US3581706A - Apparatus for uniformly distributing a disintegrated fibrous material on a fibre layer forming surface - Google Patents

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US3581706A
US3581706A US775479*[A US3581706DA US3581706A US 3581706 A US3581706 A US 3581706A US 3581706D A US3581706D A US 3581706DA US 3581706 A US3581706 A US 3581706A
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    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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  • This invention relates to an apparatus for uniformly distributing a disintegrated fibrous material on a fiber layer forming surface and in particular to an apparatus for the production of a uniform fiber layer on a moving foraminous screen.
  • the individualized suspended fibers formed in said hammer mill and especially short vegetable fibers tend to entangle and clot as they encounter each other in air suspension during the passage through said pipes. Furthermore, if a high fiber concentration in the air is used in order to secure a high rate of production a further tendency to flocking is induced. Also the impinging of the suspended fibers on pipe walls for both straight runs and turns enhances the clotting. Thus, instead of individual fibers, clots or lumps of fibers are deposited on the fiber layer forming surface and a nonuniform product is formed.
  • the hammer mill In an attempt to avoid said clotting or lump formation during the transportation of the fibers from the hammer mill to the fiber layer forming surface the hammer mill has been located a short distance above the fiber layer forming screen. However, in this case the flow of air generated by the hammers of said hammer mill will interfere with the regularity of the fiber layer deposited on the fiber layer forming screen.
  • the object of the invention is to avoid fiber clots or lumps in the fiber layer formed on the fiber layer forming surface and to obtain a uniform fiber layer.
  • the present invention provides an apparatus comprising a housing having a perforated bottom wall, inlet means for a stream of gas containing suspended fibers and a stirring device having impellers mounted for rotation a short distance above the upper surface of said perforated bottom wall.
  • fiber clots or lumps carried into the housing through said inlet means, or clots or lumps formed in said housing are subjected to a grinding treatment between the perforated bottom wall and the rotating impellers. This treatment causes said lumps or clots to dissolve and causes the size of such portions of the fibrous material which have not been sufiiciently disintegrated in the hammer mill to be reduced.
  • the fineness of the product passing through the bottom wall may be controlled to regulate the production rate.
  • the stirring device comprises a central shaft supporting at least two auxiliary shafts, each having at its upper end a friction wheel engaging an annular ring connected to the top of the housing and at its lower end a set of impellers.
  • the perforated bottom wall is preferably in the form of a screen.
  • fibrous lumps-so-called fish-eyes may be formed in the apparatus of the invention. Such lumps may be built up around pieces of material not having been completely disintegrated prior to being introduced into the housing or formed in the housing itself of coherent individual fibers.
  • the apparatus may be provided with a narrow slit in the sidewall of the housing close to the screen and an air nozzle may be placed at said slit, said air nozzle being connected to a source of compressed air and being located so as to allow an air current produced therein to pass out through the slit.
  • the fibrous lumps which are introduced into, or are formed on, the screen will move along the same when being exposed to the effect of the stirring device.
  • When moving along the screen they will at one time pass the slit where they will be exposed to the influence of the air current from the air nozzle placed at this slit. Consequently, they are blown out of said housing.
  • this air current will have no adverse effect on the fiber movement through the screen or on the other fibers in the housing.
  • the slit is connected with a device for the disintegration of the fibrous lumps by means of a pipe, and the apparatus may also have a pipe for recycling the fibers to the housing.
  • the fibrous lumps are subjected to a disintegration immediately upon removal from the screen and the disintegrated material formed can, if desired, be recirculated to the distributor.
  • the device for the disintegration of lumps suitably consists of a container provided with one or more air nozzles connected to a source of compressed air.
  • a source of compressed air By means of the air current or currents produced by the nozzles the fibrous lumps can be subjected to a powerful circulating and screw-shaped motion whereby lumps are divided into individual fibers.
  • FIG. 1 is a view in vertical section through an apparatus according to the invention and 7 FIG. 2 is a horizontal view along the line II-II in the apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 1 is a distributor consisting of a cylindrical top 2 and a detachable lower part 3, the bottom of which is in the form of a screen 4.
  • the distributor l is placed above a gas permeable forming surface 5, such as a web which is carried forward under the distributor 1.
  • suction box 6 is mounted below the fiber layer forming surface 5 . This suction box is connected to a suction pipe 7.
  • the distributor 1 comprises a planet stirring device, consisting of a vertical main shaft 8, which is supported by the top wall on the distributor by means of a bearing 9. To the main shaft 8 two horizontal supports 10 are fastened, at the ends of which bearings 11 are provided, which support two auxiliary shafts 12, each of which having at their bottom ends four impellers 13 which form a cross and the bottom edges of which move closely above the screen 4.
  • auxiliary shafts 12 are provided with friction wheels 14, which are in mesh with the inside of a cylinder surface 15 placed on the top wall of the distributor.
  • a short slit 16 Directlyabove the screen 4 in the sidewall in the bottom part 3 of the distributor there is provided a short slit 16.
  • a sliding plate 17 which is vertically adjustable by means of screws 18 so as to change the height of the slit l6.
  • an air nozzle 19 which is connected with a pipe 20 for supplying air.
  • the open end of the lump discharge pipe 21 is located close to the slit 16 at the exterior side of the distributor l.
  • the apparatus also comprises an inlet opening 22 for supplying a gas containing suspended fibers to the distributor l.
  • the rotating impellers l3 partly distributes the fibers uniformly acrossthe screen and partly disintegrates loosely coherent fibrous wads.
  • the fibrous lumps which neither can pass the screen nor be disintegrated by the mixing device, will move along the screen due to their relatively high specific gravity.
  • the defibrating device may comprise a pipe for recycling fibers to the distributor 1.
  • An apparatus for uniformly distributing a disintegrated fibrous material on a fiber layer forming surface comprising a housing having a perforated plane-surfaced bottom wall, inlet means for a stream of gas containing suspended fibers and a stirring device having at least one impeller mounted for rotation a short distance above and in noncontacting relationship with the upper surface of said perforated bottom wall.
  • stirring device consists of a central shaft supporting at least two auxiliary shafts, each shaft having at its upper end means engaging with an annular ring connected to the top wall of said housing and having at its lower end an impeller mounted thereto.

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US4351793A (en) * 1979-02-21 1982-09-28 Kimberly-Clark Corporation Method for dry forming a uniform web of fibers
US4264289A (en) * 1979-02-21 1981-04-28 Kimberly-Clark Corporation Apparatus for dry fiber forming
US4335066A (en) * 1979-12-21 1982-06-15 Kimberly-Clark Corporation Method of forming a fibrous web with high fiber throughput screening
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US4489462A (en) * 1983-03-17 1984-12-25 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Air flow control apparatus for a fiber air-lay machine
US5023126A (en) * 1987-10-02 1991-06-11 Fort Howard Corporation Composite towels and method for making composite towels
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US5147155A (en) * 1988-11-15 1992-09-15 Molnlycke Ab Device for achieving uniform distribution of airborne fibres, e.g. cellulose-fibres
US5750066A (en) * 1993-10-19 1998-05-12 The Procter & Gamble Company Method for forming an intermittent stream of particles for application to a fibrous web
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US20060085951A1 (en) * 2002-10-15 2006-04-27 Alessandro Celli Device for dry forming a web of fibers
US7480966B2 (en) 2003-07-02 2009-01-27 A. Celli Nonwovens S.P.A. Mixing device for a head for dry-forming paper and associated method
EP1645672A1 (en) 2004-10-06 2006-04-12 KVG Technologies Inc. Vibrationally compressed glass fiber and/or other material fiber mats and methods for making the same
US7694379B2 (en) 2005-09-30 2010-04-13 First Quality Retail Services, Llc Absorbent cleaning pad and method of making same
US7962993B2 (en) 2005-09-30 2011-06-21 First Quality Retail Services, Llc Surface cleaning pad having zoned absorbency and method of making same
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US8122570B2 (en) 2007-07-06 2012-02-28 Jezzi Arrigo D Apparatus and method for dry forming a uniform non-woven fibrous web
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