ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,542, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ZUIKO Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Apparatus and method for manufacturing absorbent body" was invented by Toyoshi Umebayashi (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing apparatus of an absorbent body includes: a duct to convey fibrillated fibers via an air flow; a first drum to allow the fibers conveyed through the duct to be accumulated on an outer peripheral face by the suction force from the interior to convey a fiber body of the accumulated fibers, the first drum being a first pattern drum to define the shape of the fiber body; a spraying device to spray absorbent particles; a seco...