Coarse crushing device and fiber treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11878307-B2
Application number	US-202017104036-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2020
Priority date	Nov 27, 2019
Publication date	Jan 23, 2024
Grant date	Jan 23, 2024

Abstract

A coarse crushing device including a rotary cutter portion tearing off a fiber-containing sheet in a first direction, a roller portion pinching the fiber-containing sheet, and a tearing portion provided between the rotary cutter portion and the roller portion, and having a plurality of blades tearing off the fiber-containing sheet in a second direction intersecting the first direction, in which the rotary cutter portion includes a first rotating shaft member rotating about a first axis, a second rotating shaft member rotating reversely to the first rotating shaft member about a second axis parallel to the first axis, a plurality of first rotary cutters provided on the first rotating shaft member and rotating together with the first rotating shaft member, and a plurality of second rotary cutters provided on the second rotating shaft member and rotating together with the second rotating shaft member, and the first rotary cutter and the second rotary cutter are separated from each other.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A coarse crushing device comprising:
a rotary cutter portion tearing off a fiber-containing sheet in a first direction;
a roller portion pinching the fiber-containing sheet; and
a tearing portion provided between the rotary cutter portion and the roller portion, and having a plurality of blades tearing off the fiber-containing sheet in a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein
the rotary cutter portion includes
a first rotating shaft member rotating about a first axis,
a second rotating shaft member rotating reversely to the first rotating shaft member about a second axis parallel to the first axis,
a plurality of first rotary cutters provided on the first rotating shaft member and rotating together with the first rotating shaft member, and
a plurality of second rotary cutters provided on the second rotating shaft member and rotating together with the second rotating shaft member,

one second rotary cutter of the second rotary cutters is located between two adjacent first rotary cutters of the first rotary cutters and is separated and spaced apart from both of the two adjacent first rotary cutters, the adjacent first rotary cutters are adjacent to each other,
one first rotary cutter of the first rotary cutters is located between two adjacent second rotary cutters of the second rotary cutters and is separated and spaced apart from both of the two adjacent second rotary cutters, the adjacent second rotary cutters are adjacent to each other,
the first rotary cutters and the second rotary cutters are separated from each other,
the roller portion includes a first roller and a second roller rotating in directions opposite to each other, the first roller rotates about a third axis parallel to the first axis, the second roller rotates about a fourth axis parallel to the first axis,
the first axis, the second axis, the third axis, and the fourth axis extend in an axial direction,
at least a part of the blades of the tearing portion crosses a first virtual straight line as viewed in the axial direction, when tearing off the fiber-containing sheet in the second direction, the first virtual straight line couples a first middle point to a second middle point, the first middle point is positioned at a middle point between the first axis and the second axis and positioned on a second virtual straight line extending from the first axis to the second axis in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the axial direction, and the second middle point is positioned at a middle point between the third axis and the fourth axis and positioned on a third virtual straight line extending from the third axis to the fourth axis in the perpendicular direction, and
the tearing portion tears off the fiber-containing sheet when the fiber-containing sheet is pinched by the roller portion.

2. The coarse crushing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the roller portion pinches the fiber-containing sheet passed through the rotary cutter portion, and
rotation speeds of the first roller and the second roller are higher than rotation speeds of the first rotary cutter and the second rotary cutter.

3. The coarse crushing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotary cutter portion tears off the fiber-containing sheet passed through the roller portion, and
rotation speeds of the first rotary cutter and the second rotary cutter are higher than rotation speeds of the first roller and the second roller.

4. The coarse crushing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the tearing portion includes a roller provided with the blade on an outer surface thereof.

5. The coarse crushing device according to claim 4 , wherein
a plurality of the blades are provided in a spiral shape.

6. The coarse crushing device according to claim 4 , wherein
a tip end of the blade is bent in a rotation direction of the roller of the tearing portion.

7. The coarse crushing device according to claim 1 , wherein
the tearing portion includes a plate-shaped member provided with the blade on one side, and
a distance between the first virtual straight line and a tip end of the blade is 0.5 mm or more and 5 mm or less.

8. The coarse crushing device according to claim 1 , wherein
a distance between the two adjacent first rotary cutters is 6 mm or less,
a distance between the two adjacent second rotary cutters is 6 mm or less, and
a distance between the tearing portion and the roller portion is 26 mm or less.

9. A fiber treatment apparatus comprising:
the coarse crushing device according to claim 1 .

10. A coarse crushing device comprising:
a rotary cutter portion including
a first rotating shaft member rotating about a first axis,
a second rotating shaft member rotating reversely to the first rotating shaft member about a second axis parallel to the first axis,
a plurality of first rotary cutters provided on the first rotating shaft member and rotating together with the first rotating shaft member,
a plurality of second rotary cutters provided on the second rotating shaft member and rotating together with the second rotating shaft member, and
a first liquid supply portion supplying a liquid to the first rotary cutters,
one second rotary cutter of the second rotary cutters being located between two adjacent first rotary cutters of the first rotary cutters and being separated and spaced apart from both of the two adjacent first rotary cutters, the adjacent first rotary cutters being adjacent to each other,
one first rotary cutter of the first rotary cutters being located between two adjacent second rotary cutters of the second rotary cutters and being separated and spaced apart from both of the two adjacent second rotary cutters, the adjacent second rotary cutters being adjacent to each other, and
the first rotary cutters and the second rotary cutters being separated from each other,
the first rotary cutter and the second rotary cutter tearing off a fiber-containing sheet in a first direction;

a roller portion pinching the fiber-containing sheet;
a tearing portion provided between the rotary cutter portion and the roller portion, and having a plurality of blades tearing off the fiber-containing sheet in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and
a second liquid supply portion supplying a liquid to the blade, wherein
the roller portion includes a first roller and a second roller rotating in directions opposite to each other, the first roller rotates about a third axis parallel to the first axis, the second roller rotates about a fourth axis parallel to the first axis,
the first axis, the second axis, the third axis, and the fourth axis extend in an axial direction,
at least a part of the blades of the tearing portion crosses a first virtual straight line as viewed in the axial direction, when tearing off the fiber-containing sheet in the second direction, the first virtual straight line couples a first middle point to a second middle point, the first middle point is positioned at a middle point between the first axis and the second axis and positioned on a second virtual straight line extending from the first axis to the second axis in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the axial direction, and the second middle point is positioned at a middle point between the third axis and the fourth axis and positioned on a third virtual straight line extending from the third axis to the fourth axis in the perpendicular direction, and
the tearing portion tears off the fiber-containing sheet when the fiber-containing sheet is pinched by the roller portion.

11. The coarse crushing device according to claim 10 , wherein
the tearing portion includes a roller provide

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Kurata Hiroki
• Higuchi Naotaka

Classifications

• B02C18/2283 Primary

  using rollers (B02C18/225 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B02C18/18 Primary

  Knives; Mountings thereof · CPC title

• B02C18/28

  with spiked cylinders · CPC title

• B02C23/18

  Adding fluid, other than for crushing or disintegrating by fluid energy ({for tumbling mills B02C17/186;} feeding devices B02C23/02) · CPC title

• D21B1/26

  Driving or feeding arrangements · CPC title