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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shigeo Fujita, Nagano, JP;
Naotaka Higuchi, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21F 1/40 (2006.01); D21F 1/02 (2006.01); B65H 20/02 (2006.01); B65H 23/02 (2006.01); B65H 20/06 (2006.01); D04H 1/732 (2012.01); D21F 9/02 (2006.01); D01G 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 20/02 (2013.01); B65H 20/06 (2013.01); B65H 23/02 (2013.01); D01G 25/00 (2013.01); D04H 1/732 (2013.01); D21F 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a drum unit having a plurality of openings, a housing unit covering the drum unit, a transport unit on which a material containing fibers passing through the openings is accumulated as a web and which transports the accumulated web, a first roller that abuts the web transported by the transport unit, and a first seal unit that is provided on a first side wall of the housing unit and comes into contact with the first roller.