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US 12,398,514 B2Granted
Control method for sheet manufacturing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTakao Mikoshiba
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Abstract
A control method for a sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a stop signal input step of inputting, to the sheet manufacturing apparatus manufacturing a sheet, a stop signal stopping manufacturing of the sheet and a drying step of drying a predetermined area of the sheet manufacturing apparatus by controlling a blower of the sheet manufacturing apparatus after the stop signal input step.
Claims8
A control method for a sheet manufacturing apparatus, the method comprising:
- a stop signal input step of inputting, to the sheet manufacturing apparatus manufacturing a sheet, a stop signal stopping manufacturing of the sheet;
- a drying step of drying a predetermined area of the sheet manufacturing apparatus by controlling a blower of the sheet manufacturing apparatus after the stop signal input step;
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- a determination step of determining whether the predetermined area needs to be dried in accordance with a detection value of a humidity sensor provided in the predetermined area, wherein
- the drying step is performed when it is determined in the determination step that the predetermined area needs to be dried.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.