18887152. SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS (SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION)
SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Kensaku Matsuda of Matsumoto JP
Hayato Yanagawa of Shiojiri JP
Kentaro Yamada of Matsumoto JP
SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18887152 titled 'SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a buffer tank 13 that stores a material containing fibers; a defibrator 30 that defibrates the material supplied from the buffer tank 13 and discharges the fibers; a mixing unit 91 that mixes the fibers and a binding material binding the fibers to each other and discharges a mixture; a first transport belt 61that transports the mixture; an accumulation unit 50 that accumulates the mixture on the first transport belt 61to form a web W; a second transport belt 62that comes into contact with one surface of the web W to transport the web W; processing rollers 71 and 72 that pressurize the web W; a cleaning unit 201 that removes and recovers residual fibers adhering to the first transport belt 61and a fiber transport pipe 22 that transports the residual fibers recovered by the cleaning unit 201 to the defibrator 30.