US 11,807,985 B2
Web transportation apparatus and fiber article producing apparatus
Kentaro Yamada, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/929,770.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-145244 (JP), filed on Sep. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0075175 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. D21F 1/22 (2006.01); D21B 1/08 (2006.01); D21F 9/00 (2006.01); D21F 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC D21F 1/22 (2013.01) [D21B 1/08 (2013.01); D21F 2/00 (2013.01); D21F 9/00 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A web transportation apparatus comprising:
a mesh belt configured to be rotated to transport a web formed of a dry deposited material containing fibers; and
a striking member arranged adjacent to a return section of the mesh belt, the striking member including
a striking bar having an elongated shape extending substantially parallel to a surface of the mesh belt facing the striking bar and extending along a direction intersecting a transport direction of the mesh belt, and
a striking lever fixed to the striking bar to reciprocate the striking bar along a direction intersecting the surface of the mesh belt facing the striking bar to strike the mesh belt to remove the material attached to the mesh belt.