IN-LINE PAPERBOARD MOISTURIZING

Abstract: an in-line paperboard moisturizing and pressware forming system broadly comprising a paperboard moisturizing system and a pressware forming system in-line with the paperboard moisturizing system. the paperboard moisturizing system broadly comprises a supply roll carrier, a payout roller, a water spreader, and a control system. the supply roll carrier dispenses paperboard material. the payout roller meters the paperboard material from the supply roll carrier. the water spreader evenly moisturizes the paperboard material. the control system controls a feed rate and moisture level so that the paperboard material has a desired moisture content as the paperboard moisturizing system delivers the moisturized paperboard material to the pressware forming system.

Inventor(s): Victor L. Chun, Robert Abel

CPC Classification: D21J3/00 (Manufacture of articles by pressing wet fibre pulp, or papier-mâché, between moulds)

Search for rejections for patent application number 20250179738