IP Library Granted Patent US 7,641,769
Granted Patent B2
US 7,641,769 · App. 11/581,750 · Granted Jan 5, 2010

Suction box and dehydrator with pressurization and forming machine using thereof

Assignee: Nichiha Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,641,769
App. No.
11/581,750
Granted
Jan 5, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is a suction box for dehydrating the intermediate form of an inorganic building board during manufacturing or dehydrating the material slurry which is eventually molded into inorganic building boards. The suction box can change the open area ratio of dehydration space easily and can be used with pressure forming machines. The suction box has a frame member with a bottom plate, plural bridge members, plural spacer members and a pair of fixture members. The open area ratio is the space formed between each bridge member, including an interval with the bridge member and an outer frame portion in the frame member with the bottom plate.

Claims (13)

1. A dehydrator with pressurization, which comprises a suction box, a water permeability sheet, and a pair of presses, wherein:

the suction box comprises a frame member with a bottom plate, plural bridge members, plural spacer members and a pair of fixture members, wherein the frame member with the bottom plate comprises a bottom plate portion, an outer frame portion formed circumferentially of the bottom plate portion and plural elongated protruding portions formed on the bottom plate portion, wherein the plural elongated protruding portions are parallel to each other and are elongated from one end towards another end, wherein the plural bridge members are parallel to each other and are rectangular in a direction that is perpendicular to the elongated protruding portions formed on the bottom plate portion, wherein the plural spacer members are placed on each of the elongated protruding portions in intervals between the bridge members, and wherein the pair of fixture members is installed in ends of the bridge members and the bridge members are fixed in the frame member with the bottom plate;

the water permeability sheet is placed over the suction box; and

the pair of presses pressurizes the suction box, the water permeability sheet and the intermediate of inorganic building board containing water.

2. A dehydrator with pressurization, which comprises a suction box, a water permeability sheet, and a pair of presses, wherein:

the suction box comprises a frame member with a bottom plate, plural bridge members, plural spacer members and a pair of fixture members, wherein the frame member with the bottom plate comprises a bottom plate portion, an outer frame portion formed circumferentially of the bottom plate portion and plural elongated protruding portions formed on the bottom plate portion, wherein the plural elongated protruding portions are parallel to each other and are elongated from one end towards another end, wherein the plural bridge members are parallel to each other and are rectangular in a direction that is perpendicular to the elongated protruding portions formed on the bottom plate portion, wherein the plural spacer members are placed on each of the elongated protruding portions in intervals between the bridge members, and wherein the pair of fixture members is installed in ends of the bridge member and the bridge member is fixed in the frame member with the bottom plate;

the spacer member comprises a spacer main body and a pair of leg portions, the spacer main body comprises a pair of tilting surfaces formed in the shape of a mountain, and the pair of leg portions is formed in a lower part of the spacer main body and are engaged on both sides of elongated protruding portion;

the water permeability sheet is placed over the suction box; and

the pair of presses pressurizes the suction box, the water permeability sheet and the intermediate of inorganic building board containing water.

3. A dehydrator with pressurization, which comprises a suction box, a water permeability sheet, and a pair of presses, wherein:

the suction box comprises a frame member with a bottom plate, plural bridge members, plural spacer members and a pair of fixture members, wherein the frame member with the bottom plate comprises a bottom plate portion, an outer frame portion formed circumferentially of the bottom plate portion and plural elongated protruding portions formed on the bottom plate portion, wherein the plural elongated protruding portions are parallel to each other and are elongated from one end towards another end, wherein the plural bridge members are parallel to each other and are rectangular in a direction that is perpendicular to the elongated protruding portions formed on the bottom plate portion, wherein the plural spacer members are placed on each of the elongated protruding portions in intervals between the bridge members, wherein the pair of fixture members is installed in ends of the bridge member and the bridge member is fixed in the frame member with the bottom plate, and wherein the pair of fixture members have an overall length to fix a predetermined number of bridge members in the frame member with the bottom plate;

the water permeability sheet is placed over the suction box; and

the pair of presses pressurizes the suction box, the water permeability sheet and the intermediate of inorganic building board containing water.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTION OF ASSIGNEE NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2007
From: NICHIHA CO., LTD.
To: NICHIHA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 019975/0855 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2007
From: MASAKI, JUNYU
To: NICHIHA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018823/0662 →
Continuity (1)
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