Seiko Epson Corporation

Makoto Sato

Takashi Abe

Koji Motohashi

Hisayuki Akahane

Ryuji Moriyama

Katsumi Okamoto

Kazutoshi Fujisawa

Shinichi Kamoshida

Hideki Okada

Takeshi Aoki

Tatsuya Ito

Katsuhito Gomi

Naoyuki Okumura

Koji Migita

Shuhei Mori

Masashi Nakatsu

Satoshi Nakata

Noriyuki Koyanagi

Manabu Kondo

Kensuke Tamai

Ichiro Yoshioka

Nobuhisa Nomoto

Masamitsu Shimazu

Toshihiko Yamazaki

Yusuke Yamashita

Takamasa Ikagawa

Satoshi Yoshino

Katsunari Kumagai

Makoto Kawamoto

Toshiki Shiroki

Jun Sakurada

Yoshikazu Makiuchi

Hayato Yanagawa

Karen Hasebe

A fibrous body processing apparatus includes a coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit; a humidifying unit that generates humidified air and supplies the humidified air to the coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit; a weight measurement unit that measures a weight of the coarsely crushed pieces let out of the coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit; a fixed amount supplying unit that supplies a fixed amount of the coarsely crushed pieces measured by the weight measurement unit; a defibrating unit that defibrates the coarsely crushed pieces supplied from the fixed amount supplying unit; a first transportation portion through which the coarsely crushed pieces are sent from the coarsely-crushed-pieces reservoir unit to the weight measurement unit; a second transportation portion through which the coarsely crushed pieces are sent from the fixed amount supplying unit to the defibrating unit; and a generated at the humidifying unit is supplied to the defibrating unit while bypassing the weight measurement unit.

Fibrous body processing apparatus

A raw-material feeding device includes: a storage section that includes a bottom section and a side wall standing from the bottom section and that stores, in a storage space surrounded by the bottom section and the side wall, small pieces of raw material constituted by a material containing fibers; a stirring section that is provided in the bottom section at a position facing the storage space, that includes a blade which rotates about a rotational axis extending in a direction in which the side wall stands, and that stirs the raw material in the storage space by rotating the blade; a first discharging section that is provided in the side wall so as to communicate with the storage space, that includes a first tubular body rotating about a first axis intersecting the rotational axis, and that discharges, upon rotation of the first tubular body, the raw material in the storage space to a processing section; and a second discharging section that is provided in the side wall at a position different from a position at which the first tubular body is provided so as to communicate with the storage space, that includes a second tubular body rotating about a second axis intersecting the rotational axis, and that discharges, upon rotation the second tubular body, the raw material in the storage space to the processing section.

Raw-material feeding device

A storage portion includes a case which includes an internal space configured to accommodate raw material pieces having fibers, a discharge pipe coupled to a side wall of the case, and a transport motor which rotates the discharge pipe on an axis, in which one end in an axial direction of the discharge pipe communicates with the internal space and the other end has an outlet for discharging the raw material pieces, and a spiral member is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the discharge pipe.

Fiber transport apparatus

A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a raw material supplying section; a first coarse crushing section; a defibrating section; a deposition section; a heating and pressing section; a cutting section; and an ejection section.

Sheet manufacturing apparatus

A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning roller configured to rotate about a first rotation axis to clean a component to which paper dust is attached, the cleaning roller having a first area and a second area that is adjacent to the first area in a direction along the first rotation axis and to which more paper dust is attached than to the first area, and a remover configured to rotate about a second rotation axis extending in a direction different from the first rotation axis and configured to come in contact with at least a portion of the second area to remove the paper dust from the second area.

Cleaning apparatus and fiber structure manufacturing apparatus

A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a case that accommodates raw material pieces including fibers, a rotator that rotates inside the case to stir the raw material pieces, a stirring motor that rotates the rotator, a transport apparatus that transports the raw material pieces through a transport path coupled to a side wall of the case, and a control apparatus that controls rotation states of the rotator and the transport apparatus, in which the transport apparatus includes a discharge pipe that rotates on a central axis along the transport path, and a transport motor that rotates the discharge pipe.

Fiber transport apparatus and fiber transport method

A small piece supplying apparatus includes: a raw material supplying section that supplies a raw material sheet; a coarse crushing section that coarsely crushes the raw material sheet supplied from the raw material supplying section to produce small pieces; and a reservoir section in which the small pieces produced by the coarse crushing section are accumulated. The raw material supplying section includes a feeder roller that feeds out the raw material sheet, and a contact section that changes a course of the raw material sheet by contact with an edge of the raw material sheet fed out by the feeder roller.

Small piece supplying apparatus and fibrous body molding apparatus

A stirring apparatus includes a case that houses fiber pieces containing fibers, and a rotary body that is disposed inside the case and that stirs the fiber pieces, in which the rotary body includes a rotary portion that forms a portion of a bottom surface of the case and that rotates, and blades that stand upright on the rotary portion.

Stirring apparatus

A printerserving as a liquid ejection device includes: a device bodyincluding a recording headthat ejects ink; a scanner unitthat closes and opens at least a portion of an upper portion of the device body; and a plurality of ink tankthat are provided in the device body, each contain ink to be supplied to the recording head, and each include an ink injection portthrough which the ink can be injected from a liquid supply container. At least one of the plurality of ink injection portsis located inside an opening and closing region that is opened and closed by the scanner unit, and the other ink injection portsare located outside the opening and closing region.

Liquid ejection device

A recording apparatus includes an electric field forming section including a conductive member and configured to form an electric field, and the conductive member includes at least one first portion and a second portion, each of the at least one first portion being disposed at a position being nearer the recording head than a position of the second portion and included in a corresponding one of at least one liquid discarding region each of which, in an execution of borderless recording, is used for the ejection of the liquid onto an outside of a corresponding one of at least one edge whose position corresponds to each of at least one predetermined size of a medium, the second portion being disposed in a recording region other than the at least one liquid discarding region.

Recording apparatus with an electric field forming section

An electric field generating unit that forms an electric field between a nozzle forming surface of a recording head and a medium support section that faces the nozzle forming surface by applying a voltage to a conductive member includes the conductive member, forms an electric field, and, during borderless recording in which ink is ejected on inside and outside of an edge of a paper sheet, applies an increased voltage in an ink discarded region outside the edge compared to a voltage applied in a recording region other than the ink discarded region.

Recording apparatus

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting section having a nozzle that is configured to eject liquid; a liquid container that is configured to accommodate the liquid ejected from the nozzle, and is disposed at a separate position from the liquid ejecting section; and a power supply section that supplies electric power at least required for liquid ejection from the liquid ejecting section, wherein at least part of the liquid container overlaps at least part of the power supply section in an apparatus depth direction. At least part of the liquid container overlaps at least part of the power supply section in an apparatus depth direction. The liquid container includes an introduction port that allows for liquid introduction.

Liquid ejecting apparatus with an ink container remote from an ink ejection section

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting section having a nozzle that is configured to eject liquid; a liquid tank that is configured to receive the liquid ejected from the nozzle, and is disposed at a separate position from the liquid ejecting section; a waste liquid containing chamber that stores liquid ejected from the liquid ejecting section or waste liquid generated during a maintenance operation of the liquid ejecting section; a main base section which includes at least the liquid ejecting section and constitutes a base of the apparatus; and a sub base section which includes at least one of the liquid tank and the waste liquid containing chamber and is detachably attached to the main base section, and constitutes a base of the apparatus together with the main base section.

Liquid ejecting apparatus

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a carriage that includes a liquid ejecting head, a liquid storing container that is capable of storing the liquid and that is provided at a different location from the carriage, a tube that supplies the liquid sent from the liquid storing container, and a guide section that is located at a lower side of the carriage in a vertical direction. When one of the moving directions of the carriage is a first direction and another one of the moving directions of the carriage is a second direction, the tube extends in the second direction along the guide section, and is connected to the carriage. The guide section includes a first site and a second site that is lower in the vertical direction than the first site.

Liquid ejecting apparatus with tube guide and curved liquid tube

A liquid storage unit includes at least one liquid storage part that stores liquid to be supplied to a liquid ejection part ejecting the liquid and includes an injection port to which the liquid is injectable, a first opening/closing body that is openable so as to cover the injection port when the first opening/closing body is closed, and a locking part that locks the first opening/closing body and keeps the closed state of the first opening/closing body. The first opening/closing body includes a first insertion hole through which a locking member locking the closed first opening/closing body is insertable. The locking part is provided at a position facing the first insertion hole in an area covered by the closed first opening/closing body, and includes a second insertion hole through which the locking member is insertable.

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Matsumoto, Japan

Makoto Sato