Bulkiness recovery apparatus and bulkiness recovery method for nonwoven fabric

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PATENT NO 9903057
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15028941

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There is provided a bulkiness recovery apparatus for nonwoven fabric, the apparatus being for recovering bulkiness of the nonwoven fabric by blowing hot air to heat the nonwoven fabric. The apparatus includes: a conveying section that conveys the nonwoven fabric along a conveying direction, the nonwoven fabric being continuous in the conveying direction; a heating section that heats the nonwoven fabric by blowing the hot air to the nonwoven fabric being conveyed; a width sensor that measures a widthwise dimension of the nonwoven fabric at a position downstream from the heating section in the conveying direction, and that outputs information concerning the widthwise dimension; and a controller that controls at least either one of the heating section and the conveying section based on the information that has been output from the width sensor.

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UNICHARM CORPORATION182 SHIMOBUN KINSEI-CHO SHIKOKUCHUO-CITY EHIME 7990111 ?7990111

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hayashi, Tomoki Kagawa, JP 26 73
Mitsuno, Satoshi Kagawa, JP 39 774
Okuda, Jun Kagawa, JP 53 426
Oyama, Hidetaka Kagawa, JP 9 20

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