An apparatus that manufactures an absorbent body by suctioning to a suction section a liquid absorbent particle that has fallen and laminating the liquid absorbent particle thereto, the apparatus includes: a suction member that has the suction section on a surface, the suction member moving the suction section along a predetermined travel path a cover member surrounding a predetermined range of the travel path and a supply opening through which the liquid absorbent particle falls and is supplied toward the surface, the supply opening being provided above the travel path in a space within the cover member, wherein, of the space within the cover member, a space located in a downstream side of a position of the supply opening in a direction along the travel path is divided into a first zone in which the liquid absorbent particle is suctioned to the suction section and a second zone in which the liquid absorbent particle is suctioned to the suction section, the second zone being adjacent to a downstream side of the first zone.
