Sheet manufacturing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11060242-B2
Application number	US-201916287371-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 sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a sheet forming portion that forms a sheet using a material including fibers, a transport portion that transports the sheet, a cutting portion that cuts one edge portion and the other edge portion of the sheet positioned in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the sheet, a first coarse crushing portion that coarsely crushes a first surplus portion generated by cutting the one edge portion by the cutting portion, and a second coarse crushing portion that coarsely crushes a second surplus portion generated by cutting the other edge portion by the cutting portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a sheet forming device that forms a sheet using a material including fibers;
a transport device that transports the sheet;
a cutting device that cuts one edge portion and the other edge portion of the sheet positioned in a direction intersecting a transport direction of the sheet;
a first coarse crushing device that coarsely crushes a first surplus portion generated by cutting the one edge portion by the cutting device into small pieces of 10 mm or more;
a second coarse crushing device that coarsely crushes a second surplus portion generated by cutting the other edge portion by the cutting device into small pieces of 10 mm or more; and
an accumulation device that accumulates: (i) a first coarse crushed piece in which the first surplus portion is coarsely crushed by the first coarse crushing device and (ii) a second coarse crushed piece in which the second surplus portion is coarsely crushed by the second coarse crushing device.

2. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first coarse crushing device starts coarse crushing of the first surplus portion of which a portion is connected to the sheet, and
the second coarse crushing device starts coarse crushing of the second surplus portion of which a portion is connected to the sheet.

3. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first coarse crushing device has at least one first rotary blade for coarsely crushing the first surplus portion by rotation, and
the second coarse crushing device has at least one second rotary blade for coarsely crushing the second surplus portion by rotation.

4. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the first rotary blade rotates around a direction intersecting with the transport direction as an axis, and
the second rotary blade rotates around a direction intersecting with the transport direction as an axis.

5. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the first rotary blade rotates around a direction along the transport direction as an axis, and
the second rotary blade rotates around a direction along the transport direction as an axis.

6. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a first guide portion that guides the first surplus portion to the first coarse crushing portion; and
a second guide portion that guides the second surplus portion to the second coarse crushing portion.

7. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a control unit configured to:
change a coarse crushing speed of the first coarse crushing device that coarsely crushes the first surplus portion according to a transport speed of the sheet, and
change a coarse crushing speed of the second coarse crushing device that coarsely crushes the second surplus portion according to the transport speed of the sheet.

8. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first coarse crushing device and the second coarse crushing device operate in sync with each other.

9. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first coarse crushing device and the second coarse crushing device operate independently of each other.

10. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a defibrating device that defibrates a coarse crushed piece discharged from a coarse crushing device for coarsely crushing a raw material including fibers, wherein
in a state where the coarse crushed piece, the first coarse crushed piece, and the second coarse crushed piece are mixed, the mixture is defibrated in the defibrating device.

11. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a coarse crushing device that coarsely crushes a raw material including fibers;
a defibrating device that defibrates the coarse crushed piece coarsely crushed by the coarse crushing device; and
a transfer device that transfers the first coarse crushed piece and the second coarse crushed piece accumulated in the accumulation device to the defibrating device.

12. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a raw material supply device that supplies a raw material containing fibers;
a coarse crushing device that coarsely crushes the raw material; and
a hopper that receives the coarse crushed piece coarsely crushed by the coarse crushing device, wherein
in a plan view, a direction where the raw material is transported to the coarse crushing device and the transport direction of the sheet intersect with each other, and at least a portion of the accumulation device and the hopper overlap each other.

13. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the accumulation device has a box-like shape; and
the accumulation device is configured to accommodate a portion or an entirety of: (a) the at least one first rotary blade of the first coarse crushing device, and/or (b) the at least one second rotary blade of the second coarse crushing device.

14. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the accumulation device is configured to temporarily accumulate the first coarse crushed piece and the second coarse crushed piece and transferring the first coarse crushed piece and the second coarse crushed piece that has accumulated to a defibrating device.

15. A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a conveyer configured to transport a sheet;
a cutter configured to cut the sheet;
a first coarse crusher and a second coarse crusher, each being configured to coarsely crush the sheet; and
an accumulation device configured to accumulate crushed pieces; and
a processor or integrated circuit programmed to:
transport, by the conveyer, the sheet in a first direction,
cut, by the cutter, a first edge and a second edge of the sheet parallel to the first direction,
coarsely crush, by the first coarse crusher, a first surplus portion generated by cutting the first edge of the sheet by the cutter into small pieces of 10 mm or more,
coarsely crush, by the second coarse crusher, a second surplus portion generated by cutting the second edge of the sheet by the cutter into small pieces of 10 mm or more, wherein:
the accumulation device accumulates a first coarse crushed piece in which the first surplus portion is coarsely crushed by the first coarse crushing device and a second coarse crushed piece in which the second surplus portion is coarsely crushed by the second coarse crushing device.

16. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein
the accumulation device has a box-like shape; and
the accumulation device is configured to accommodate a portion or an entirety of: (a) at least one first rotary blade of the first coarse crushing device, and/or (b) at least one second rotary blade of the second coarse crushing device.

17. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the accumulation device is configured to temporarily accumulate the first coarse crushed piece and the second coarse crushed piece and transferring the first coarse crushed piece and the second coarse crushed piece that has accumulated to a defibrating device.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Abe Takashi

Classifications

• D21F9/00

  Complete machines for making continuous webs of paper · CPC title

• D21B1/10

  by cutting actions · CPC title

• D21F7/006 Primary

  Cutting the edges of the paper-web · CPC title

• D21C5/02

  Working-up waste paper (mechanical part D21B1/08, D21B1/32) · CPC title

• D21B1/063

  using grinding devices · CPC title