US 12,473,695 B2
System and method for forming a moulded article
Adam Richard Turner, Toft (GB); Natasha Wilson, Toft (GB); Joshua Lanzon-Miller, Toft (GB); Jonathan Morris, Toft (GB); Anthony Robin Burness, Toft (GB); Andrew William Norfolk, Toft (GB); Benjamin Rhys Williams, Toft (GB); Amy Joanne King, Toft (GB); Rupert Anthony Barton, Toft (GB); and Paul Clifford Smith, Toft (GB)
Assigned to Diageo Great Britain Limited, London (GB)
Appl. No. 18/033,406
Filed by Diageo Great Britain Limited, London (GB)
PCT Filed Nov. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/052863
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 24, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/096887, PCT Pub. Date May 12, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2017432 (GB), filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0357992 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. D21J 7/00 (2006.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01)
CPC D21J 7/00 (2013.01) [B29C 33/3814 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of forming a moulded article comprising:
preparing a fibre suspension in a suspending liquid;
feeding the fibre suspension to a porous mould;
removing the suspending liquid via pores of the porous mould to form the moulded article;
transferring the moulded article to a non-porous mould;
applying pressure to internal walls of the moulded article to press external walls of the moulded article against the non-porous mould; and
removing the moulded article from the non-porous mould.