Material storage apparatus, method of controlling material storage apparatus, and sheet manufacturing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsMasaki Ota, Koji Motohashi
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Abstract
A material storage apparatus includes: a material storage portion configured to store scraps of paper and including a material container and a lid, the material container having a material inlet enabling the scraps of paper to be input into the material container, the lid being configured to open and close the material inlet; a humidification portion including a first blower and configured to supply humidified air into the material container; and an air circulation portion including a second blower and configured to suck air in the material container, and when the lid is open, the material container has a negative pressure.
Claims10
A material storage apparatus comprising:
- a material storage portion configured to store scraps of paper and including a material container and a lid, the material container having a material inlet enabling the scraps of paper to be input into the material container, the lid being configured to open and close the material inlet;
- a humidification portion including a first blower and configured to supply humidified air into the material container;
- and
- an air circulation portion including a second blower and configured to suck air in the material container,
- the material container further having an air inlet through which the humidified air that is supplied from the humidification portion flows into an inside of the material container,
- the air inlet being located higher than a center portion of the material container in a height direction from a bottom of the material container to a top of the material container, wherein
- when the lid is open, the material container has a negative pressure.
A method of controlling a material storage apparatus including a material storage portion configured to store scraps of paper and including a material container and a lid, the material container having a material inlet enabling the scraps of paper to be input into the material container, the lid being configured to open and close the material inlet;
- a humidification portion including a first blower and configured to supply humidified air into the material container;
- and an air circulation portion including a second blower and configured to suck air in the material container, the material container further having an air inlet through which the humidified air that is supplied from the humidification portion flows into an inside of the material container, the air inlet being located higher than a center portion of the material container in a height direction from a bottom of the material container to a top of the material container,
- the method comprising causing the material container to have a negative pressure when the lid is open.
A material storage apparatus comprising:
- a material storage portion configured to store scraps of paper and including a material container and a lid, the material container having a material inlet enabling the scraps of paper to be input into the material container, the lid being configured to open and close the material inlet;
- a humidification portion including a first blower and configured to supply humidified air into the material container;
- an air circulation portion including a second blower and configured to suck air in the material container;
- a detector configured to detect whether the lid of the material inlet is open or closed;
- and
- a controller, wherein
- when the lid is open, the material container has a negative pressure, and
- when the controller determines that the lid is open, the controller slows down the first blower.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.