IP Library Granted Patent US 11,926,941
Granted Patent B2
US 11,926,941 · App. 16/981,838 · Granted Mar 12, 2024

Net structure manufacturing apparatus and net structure manufacturing method

Inventors: Takuo Inoue (Tsuruga, JP); Takanori Nakamura (Tsuruga, JP); Hiroyuki Tsujii (Tsuruga, JP); Shinichi Kobuchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
D04H3/16
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Patent No.
US 11,926,941
App. No.
16/981,838
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A net structure manufacturing apparatus ( 1 ) comprising: a nozzle ( 10 ) having a discharge hole ( 11 ) from which melted thermoplastic resin is extruded so as to be formed as a filament; a water tank ( 20 ) disposed below the nozzle ( 10 ); a conveying device ( 30 ) provided to the water tank ( 20 ) and configured to convey a net structure ( 60 ) having a resin as the filament ( 12 ); and a gas ejection device ( 40 ) provided to the water tank ( 20 ) and configured to eject gas.

Claims (31)

1. A net structure manufacturing apparatus comprising:

a nozzle having a discharge hole from which melted thermoplastic resin is extruded so as to be formed as a filament;

a water tank disposed below the nozzle;

a conveying device provided to the water tank and configured to convey a net structure having a resin as the filament; and

a gas ejection device provided to the water tank and configured to eject gas.

2. The net structure manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the gas ejection device is disposed below the conveying device.

3. The net structure manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the gas ejection device has an ejection hole from which gas is ejected, and

a direction of a normal to the ejection hole extends toward a water surface in the water tank.

4. The net structure manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the conveying device is composed of at least a first conveyor and a second conveyor,

the net structure is located between the first conveyor and the second conveyor,

the gas ejection device has an ejection hole from which gas is ejected, and

a direction of a normal to the ejection hole extends toward the net structure located between the conveyors.

5. The net structure manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of gas to be ejected by the gas ejection device increases in accordance with increase in an amount of the resin extruded from the nozzle.

6. The net structure manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein an amount of gas to be ejected by the gas ejection device increases in accordance with increase in a speed of the conveying device.

7. A net structure manufacturing apparatus comprising:

a nozzle having a discharge hole from which melted thermoplastic resin is extruded so as to be formed as a filament;

a water tank disposed below the nozzle;

a conveying device provided to the water tank and configured to convey a net structure having a resin as the filament; and

a water ejection device provided to the water tank and configured to eject water in a predetermined direction, wherein

the conveying device is composed of at least a first conveyor and a second conveyor,

the net structure is located between the first conveyor and the second conveyor, and

the net structure located between the conveyors is not present on an extension line of an ejection direction of water from the water ejection device.

8. The net structure manufacturing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the ejection direction of water from the water ejection device extends toward a water surface in the water tank.

9. The net structure manufacturing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the ejection direction of water from the water ejection device extends, relative to a vertical direction, toward the net structure located between the conveyors.

10. The net structure manufacturing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein

the water ejection device has an ejection hole from which water is ejected, and

the ejection hole is located below a water surface in the water tank by not less than 0.1 mm and not greater than 400 mm.

11. The net structure manufacturing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the water ejection device is disposed inside the conveying device.

12. The net structure manufacturing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the conveying device includes a mesh-pattern belt and a drive roller.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
To: TOYOBO MC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064649/0628 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2020
From: INOUE, TAKUO; NAKAMURA, TAKANORI; TSUJII, HIROYUKI; KOBUCHI, SHINICHI
To: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053805/0119 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2018-063111 · Mar 28, 2018 · national
JP 2018-063112 · Mar 28, 2018 · national
JP 2018-063113 · Mar 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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