To provide a papermaking apparatus in relation to a small-sized apparatus for recycling used paper in which a step of producing used paper pulp and a step of making paper from the used paper pulp are carried out and in which the papermaking apparatus comprising overflow means has a high papermaking efficiency without pulp fibers remaining in a recovery path.

A papermaking apparatus 1 that is used in a small-sized apparatus for recycling used paper and in which a step of producing used paper pulp and a step of making paper from the used paper pulp carried out includes a papermaking tank 2 for storing used paper pulp suspension having an adjusted concentration, and a papermaking drum 3 for conveying the used paper pulp suspension while sucking and absorbing it on a wound endless belt-like belt 5. The papermaking apparatus in the small-sized apparatus for recycling used paper is characterized in that it is provided with feed members 13, 14 for feeding water from the inside to an upper part of the papermaking tank, and feeds water from the feed members to the used pulp suspension in the papermaking tank to suppress floating of pulp fibers in the used pulp suspension.