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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuhito Gomi, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus including: a defibrating unit configured to defibrate a material including fibers in the air; a deposition unit configured to deposit at least a part of defibrated materials defibrated by the defibrating unit in the air; and a pressing unit configured to press a deposited material that is deposited by the deposition unit, in which the pressing unit includes a pair of pressing rollers that initially presses the deposited material, and among the pair of the pressing rollers, the pressing roller positioned at an upper portion is positioned on a downstream side of the pressing roller positioned at a lower portion in a horizontal component of a transfer direction of the deposited material.