Patent ID: 8187524
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: A61F,D04H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent body, comprising: a form die that is formed in a recessed shape on a predetermined surface of a predetermined member and that moves in one direction along a moving path along the predetermined surface; and a duct that is positioned at a predetermined position on the moving path and that discharges gas containing fluid absorbent fiber from an opening toward the predetermined surface; wherein an absorbent body is formed by suction of the gas through an intake hole at a bottom of the form die to stack into the form die fluid absorbent fiber contained in the gas when the form die passes by the position of the duct, the apparatus further having a gap formed between the predetermined surface and an opening of the duct, a gas pressure inside the duct that is lower than a gas pressure outside the duct by suction of the gas from the bottom of the form die, a first wall outside the duct, the first wall spaced from a wall of the duct by a first spacing and spaced from the predetermined surface by a second spacing, and an outside gas flow along a direction intersecting with the predetermined surface and an outside gas flow along the predetermined surface made to reach the gap by the first wall.