Patent ID: 8157965

Claim:
A sheet forming machine for making a sheet forming body by dehydrating raw material slurry supplied from a raw material supply tank while transporting the raw material slurry by a sheet forming belt, the sheet forming machine comprising: the sheet forming belt having a sheet forming zone with ascending inclination, the sheet forming zone including a suction box, side plates, and a partition plate, the sheet forming zone allowing raw slurry material on the sheet forming belt corresponding to a pre-fully formed sheet forming body, to be transported along the forming belt while also storing an amount of the raw material slurry above the pre-fully formed sheet forming body; wherein, the partition plate is provided above the sheet forming belt at the sheet forming zone so as to partition the sheet forming zone in the width direction thereof, the partition plate extending in the transport direction of the raw material from a beginning end to the sheet forming zone to a terminal end of the sheet forming zone; wherein a distance between a bottom face of the partition plate and the sheet forming belt is gradually increased from the beginning end of the sheet forming zone to the terming end of the sheet forming zone.