Method and apparatus for obtaining sheets from a flexible material, particularly a latex coagulum

摘要

A method and apparatus for obtaining sheets from a flexible material, particularly a latex coagulum, is characterized by the following features: (a) the material is floated in a fluid so that a part of the material emerges above the fluid; (b) a depression is produced on a portion of the emerged part by the use of depressing means; (c) sheets are cut off from the depressed portion by the use of cutting means; and (d) the thickness of the sheets is adjusted by varying the difference in height between the level of the depressing means and the level of the cutting means in the depressed portion.