| 摘要 |
<p>Provided is an apparatus for the production of an absorbent body. The apparatus is equipped with: a forming unit which is provided with a forming die formed on a prescribed surface in the form of a recess, and in which the forming die can shift along a first direction crossing the width direction of the prescribed surface; a feed duct that is placed at a prescribed position in the first direction and that feeds a gas containing a liquid-absorbing material through a feed opening toward the prescribed surface; a closed-space partitioning member that is provided at a position on the opposite side of the prescribed surface to the feed opening and that partitions a closed space together with the prescribed surface; and a suction duct for sucking the gas present in the closed space through a suction opening and thereby making the closed space a negative-pressure space. When the forming die is passing through the position of the feed opening, the gas in the feed duct is sucked into the closed space through suction holes formed at the bottom of the forming die, whereby the liquid-absorbing material contained in the gas is stacked in the forming die, and thus formed into an absorbent body. The suction opening of the suction duct is disposed in the closed space at a position opposite to the prescribed surface. As to the suction duct, at least a part of the portion thereof which is housed in the closed space has a center-axis direction which has a component parallel to the forming-die shift direction found at the center of the suction opening.</p> |
