Fibrous material accumulating apparatus and sheet manufacturing apparatus
A fibrous material accumulating apparatus includes a dispersing section which disperses a material containing fibers, a belt which accumulates the dispersed material, and a suction section provided on a side of the belt opposite to the dispersing section, in which the dispersing section includes a storage section including a screen, a supply section which supplies the material to the storage section, and a rotating body which is provided inside the storage section and agitates the material supplied into the storage section, and the storage section includes a communicating port which causes an inside and an outside of the storage section to communicate with each other and is provided at a different position from the screen.
1. A fibrous material accumulating apparatus comprising:
a dispersing section which disperses a material containing fibers;
a belt which accumulates the dispersed material; and
a suction section provided on a side of the belt opposite to the dispersing section, wherein
the dispersing section includes
a storage section including a screen,
a supply section which supplies the material to the storage section, and
a rotating body which is provided inside the storage section and agitates the material supplied into the storage section,
the storage section includes a plurality of communicating ports which causes an inside and an outside of the storage section to communicate with each other and is provided at a different position from the screen,
the plurality of communicating ports are aligned along an axis parallel to a rotational axis of the rotating body,
the plurality of communicating ports are located above the rotating body in a first direction, and
the plurality of communication ports are offset from the rotational axis on only one side of the rotational axis in a second direction perpendicular to the rotational axis and the first direction.
2. The fibrous material accumulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of communicating ports supplies air along a rotational direction of the rotating body.
3. The fibrous material accumulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
air supplied from the plurality of communicating ports is introduced through suction of the suction section.
4. The fibrous material accumulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of communicating ports is provided on a more distal side than the supply section with respect to a rotational center of the rotating body in plan view of the dispersing section.
5. The fibrous material accumulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the supply section supplies the material along a rotational direction of the rotating body.
6. The fibrous material accumulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the screen has an arc shape which protrudes toward the belt side.
7. The fibrous material accumulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotating body rotates in a state of being separated from the screen.
8. The fibrous material accumulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the dispersing section includes a housing which covers a portion between the storage section and the belt and which includes an opening at a position facing the belt.
9. The fibrous material accumulating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the storage section includes a holding member which holds the screen, and
the plurality of communicating ports is provided in the holding member.
10. The fibrous material accumulating apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
an outlet of the supply section overlaps the rotating body in the plan view of the dispersing section.
11. A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising:
the fibrous material accumulating apparatus according to claim 1 ; and
a shaping section which shapes a web formed by the fibrous material accumulating apparatus into a sheet shape.