A food-safe composition and resulting article with grease and water resistance properties comprised of a petroleum wax based aqueous emulsion, a food-safe coating formulation, and an alkyl ketene dimer (AKD), wherein the composition exhibits grease and water resistant properties without a fluorinated compound present in the composition. A method of making the composition and a method of using the composition to form pulp molded articles such as food-safe containers and other pulp-based food packaging and utensils are provided.

A method for fabricating shaped-paper products is introduced herein, which comprises at least one dredging-pulp step for forming a wet pulp made of paper-slurry materials, at least one pre-compression step for lightly compressing the wet pulp to form a first semi-finished product, at least one thermo-compression forming step for deeply compressing the first semi-finished product to form a second semi-finished product, and a surface-coating step of employing a product surface coating apparatus to coat a liquid coating materials onto at least one outer surface of the second semi-finished product, and thereby forming each of the shaped-paper products having a binding layer. With utilization of the present invention, an automatic coating can be applied high efficiently in a series of continuous production machines. This could not only shorten processing time and benefit a mass production thereof but also ensure a higher production yield and quality.

A method for fabricating shaped-paper products is introduced herein, which comprises at least one dredging-pulp step for forming a wet pulp made of paper-slurry materials, at least one pre-compression step for lightly compressing the wet pulp to form a first semi-finished product, at least one thermo-compression forming step for deeply compressing the first semi-finished product to form a second semi-finished product, and a surface-coating step of employing a product surface coating apparatus to coat a liquid coating materials onto at least one outer surface of the second semi-finished product, and thereby forming each of the shaped-paper products having a binding layer. With utilization of the present invention, an automatic coating can be applied high efficiently in a series of continuous production machines. This could not only shorten processing time and benefit a mass production thereof but also ensure a higher production yield and quality.

The present invention relates to a transfer device applied to a robotic arm and a production line for pulp molding, which solves the problems of lower production efficiency and the like in the prior art. The transfer device applied to a robotic arm for pulp molding includes a wet blank transfer mold provided with a closed air chamber therein, a front surface of the wet blank transfer mold is provided with at least one inward concave matching cavity capable of being sleeved outside a pulp wet blank container and recessed toward the closed air chamber side, the inward concave matching cavity is matched with the pulp wet blank container, an inner wall of each inward concave matching cavity and a bottom of the inward concave matching cavity are respectively provided with a plurality of small communicating holes for communicating the inward concave matching cavity with the closed air chamber, a back surface of the wet blank transfer mold is connected with a moving frame parallel to the wet blank transfer mold through a guide mechanism, and a driver is connected between the back surface of the wet blank transfer mold and the moving frame. The present invention has the advantage of improving the production efficiency.

Provided is a pulp molding production line, comprising at least one molding machine and pulp molding robot and at least one press, wherein the molding machine, the pulp molding robot and the press are sequentially arranged, a transfer device is installed on the pulp molding robot, the transfer device comprises a wet pulp transfer mold provided with a sealed gas chamber therein, the front of the wet pulp transfer mold is provided with at least one recessed matching chamber that can fit over the external of a wet pulp product and is recessed to the sealed gas chamber side, the recessed matching chamber matches the wet pulp product, several interfacing apertures for communicating or connecting the recessed matching chamber with the sealed gas chamber are respectively formed on the inner wall of each recessed matching chamber and the bottom of the recessed matching chamber, a moving rack parallel to the wet pulp transfer mold is connected to the back of the wet pulp transfer mold through a guide mechanism, a driver is connected between the back of the wet pulp transfer mold and the moving rack, the driver drives the moving rack to move relative to the wet pulp transfer mold, and several evenly spaced vacuum chucks are provided on the moving rack.

A pulp-molded paper lid for a beverage cup and a method for fabricating the same is introduced. While said pulp-molded paper lid bears an external pressure to accommodate the convex-ridge ring of the cup body therein, by preloading of an insertion force of said convex-ridge ring, a generating-elasticity device of said pulp-molded paper lid is pre-compressed to compressively deform, along inward directions respectively opposite to radial directions of said pulp-molded paper lid. By removal of said external pressure, a movable bearing wall and an outermost sidewall of said generating-elasticity device exert two reversed elastically-rebound forces by a stretched deformation occurring therebetween, for clamp-retaining two opposed sides of said convex-ridge ring. Said generating-elasticity device is released from the pre-compression to exert preloaded elastic forces along said radial directions, for strengthening the clamp-retention and avoiding the technical problems of the prior arts.

An apparatus for high speed continuous thermoforming of pulp materials into pulp based products including a beverage dispensing capsule comprising a body having a side wall and a base formed entirely of moulded pulp fibres, said apparatus comprising a holding tank for water and pulp fibres in suspension, a continuous feed belt of articulated mesh toolsets contoured to the preform shape of said products, said belt being inclined to allow partial immersion and partial withdrawal from said suspension by continuous rotation of said belt, vacuum means applied to said mesh toolsets to draw said pulp fibres onto said mesh toolsets immersed in said suspension to form a preform pulp mat of said product.

A dredging slurry system with a pulp tank is introduced, which is applied for a wet paper pulp molding apparatus. The system comprises the pulp tank, a dredging slurry mold seat, an activating unit, a slurry-physical-feature detection unit and at least one inflow unit and a control unit. The slurry-physical-feature detection unit is used to detect at least one physical feature from a slurry within the pulp tank, during a plurality of different stages, thereby relatively outputting a physical feature data. The control unit is used to control the at least one inflow unit to a manner whether to pour a newly-added slurry into the pulp tank or not, depending upon the physical feature data.

Press for making large molded pulp objects, which has a raisable and lowerable male mold half, perforated for suction dewatering after dipping into a pulp slurry. The molding surface of said male mold half is coated with an elastomer to preserve even surface contact with the molded pulp object during compression and during thermal expansion or contraction of said mold halves. Advantageous embodiments include vacuum distribution troughs beneath the elastomer layer in the male mold half, multiple wire mesh layers on top of the perforated elastomer layer, and slight lateral adjustability of the otherwise stationary female mold half.

Press for making large molded pulp objects, which has a raisable and lowerable male mold half, perforated for suction dewatering after dipping into a pulp slurry. The molding surface of said male mold half is coated with an elastomer to preserve even surface contact with the molded pulp object during compression and during thermal expansion or contraction of said mold halves. Advantageous embodiments include vacuum distribution troughs beneath the elastomer layer in the male mold half, multiple wire mesh layers on top of the perforated elastomer layer, and slight lateral adjustability of the otherwise stationary female mold half.