Patent ID: 9066830
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: A61F,B32B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent body, said apparatus comprising: a first sheet supplying mechanism configured to reel out and supply a sheet from a sheet roll made by reeling up the sheet in a roll shape, the first sheet supplying mechanism having a second sheet supplying mechanism configured to reel out and supply a sheet from a sheet roll made by reeling up the sheet in a roll shape, the second sheet supplying mechanism having a controller configured to control the driving rotation of the first pinch rolls and the second pinch rolls; a crusher configured to crush the sheet supplied from the first or second sheet supplying mechanism into a fibrous matter by scraping a lead end of the sheet that has been reeled out from the first or second sheet supplying mechanism; and a fiber stacking device configured to laminate the fibrous matter sent out from the crusher in a predetermined shape to obtain the absorbent body, wherein when switching a supply of the sheet to the crusher from the first sheet supplying mechanism to the second sheet supplying mechanism, the controller is configured to