US 12,246,469 B2
Building material manufacturing apparatus
Takahiro Hattori, Nagoya (JP); and Hidenori Nishioka, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to NICHIHA CORPORATION, Nagoya (JP)
Filed by NICHIHA CORPORATION, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/576,739.
Application 17/576,739 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/032819, filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-175871 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0143866 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. B28B 5/00 (2006.01); B07B 1/34 (2006.01); B07B 1/52 (2006.01); B28B 5/02 (2006.01); B28B 7/38 (2006.01); B65G 45/24 (2006.01); B65G 45/26 (2006.01)
CPC B28B 5/02 (2013.01) [B07B 1/34 (2013.01); B07B 1/52 (2013.01); B07B 1/522 (2013.01); B07B 1/524 (2013.01); B07B 1/526 (2013.01); B07B 1/528 (2013.01); B28B 7/386 (2013.01); B65G 45/24 (2013.01); B65G 45/26 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A building material manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a screen part that includes at least one screen sheet that has an inclination and that has a screen mesh; and
a cleaning mechanism part that includes a scraping part,
wherein, when the apparatus operates in a building material manufacturing mode in which a building raw material is supplied to the screen sheet and the screen sheet is performing a wave motion, the scraping part is separated from the screen sheet, and
wherein, when the apparatus operates in a cleaning mode in which the building raw material is not supplied to the screen sheet and the screen sheet is not performing a wave motion, the scraping part rotates in contact with the screen sheet,
wherein the cleaning mechanism part includes a suction part for sucking the building raw material, and a blowing part for blowing air,
wherein the suction part and the blowing part are positioned at opposite sides of the scraping part,
wherein the blowing part is for blowing air toward the scraping part, the blowing part being provided on an upper side of the scraping part in a direction of the inclination of the screen sheet.