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.
Claims12
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, 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.