Process and apparatus for the manufacture of articles by compacting fibres or granules using an air stream and articles moduced thereby.

摘要

The invention relates especially to an apparatus for the manufacture of an intermediate shaped article, consisting of compacted fibres or granules, characterised in that it comprises: - a mould which can be dismantled into at least two parts (11, 12), at least one of the faces of which is pierced with a plurality of small perforations; - partitions compartmentalizing the space adjacent to the perforated face of the mould, outside the latter, into several compartments C1 to Cn equipped with obturators O1 to On respectively, enabling each compartment to be opened or closed; - means (19) for sending an air stream conveying fibres or granules into the feed opening of the mould; and - means for sequentially opening the obturators.