Raw material supply device and sheet manufacturing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11059199-B2
Application number	US-201916287151-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 27, 2019
Priority date	Feb 28, 2018
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

A raw material supply device includes a housing that stores an aggregate of small pieces, a discharge port through which the small pieces are discharged from an inside of the housing, a rotor provided in the housing and including a protruding portion, and a magnet provided on the discharge port or on a downstream side of the discharge port. In addition, it is preferable that the raw material supply device further include a passage route that communicates with the discharge port and through which the small pieces pass, in which at least one pair of the magnets is disposed on one side and the other side via the passage route.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A raw material supply device comprising:
a housing that stores an aggregate of small pieces;
a discharge port through which the small pieces are discharged from an inside of the housing;
a rotor provided in the housing and including a protruding portion;
a magnet provided on the discharge port or on a downstream side of the discharge port; and
a passage route that communicates with the discharge port and through which the small pieces pass, wherein
at least one pair of the magnets is disposed on one side and the other side via the passage route, and
the at least one pair of magnets is disposed side by side in a direction of rotation of the rotor.

2. The raw material supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one pair of magnets has different poles facing each other.

3. The raw material supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the magnet forms a magnet unit in which a plurality of the magnets are linearly arranged.

4. The raw material supply device according to claim 3 ,
wherein in the magnet unit, the same poles of the plurality of magnets are adjacent to each other.

5. The raw material supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a passage route that communicates with the discharge port and through which the small pieces pass,
wherein the small pieces freely fall in the passage route.

6. The raw material supply device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a transport portion provided on a downstream side of the passage route and that transports the small pieces accumulated thereon.

7. The raw material supply device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the transport portion includes a vibration applying portion that applies vibration to the small pieces, and transports the small pieces by the vibration.

8. The raw material supply device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
an accommodation portion having a bottom portion in a direction vertically downward of the discharge port,
wherein the bottom portion is capable of being opened and closed according to a weight of the small pieces accommodated in the accommodation portion.

9. The raw material supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the discharge port is provided at a position eccentric from a rotation center of the rotor.

10. The raw material supply device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a shredding portion that shreds a used paper to obtain the small pieces.

11. A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising:
the raw material supply device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a sheet is manufactured using the small pieces supplied from the raw material supply device as a raw material.

12. A raw material supply device comprising:
a housing that stores an aggregate of small pieces;
a discharge port through which the small pieces are discharged from an inside of the housing;
a rotor provided in the housing and including a protruding portion;
a magnet provided on the discharge port or on a downstream side of the discharge port;
a passage route that communicates with the discharge port and through which the small pieces pass; and
an accommodation portion having a bottom portion in a direction vertically downward of the discharge port, wherein
the small pieces freely fall in the passage route, and
the bottom portion is capable of being opened and closed according to a weight of the small pieces accommodated in the accommodation portion.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Watarai Yutaka
• Yamagami Toshiaki

Classifications

• D21B1/08

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

• D04H1/732

  by fluid current, e.g. air-lay · CPC title

• B27N3/007

  and at least partly composed of recycled material · CPC title

• B27N1/029

  Feeding; Proportioning; Controlling · CPC title

• D21G9/0009

  Paper-making control systems · CPC title