ON-DEMAND PRODUCTION OF FOAM CUSHIONS WITH DEFINED THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY

摘要

An apparatus is disclosed for automatically molding defined three-dimensional foam cushions (47). The apparatus comprises means for preparing a bag plastic film material (36) and for enclosing a foamable composition (40) in the plastic bag (34), means for concurrently aligning a mold (23) with the plastic bag (34) and the bag preparing means, means for placing the bag containing the foamable composition into the aligned mold (23) as the foamable composition (40) begins to form foam, and means (30) for maintaining the bag in the mold until the foamable composition has substantially finished forming foam in a shape conforming to the mold (23).