Method and apparatus for improving dispersibility of vegetable fiber

• Main Authors: ABE; MOTONOBU, AKIYAMA; NORIHITO, IRIE; SHOICHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.09.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL TREATMENT OF CORK, CANE, REED, STRAW ORSIMILAR MATERIALS; MANUFACTURE OF VENEER, WOODEN STICKS, WOOD SHAVINGS, WOODFIBRES OR WOOD POWDER; MECHANICAL TREATMENT OF NATURAL FIBROUS OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL TO OBTAIN FIBRES OF FILAMENTS, e.g. FOR SPINNING; MECHANICAL WORKING OF CANE, CORK, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL; NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL THREADS OR FIBRES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PRELIMINARY TREATMENT OF FIBRES, e.g. FOR SPINNING; PROCESSES, APPARATUS OR SELECTION OF SUBSTANCES FORIMPREGNATING, STAINING, DYEING, BLEACHING OF WOOD OR SIMILARMATERIALS, OR TREATING OF WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIALS WITHPERMEANT LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; REMOVING BARK OR VESTIGES OF BRANCHES; SPINNING; SPLITTING WOOD; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL

A method of improving dispersibility of vegetable fiber in which vegetable fibers obtained by opening up a vegetable material are caused to pass through at least one set of rolls to improve the dispersibility of the vegetable fibers, where each set of rolls comprises at least two rolls which have a large number of teeth or a large number of pins and are rotated in the same direction. According to the present invention, it is possible to improve dispersibility of vegetable fibers which have conventionally been unable to be uniformly blended with other materials due to lumping and/or entwining, thereby providing an advantage that uniform blending with other materials becomes possible.