Sheet manufacturing apparatus and sheet manufacturing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10407828-B2
Application number	US-201514965086-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2015
Priority date	Dec 25, 2014
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a defibrating unit that defibrates a raw material containing fiber in the atmosphere, a forming unit that forms a sheet by using at least a part of a defibrated material that is defibrated by the defibrating unit, a first supply unit that supplies a first paper material to the defibrating unit, and a second supply unit that supplies a second paper material to the defibrating unit. At least one of the first paper material and the second paper material is a paper material having a resin layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a crushing unit configured to cut a first paper material that does not have a resin layer and a release paper material having a resin layer;
a paper material supply unit configured to supply the first paper material to the crushing unit;
a roll supply unit configured to supply the release paper material in a roll shape to the crushing unit;
a defibrating unit configured to defibrate the first paper material that is cut by the crushing unit and the release paper material that is cut by the crushing unit, in the atmosphere; and
a forming unit configured to form a sheet by using at least a part of the defibrated material that is defibrated by the defibrating unit.

2. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the release paper material having the resin layer is a water-insoluble paper material.

3. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the release paper material contains a glassine paper.

4. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising
a control unit configured to change a content ratio of a supply amount of the first paper material relative to a total supply amount of the first paper material and the release paper material while both of the first paper material and the release paper material are supplied.

5. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein to change the content ratio, the control unit is configured to increase or decrease the supply amount of the first paper material with respect to a constant supply amount of the release paper material.

6. A sheet manufacturing method comprising:
supplying a first paper material that does not have a resin layer and supplying a release paper material having a resin layer;
crushing the first paper material and the release paper material to form a cut first paper material and a cut release paper material;
defibrating the cut first paper material and the cut release paper material, in the atmosphere; and
forming a sheet by using at least a part of the defibrated material,
wherein the release paper material is supplied in a roll shape.

7. The sheet manufacturing method according to claim 6 ,
wherein the first paper material is a used paper.

8. The sheet manufacturing method according to claim 6 , further comprising
changing a content ratio of a supply amount of the first paper material relative to a total supply amount of the first paper material and the release paper material while both of the first paper material and the release paper material are supplied.

9. The sheet manufacturing method according to claim 8 ,
wherein to change the content ratio, the supply amount of the first paper material is increased or decreased with respect to a constant supply amount of the release paper material.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Hirata Yoshitomo
• Murayama Yoshiaki

Classifications

• D21B1/08

  the raw material being waste paper (chemical part D21C5/02); the raw material being rags · CPC title

• D21F11/00

  Processes for making continuous lengths of paper, or of cardboard, or of wet web for fibre board production, on paper-making machines · CPC title

• D21F11/02 Primary

  of the Fourdrinier type · CPC title

• D21B1/061

  using cutting devices · CPC title

• D21F9/00 Primary

  Complete machines for making continuous webs of paper · CPC title