Sheet manufacturing apparatus and sheet manufacturing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9790642-B2
Application number	US-201415023008-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2014
Priority date	Oct 1, 2013
Publication date	Oct 17, 2017
Grant date	Oct 17, 2017

Abstract

A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a screening unit having first openings for screening a defibrated material that is defibrating-processed; a refining unit that has second openings having sizes equal to or greater than sizes of the first openings and refines the defibrated material passing through the screening unit by causing the defibrated material to pass through the second openings; and a deposition unit on which the defibrated material passing through the refining unit is deposited.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a screening unit that has first openings for screening a defibrated material that is defibrating-processed;
a refining unit that has second openings having sizes equal to or greater than sizes of the first openings and refines the defibrated material passing through the screening unit by causing the defibrated material to pass through the second openings; and
a deposition unit on which the defibrated material passing through the refining unit is deposited.

2. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sizes of the second openings are greater than the sizes of the first openings.

3. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the refining unit is provided with a plurality of the second openings, and
wherein the sizes of the plurality of second openings are equal to each other.

4. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the screening unit is provided with a plurality of the first openings, and
wherein the sizes of the plurality of first openings are equal to each other.

5. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the screening unit is movable,
wherein the refining unit is movable, and
wherein the screening unit moves faster than the refining unit.

6. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the screening unit is movable, and
wherein the screening unit moves faster than the refining unit.

7. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a supplying unit that supplies resin bonding the defibrated material between the screening unit and the refining unit.

8. The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a defibrating unit that performs a defibrating process on a defibration object; and
a returning flow path that returns the defibrated material not passing through the screening unit to the defibrating unit.

9. A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a screening unit that screens a defibrated material that is defibrating-processed by causing the defibrated material to pass through first openings;
a refining unit that refines the defibrated material passing through the screening unit; and
a deposition unit on which the defibrated material passing through the refining unit is deposited.

10. A sheet manufacturing method comprising:
a step of screening a defibrated material that is defibrating-processed by first openings;
a step of causing the defibrated material passing through the first openings to pass through second openings having sizes equal to or greater than sizes of the first openings; and
a step of depositing the defibrated material passing through the second openings.

11. The sheet manufacturing method according to claim 10 ,
wherein a plurality of the first openings and the second openings are respectively provided,
wherein the sizes of the plurality of first openings are equal to each other, and
wherein the sizes of the plurality of second openings are equal to each other.

12. The sheet manufacturing method according to claim 10 ,
wherein a screening unit having the first openings and a refining unit having the second openings are movable, and
wherein the screening unit moves faster than the refining unit.

13. The sheet manufacturing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a step of supplying resin that bonds the defibrated material between the step of screening the defibrated material that is defibrating-processed by the first openings and the step of causing the defibrated material passing through the first openings to pass through the second openings.

14. The sheet manufacturing method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a step of returning the defibrated material not passing through the first openings to a defibrating unit in which a defibration object is defibrating-processed.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Nakamura Masahide
• Yamagami Toshiaki

Classifications

• D21H17/53

  Polyethers; Polyesters · CPC title

• B27N3/14

  Distributing or orienting the particles or fibres · CPC title

• B07B13/16

  Feed or discharge arrangements · CPC title

• B07B13/00 Primary

  Grading or sorting solid materials by dry methods, not otherwise provided for; Sorting articles otherwise than by indirectly controlled devices (grading eggs A01K43/04) · CPC title

• D21B1/08 Primary

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