Shredder and sheet manufacturing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKentaro Yamada
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Abstract
Provided are a shredder assuring greater freedom in designing a feedstock supplier that supplies sheets, and a sheet manufacturing apparatus. The shredder has a feedstock supplier having a supply opening through which a sheet is supplied; and a shredding device configured to shred the sheet supplied from the feedstock supplier. The shredding device includes a rotary cutter that rotates on a first axis, and a circulating cutter that moves in an endless path and cuts the sheet in conjunction with the rotary cutter. The circulating cutter includes a conveyor configured to convey the sheet from the feedstock supplier to the rotary cutter.
Claims11
A shredder comprising:
- a feedstock supplier having a supply opening through which a sheet is supplied;
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- a shredding device configured to shred the sheet supplied from the feedstock supplier, the shredding device including
- a rotary cutter that rotates on a first axis, the rotatory cutter including a first rotary blade that has a cutting edge, and
- a circulating cutter that moves in an endless path and cuts the sheet in conjunction with the rotary cutter, the circulating cutter including
- a conveyor configured to convey the sheet from the feedstock supplier to the rotary cutter,
- a chain of a plurality of rotatably connected teeth each having a blade to cut the sheet in conjunction with the rotary cutter, and
- a plurality of pins each of which links adjacent teeth of the plurality of rotatably connected teeth,
- the plurality of pins and the first rotary blade being arranged such that at least one of the plurality of pins contacts the cutting edge of the first rotary blade in conjunction with movement of the circulating cutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.