Fiber body manufacturing apparatus and method for producing fiber body
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTatsuya ITO, Hirofumi NAKATA, Yuka KATO
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Abstract
Provided is a fiber body manufacturing apparatus including: a supply unit configured to supply fibers; a mesh portion having a plurality of holes configured to allow the fibers supplied from the supply unit to pass through; a deposition member configured to allow the fibers passing through the holes to be deposited thereon; a forming unit configured to bind the deposited fibers together to generate a fiber body; and a switching unit configured to switch an interval between the holes according to information on a type of the fibers supplied by the supply unit.
Claims11
A fiber body manufacturing apparatus comprising:
- a supply unit configured to supply fibers;
- a mesh portion having a plurality of holes configured to allow the fibers supplied from the supply unit to pass through;
- a deposition member configured to allow the fibers passing through the holes to be deposited thereon;
- a forming unit configured to bind the deposited fibers together to generate a fiber body;
- and
- a switching unit configured to switch an interval between the holes according to information on a type of the fibers supplied by the supply unit.
A method for producing a fiber body comprising:
- acquiring information on a type of fibers;
- switching an interval between a plurality of holes configured to allow the fibers to pass through according to the acquired information;
- supplying the fibers;
- causing the supplied fibers to pass through the holes of the switched interval, and dispersing the fibers in the air;
- depositing the dispersed fibers;
- and
- binding the deposited fibers together to produce a fiber body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.