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US 9,662,658 · App. 14/988,277 · Granted May 30, 2017

Sheet manufacturing apparatus, paper supplying device, and paper shredding device

Inventors: Yoshiaki Murayama (Shiojiri, JP); Seiichi Taniguchi (Asahi-mura, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B02C18/0007B65H3/00D21B1/08B02C2018/003Y02W30/642
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Patent No.
US 9,662,658
App. No.
14/988,277
Granted
May 30, 2017
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (22)

1. 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.

2. The paper shredding device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the removing units are provided in a direction intersecting the transfer direction and are alternately arranged.

3. The paper shredding device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one removing unit has a plurality of protrusions and at least one of the protrusions is formed to abut the binder.

4. The paper shredding device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one removing unit has protrusions and the protrusions are provided at a pitch of equal to or less than half an inner width of the binder.

5. The paper shredding device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a first removing unit and a second removing unit, which are arranged so as to overlap in the transfer direction, respectively have protrusions, and

wherein the protrusions of the first removing unit and the protrusions of the second removing unit are arranged so as to be alternately positioned.

6. The paper shredding device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the removing units are provided to incline in the transfer direction.

7. The paper shredding device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive pieces of paper that are cut by the cutting unit; and

a storage unit configured to store the binder removed by the removing units.

8. The paper shredding device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the removing units are detachably fixed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2016
From: MURAYAMA, YOSHIAKI; TANIGUCHI, SEIICHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037412/0194 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-002938 · Jan 9, 2015 · national
JP 2015-218094 · Nov 6, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160199847A1 · Jul 14, 2016