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US 2025/0171960 A1Published application
Sheet manufacturing apparatus and method of manufacturing sheets
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsHidemasa KANADA, Yoshiyuki NAGAI, Yoshikazu NAGAI, Kazuma MIYAZAWA, Masahide NAKAMURA
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Abstract
A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a deposition unit configured to deposit a material containing fibers to form a web; a humidification unit configured to moisten the web; a first roller configured to heat and dry the moistened web; a winding roller configured to wind a sheet around the first roller; and a pressing roller configured to press the sheet against the first roller.
Claims14
A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising:
- a deposition unit configured to deposit a material containing fibers to form a web;
- a humidification unit configured to moisten the formed web;
- and
- a forming unit, wherein
- the forming unit includes
- a first roller configured to heat and dry the moistened web,
- a winding roller configured to wind the web around the first roller, and
- a pressing roller configured to press the web wound around the first roller against the first roller.
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A method of manufacturing a sheet, comprising:
- depositing a material containing fibers to form a web;
- moistening the web;
- winding the moistened web around a first roller by using a winding roller;
- pressing the web wound around the first roller against the first roller by using a pressing roller;
- and
- heating and drying the moistened web by using the first roller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.