarding the pourable mixture in a space between said first die section and said exposed surface against displacement in direction towards said surface so that due to such retardation the mixture will be subjected to uniform pressure everywhere in said space.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
A method as defined in claim 1, said first die section having a face directed towards said exposed face during said relative movement of said die sections; and wherein the step of retarding said mixture comprises providing one of said faces with a surface texture different from that of the other face.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method as defined in claim 2 wherein the step of providing different surface textures comprises providing said face with a smooth surface texture and providing said exposed face with sharp-edged profiling which extends at least in part transverse to the direction of relative movement of said die sections.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
87 words
A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the step of forming comprises introducing the mixture in such a manner that its exposed surface defines with the horizontal an angle which is at most equal to the pouring angle for said mixture so that the thickness of the mixture in said cavity is uneven; and wherein the step of effecting relative movement includes compressing said mixture to thereby obtain a molded body whose thickness is uneven in correspondence with the unevenness of the thickness of said mixture.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
153 words
A method of making a molded body from a tacky but pourable mixture of particulate matter and a binder, comprising the steps of pouring into an enclosed space bounded by a bottom surface and a side which projects from the periphery of said bottom surface at a steep angle thereto, a quantity of said pourable mixture so that the depth of the latter is greater in the region of said periphery than inwardly of the same; confining the pourable mixture in the region of greater depth between said side face and a lateral face which extends along said side face; subjecting said pourable mixture between said faces to compressive force having a component acting in direction towards said surface; and retarding said pourable mixture intermediate said faces against displacement in the direction toward said surface so that due to such retardation the mixture will be subjected to uniform pressure everywhere in said space.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
153 words
A method of making a molded body from a tacky but pourable mixture of particulate matter and a binder, comprising the steps of pouring into an enclosed space bounded by a bottom surface and a side which projects from the periphery of said bottom surface at a steep angle thereto, a quantity of said pourable mixture so that the depth of the latter is greater in the region of said periphery than inwardly of the same; confining the pourable mixture in the region of greater depth between said side face and a lateral face which extends along said side face; subjecting said pourable mixture between said faces to compressive force having a component acting in direction towards said surface; and retarding said pourable mixture intermediate said faces against displacement in the direction toward said surface so that due to such retardation the mixture will be subjected to uniform pressure everywhere in said space.