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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21D 5/18 (2006.01); D21B 1/06 (2006.01); B02C 4/10 (2006.01); B02C 4/28 (2006.01); B02C 4/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21D 5/18 (2013.01); B02C 4/10 (2013.01); B02C 4/286 (2013.01); B02C 4/30 (2013.01); D21B 1/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes the defibrating unit configured to carry out a dry-type defibrating process on defibration object by rotating a rotating unit, and manufactures sheets by accumulating and heating at least a portion of defibrated material on which the dry-type defibrating process is carried out. The rotating unit includes a rotor that has a plurality of protruding sections on an outer circumference of the rotor, and a feeding blade configured to generate a flow of air and arranged on a side section of the rotor on a side of the input section for the defibration object.