Sheet manufacturing apparatus, paper supplying device, and paper shredding device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsYoshiaki Murayama, Seiichi Taniguchi
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Abstract
A sheet shredding device includes a stacking unit configured to stack paper; a cutting unit configured to cut paper supplied from the stacking unit; a transferring unit configured to transfer paper from the stacking unit to the cutting unit; and removing units configured to remove a binder attached to the paper. The removing units are provided so as to overlap in a transfer direction of the paper along a transfer path of the paper from the stacking unit to the cutting unit.
Claims10
A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising:
- a stacking unit configured to stack a raw material containing fibers;
- a crushing unit configured to crush the raw material supplied from the stacking unit;
- a forming unit configured to form a sheet by using crushed pieces of the raw material that is crushed by the crushing unit;
- a transferring unit configured to transfer the raw material from the stacking unit to the crushing unit;
- and
- removing units configured to remove a binder bundling the raw material,
- wherein the removing units are provided so as to overlap in a transfer direction of the raw material along a transfer path of the raw material from the stacking unit to the crushing unit.
A paper supplying device comprising:
- a stacking unit configured to stack paper;
- a transferring unit configured to transfer paper stacked in the stacking unit from the lowermost paper;
- and
- removing units configured to remove a binder attached to paper,
- wherein the removing units are provided so as to overlap in a transfer direction of paper along a transfer path of paper by the transferring unit.
A paper shredding device comprising:
- a stacking unit configured to stack paper;
- a cutting unit configured to cut paper supplied from the stacking unit;
- a transferring unit configured to transfer paper from the stacking unit to the cutting unit;
- and
- removing units configured to remove a binder attached to paper,
- wherein the removing units are provided so as to overlap in a transfer direction of paper along a transfer path of paper from the stacking unit to the cutting unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.