Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – Forming articles by uniting randomly associated particles
Patent
1998-11-17
2000-10-03
Theisen, Mary Lynn
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
Forming articles by uniting randomly associated particles
264349, B29C 6700
Patent
active
061268763
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for conditioning sand prior to creating a sculpture therewith. The apparatus comprises a flexible sheet having a left side, a right side, a top edge, a bottom edge, and a plurality of hook and loop fasteners on the left side and the right side. The system comprises creating a mold by engaging the fasteners on the left side and the right side, filling the mold with sand to an appropriate level, pouring water into the mold and allowing the water to sift through the sand therein, and replenishing sand drained away by the poured water. The process of pouring water into the mold and replenishing the drained sand is continuously repeated, until no more replenishment is necessary and a solid column of sand is created. The fasteners are then disengaged, and the mold unwrapped to reveal the column of sand, ready for sculpting.
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