Article of Manufacture Making System

摘要

An article of manufacture making system for making an article of manufacture containing a plurality of dry solid additives, such as fibers, that utilizes a dry solid additive delivery system.

主权项

1. An article of manufacture making system that makes an article of manufacture, wherein the article of manufacture comprises a plurality of dry solid additives, the article of manufacture making system comprising a dry solid additive delivery system comprising one or more dry solid additive inlets and one or more dry solid additive outlets, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive inlets is intimately associated with at least one dry solid additive source that supplies dry solid additives to the at least one dry solid additive inlet, wherein the dry solid additives are conveyed through the dry solid additive delivery system from at least one of the dry solid additive inlets to at least one of the dry solid additive outlets from which the dry solid additives are formed into an article of manufacture, wherein at least one of the dry solid additive outlets is intimately associated with the article of manufacture, wherein one or more prime movers are located between at least one of the dry solid additive inlets and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets, and wherein the dry solid additive delivery system contains from 0 to less than about 1000 cross flow members between at least one of the dry solid additive sources and at least one of the dry solid additive outlets.