Fibrous body accumulating device and fiber structure producing device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKazuma Miyazawa
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Abstract
A fibrous body accumulating device includes: a drum having an opening for releasing a material containing fibers and rotating around a central axis; and a first dispersion member disposed in the drum and at a position unevenly distributed vertically below the central axis, and dispersing the material in the drum. Preferably, the fibrous body accumulating device further includes a second dispersion member disposed in the drum and at a position unevenly distributed vertically above the central axis, and dispersing the material in the drum.
Claims6
A fibrous body accumulating device, comprising:
- a drum having an opening for releasing a material containing fibers, and the drum being configured to rotate about a central axis;
- a first dispersion member disposed in the drum at a position vertically lower than a position of the central axis, and the first dispersion member being configured to disperse the material in the drum when the drum rotates, the first dispersion member being spaced apart from an inner peripheral surface of the drum such that a prescribed gap is formed between the inner peripheral surface of the drum and the first dispersion member;
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- a second dispersion member disposed in the drum and at a position vertically lower than a position of the central axis, and the second dispersion member being configured to disperse the material in the drum, wherein
- the first dispersion member and the second dispersion member are spaced apart from an inner peripheral surface of the drum, and
- D1>D2, where a separation distance between the first dispersion member and the inner peripheral surface of the drum is D1, and a separation distance between the second dispersion member and the inner peripheral surface of the drum is D2.
A fibrous body accumulating device, comprising:
- a drum having an opening for releasing a material containing fibers, and the drum being configured to rotate about a central axis;
- a first dispersion member disposed in the drum at a position vertically lower than a position of the central axis, and the first dispersion member being configured to disperse the material in the drum when the drum rotates, the first dispersion member being spaced apart from an inner peripheral surface of the drum such that a prescribed gap is formed between the inner peripheral surface of the drum and the first dispersion member;
- a second dispersion member disposed in the drum and at a position vertically lower than a position of the central axis, and the second dispersion member being configured to disperse the material in the drum, wherein
- the first dispersion member and the second dispersion member are spaced apart from an inner peripheral surface of the drum, and
- D1>D2, where a separation distance between the first dispersion member and the inner peripheral surface of the drum is D1, and a separation distance between the second dispersion member and the inner peripheral surface of the drum is D2;
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- a molding section molding an accumulation formed by the fibrous body accumulating device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.