Patent ID: 8387417

Claim:
An apparatus for collecting fibrous material, said apparatus comprising a fiberizing unit, a hollow bucket and a collection conveyor, wherein the fibrous material fiberized by a spinner of the fiberizing unit is dispersed by the hollow bucket disposed just under the spinner, so as to be collected on the collection conveyor disposed below the hollow bucket, and wherein said hollow bucket comprises: a hopper section having a circular shape in cross section at an uppermost portion where the fibrous material fiberized by the spinner is received in the hopper section, and a blasting section having an oval opening at its lower end, wherein the blasting section is connected with a waistline section as a lower end of the hopper section, the inner surface of the blasting section is deformed from a circular shape toward the oval opening, and the fibrous material dropped in the hollow bucket is dispersed from the blasting section in a width direction of the collection conveyor, so as to be collected on the collection conveyor.