Dispersion device and accumulation device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNaoko Omagari, Kensaku Matsuda
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Abstract
There is provided a dispersion device including: a dispersion section that has a chamber and that stirs and disperses a material containing fibers in the chamber; and a supply pipe coupled to the chamber and supplying the material to the chamber together with air, in which the supply pipe has a first portion located on a chamber side and extending in a first direction, a second portion extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a third portion coupling the first portion and the second portion, and in at least one of the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion, a cross-sectional shape of an internal flow path is an elongated shape having a short axis and a long axis.
Claims9
A dispersion device comprising:
- a dispersion section including
- a first stirring section that has a first chamber, and stirs and disperses a material containing fibers in the first chamber, and
- a second stirring section that is disposed downstream relative to the first stirring section in a flow direction of the material, the second stirring section having a second chamber and a stirring member that rotates in the second chamber, thereby stirring and dispersing the material that has been stirred and dispersed in the first chamber;
- and
- a supply pipe coupled to the first chamber and supplying the material to the first chamber together with air,
- the supply pipe having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion that are arranged in an order of the second portion, the third portion, and the first portion in the flow direction of the material, the first portion being located on a side of the first chamber, being coupled to the first chamber, and extending in a first direction, the second portion extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and the third portion coupling the first portion and the second portion, and
- at least the first portion having a cross-sectional shape of an internal flow path that is an elongated shape having a first axis and a second axis longer than the first axis.
A dispersion device comprising:
- a dispersion section that has a chamber and that stirs and disperses a material containing fibers in the chamber;
- and
- a supply pipe coupled to the chamber and supplying the material to the chamber together with air, wherein
- the supply pipe has a first portion located on a chamber side and extending in a first direction, a second portion extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a third portion coupling the first portion and the second portion,
- in at least the first portion, a cross-sectional shape of an internal flow path is an elongated shape having a short axis and a long axis,
- the dispersion section has a first swirl flow forming portion and a second swirl flow forming portion that are disposed in parallel to each other and form a swirl flow, and
- the long axis is oriented along a direction in which the first swirl flow forming portion and the second swirl flow forming portion are arranged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.