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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07B 1/22 (2006.01); B27N 3/04 (2006.01); D21B 1/06 (2006.01); D21F 9/04 (2006.01); D21F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 9/04 (2013.01); B07B 1/22 (2013.01); B27N 3/04 (2013.01); D21B 1/06 (2013.01); D21F 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a defibrating unit which defibrates a defibration object including fibers; a cylinder unit which allows a defibrated material which is defibration-processed in the defibrating unit to pass through a plurality of holes that is on a cylindrical surface by rotating; a housing unit which covers the cylinder unit so that the plurality of holes is included therein; a supplying unit which supplies additive agents that bonds the plurality of fibers, on an outer side of the cylinder unit to an inner side of the housing unit; and a bonding unit which forms a sheet by bonding the fibers and the additive agents.