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Sheet manufacturing apparatus

US9045858B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 2014
Grant dateJun 2, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB08B2215/006
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a measuring unit configured to measure thickness and air permeability of a defibration object containing fibers, a defibrating unit configured to dry-defibrate the defibration object, and a classifying unit configured to separate and remove, by airflow classification, foreign substances other than the fibers from the defibrated material defibrated at the defibrating unit.

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