Sheet manufacturing apparatus and defibrating unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9428859-B2
Application number	US-201414486486-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2014
Priority date	Oct 9, 2013
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes the defibrating unit configured to carry out a dry-type defibrating process on defibration object by rotating a rotating unit, and manufactures sheets by accumulating and heating at least a portion of defibrated material on which the dry-type defibrating process is carried out. The rotating unit includes a rotor that has a plurality of protruding sections on an outer circumference of the rotor, and a feeding blade configured to generate a flow of air and arranged on a side section of the rotor on a side of the input section for the defibration object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a defibrating unit including a rotating unit and a housing that relatively rotatably supports the rotating unit, the housing including a cover portion and a fixing unit that is attached to the cover portion and is spaced apart from the rotating unit in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotating unit so as to form a gap between the rotating unit and the fixing unit, the defibrating unit being configured to carry out a dry-type defibrating process on defibration object by rotating the rotating unit; and
a sheet forming unit configured to form a sheet by accumulating and heating at least a portion of defibrated material on which the dry-type defibrating process is carried out,
the rotating unit including a rotor that has a plurality of protruding sections on an outer circumference of the rotor, and a feeding blade that is arranged on a side section of the rotor on a side of an input section for the defibration object and configured to generate a flow of air.

2. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the feeding blade has a blade section that stands up in the axial direction in which a central rotation axis of the rotor extends.

3. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the input section for the defibration object is positioned in a direction to be further from the rotor more than the feeding blade in the axial direction in which a central rotation axis of the rotor extends.

4. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
an input port in the input section for the defibration object is positioned more to a side of a central rotation axis of the rotor than an outermost circle in a trajectory generated while the blade section rotates, in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction in which the central rotation axis extends.

5. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotor has a base section on a side close to a central rotation axis of the rotor and the plurality of the protruding sections that protrude from the base section in a direction to be further from the central rotation axis, and
the feeding blade is attached to the base section.

6. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
a size of the feeding blade from a central rotation axis of the rotor is larger than the base section and is smaller than the protruding sections.

7. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the rotor is a layering of a plurality of rotating plates that have the base section and the protruding sections, and
the feeding blade are fixed along with the plurality of rotating plates.

8. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotor has an opening, and
the feeding blade covers the opening.

9. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a cutting unit configured to cut material to be cut on an upstream side of the defibrating unit.

10. A defibrating unit configured to carry out a dry-type defibrating process on defibration object by rotating a rotating unit, the defibrating unit comprising:
the rotating unit including a rotor that has a plurality of protruding sections on an outer circumference of the rotor, and a feeding blade that is arranged on a side section of the rotor on a side of an input section for the defibration object and configured to generate a flow of air; and
a housing relatively rotatably supporting the rotating unit, the housing including a cover portion and a fixing unit that is attached to the cover portion and is spaced apart from the rotating unit in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotating unit so as to form a gap between the rotating unit and the fixing unit.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Higuchi Naotaka
• Yamagami Toshiaki
• Abe Nobumasa

Classifications

• B02C4/10

  with a roller co-operating with a stationary member · CPC title

• D21D5/18 Primary

  with the aid of centrifugal force · CPC title

• D21B1/06 Primary

  by dry methods · CPC title

• B02C4/30

  Shape or construction of rollers · CPC title

• B02C4/286

  Feeding devices · CPC title