Patent ID: 9033018
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus that manufactures an absorbent body by suctioning to a suction section a liquid absorbent particle that has fallen and laminating the liquid absorbent particle thereto, the apparatus comprising: a suction member that has the suction section on a surface, the suction member moving the suction section along a predetermined travel path; a cover member surrounding a predetermined range of the travel path; and a supply opening through which the liquid absorbent particle falls and is supplied toward the surface, the supply opening being included above the travel path in a space within the cover member, wherein, of the space within the cover member, a space located in a downstream side of a position of the supply opening in a direction along the travel path is divided into a first zone in which the liquid absorbent particle is suctioned to the suction section and a second zone in which the liquid absorbent particle is suctioned to the suction section, the second zone being adjacent to a downstream side of the first zone, wherein the suction section has a plurality of air-intake holes that draw in air while restricting passing through of the liquid absorbent particle, and with the drawing in of air from the air-intake holes, the liquid absorbent particle is suctioned to the suction section, wherein a wall section located to an upstream side in the direction along the travel path, of a wall section included in the cover member, is formed with an air-inlet opening that takes in air into the cover member, in a position between the air-inlet opening and the supply opening, a guide plate that guides a flow of the air taken in from the air-inlet opening to the supply opening is included, and with the guide plate the flow of the air is guided to the supply opening as a flow toward the downstream side in the direction along the travel path.