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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Oguchi, Chino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus, including: a supplying unit configured to supply a cut-form material including fibers; a detection unit configured to detect information related to a weight of the material which is processed to be supplied by the supplying unit; a defibrating unit configured to defibrate the material; and a forming unit configured to form a sheet by using at least a part of a defibrated material defibrated by the defibrating unit, in which a supply interval of at least one material among a plurality of materials to be supplied later increases in a case where the weight of the material which is supplied at a unit time is heavy rather than in a case where the weight is light.