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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/00 (2006.01); D21F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/00 (2013.01); D21F 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a transferring unit configured to transfer a web which includes fibers and resin and accumulates on the transferring unit, and a heating unit configured to heat the web. The transferring unit has a first surface onto which the web is transferred, and a second surface onto which the web is transferred and which is positioned on a downstream side of the first surface in the transfer direction of the web, and an angle which is formed by the first surface and the second surface is less than 90 degrees.