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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuma Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07B 9/00 (2006.01); D21B 1/06 (2006.01); D21B 1/32 (2006.01); D21D 5/18 (2006.01); D21D 5/24 (2006.01); D21F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07B 9/00 (2013.01); D21B 1/06 (2013.01); D21B 1/32 (2013.01); D21D 5/18 (2013.01); D21D 5/24 (2013.01); D21F 9/00 (2013.01); Y02W 30/646 (2015.05);
Abstract
A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a classifier unit configured to classify by air flow an introduced material that has been introduced, a screening unit configured to allow a classified material, which comprises fibers, that has been classified by the classifier unit to pass through a plurality of openings to screen the classified material, and a forming unit configured to use a passed material that has passed through the openings to form a sheet. The classified material is supplied to the screening unit by the air flow.