Method and apparatus for manufacturing cleaning member
AssigneeUnicharm Corporation
InventorsHiroaki GOTO, Yasuhiro KOYAMA
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Abstract
The present invention provides a novel method and apparatus for manufacturing a cleaning member including a fiber bundle having an oil agent uniformly attached thereto with no irregularity, wherein a first fiber bundle fed continuously in a prescribed direction is brought into contact with a transfer roller rotated in a direction opposite to the feeding direction of the first fiber bundle to transfer the oil agent applied to the surface of the transfer roller to the first fiber bundle.
Claims12
A method for manufacturing a cleaning member including a fiber bundle having an oil agent attached thereto, the method comprising a step of:
- bringing the fiber bundle continuously fed in a prescribed direction into contact with a roller rotated in a direction opposite to the feeding direction of the fiber bundle so as to transfer the oil agent applied on the surface of the roller to the fiber bundle.
An apparatus for manufacturing a cleaning member including a fiber bundle having an oil agent attached thereto, the apparatus comprising:
- a fiber bundle feeding unit that feeds the fiber bundle in a prescribed direction;
- a roller provided so as to come into contact with the fiber bundle while being rotated in a direction opposite to the feeding direction of the fiber bundle;
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- an oil agent application unit that applies the oil agent to the surface of the roller before the roller comes into contact with the fiber bundle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.