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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Mikoshiba, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a sheet-shaped recycled paper using coarsely crushed pieces obtained by coarsely crushing a sheet containing fibers as a raw material, includes a container loading section that is configured to load a container in which the coarsely crushed pieces are housed and which has an information carrying section for carrying information related to characteristics of the housed coarsely crushed pieces, a reading section that reads the information carried by the information carrying section, a determination section that determines whether or not the coarsely crushed pieces in the container are suitable as the raw material for sheet manufacturing by the sheet manufacturing apparatus based on the information read by the reading section, and a switching section that switches between a first state in which the container is configured to be loaded into the container loading section and a second state in which the container is prevented from being loaded into the container loading section according to a determination result of the determination section.