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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Miyauchi, Nagano, JP;
Akira Hashimoto, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus including: an accumulation section that accumulates a material containing fibers by an air flow to form a web; a transport section that transports the web in a first direction; a humidification section that humidifies the web; and a pressurization section that pressurizes the web humidified by the humidification section and compresses the web into a sheet shape, in which the humidification section includes an intake port that takes in air, a tank that stores water, a mist generation section that generates mist from the water, and an exhaust port that exhausts the mist and the air toward the web, and a position of the exhaust port is shifted in the first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to a position of the tank.