Raw material supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12123136-B2
Application number	US-202117386597-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2021
Priority date	Jul 30, 2020
Publication date	Oct 22, 2024
Grant date	Oct 22, 2024

Abstract

A raw material supply device includes a transport section that transports a raw material containing fibers and supplies the raw material to a processing section that processes the raw material, a stopper that blocks transport of a portion of the raw material transported by the transport section; and a controller that controls an operation of the stopper to adjust a supply amount of the raw material to the processing section. Further, it is preferable that the raw material supply device further includes a fixed-amount supply section that intermittently supplies the raw material transported by the transport section to the processing section by a first amount.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A raw material supply device comprising:
a transport section that transports a raw material containing fibers and supplies the raw material to a processing section that processes the raw material;
a stopper that blocks transport of a portion of the raw material transported by the transport section, the stopper including a first member and a second member each of which partially blocks the transport of the portion of the raw material; and
a controller that controls an operation of the stopper to adjust a supply amount of the raw material to the processing section,
the controller, to adjust the supply amount of the raw material,
controlling both of the first member and the second member not to block the transport in a first state,
controlling only the first member to block the transport while controlling the second member not to block the transport in a second state after the first state,
controlling only the second member to block the transport while controlling the first member not to block the transport in a third state after the second state, and
controlling both of the first member and the second member to block the transport in a fourth state after the third state.

2. The raw material supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fixed-amount supply section that intermittently supplies the raw material transported by the transport section to the processing section by a first amount.

3. The raw material supply device according to claim 2 , wherein the fixed-amount supply section includes a receiving portion that receives the raw material transported by the transport section and a detector that detects an amount of the raw material in the receiving portion.

4. The raw material supply device according to claim 3 , wherein the controller controls the operation of the stopper based on a detection result of the detector.

5. The raw material supply device according to claim 3 , wherein the controller operates the the first member when a detection result of the detector reaches a second amount less than the first amount in the first state.

6. The raw material supply device according to claim 3 , wherein the controller stops supplying the raw material to the fixed-amount supply section by the stopper when a detection result of the detector reaches the first amount.

7. The raw material supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the each of the first member and the second member is a shutter member that blocks at least a portion of a transport path of the raw material in the transport section.

8. The raw material supply device according to claim 1 , wherein the stopper includes an air flow forming portion, and the air flow forming portion includes the first member and the second member each of which is a nozzle group that has a plurality of nozzles and blows air from a downstream side to an upstream side of a transport direction of the raw material in the transport section to partially block the transport of the portion of the raw material.

9. The raw material supply device according to claim 1 , wherein
the raw material is a crushing piece of crushed paper, and
the processing section includes a defibrating section that defibrates the crushing piece.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Miyasaka Yoichi

Classifications

• B02C18/2225

  Feed means · CPC title

• B02C25/00

  Control arrangements specially adapted for crushing or disintegrating · CPC title

• B02C2018/2208

  for weblike material · CPC title

• Y02W30/64

  Paper recycling · CPC title

• D21B1/10 Primary

  by cutting actions · CPC title