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US 12,606,940 B2Granted
Fiber processing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsHideaki Mizuhashi, Hideki Kojima, Hideki Tanaka, Masahiko Nakazawa
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Abstract
A fiber processing method includes performing defibration processing on a coarse fragment of a fabric containing a thread in which a plurality of fibers are twisted to produce a first defibrated material; and performing garnetting processing on the first defibrated material to produce a second defibrated material. The fiber processing method may further include, before performing the defibration processing, coarsely fragmenting the fabric to produce the coarse fragment.
Claims5
A fiber processing method comprising:
- performing defibration processing on a coarse fragment of a fabric containing a thread in which a plurality of fibers are twisted to produce a first defibrated material that includes an undefibrated thread, the defibration processing being performed using a defibration device that includes fixed teeth and a single rotor on which a plurality of rotor blades are formed, by defibrating the coarse fragment between the fixed teeth and the plurality of rotor blades, the fixed teeth facing the plurality of rotor blades;
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- performing garnetting processing on the first defibrated material to produce a second defibrated material that includes defibrated fiber fluff, the garnetting processing being performed using a garnetting device that includes a plurality of rollers by untangling the first defibrated material between the plurality of rollers, the plurality of rollers being arranged such that one roller of the plurality of rollers faces other rollers of the plurality of rollers, each of the plurality of rollers having blades,
- the garnetting processing being performed after the defibration processing.
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