IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,258,712
Granted Patent B2
US 12,258,712 · App. 18/188,506 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Sheet manufacturing system

Inventor: Takao Mikoshiba (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
D21G9/0018D21B1/08D21H11/14Y02W30/64
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,258,712
App. No.
18/188,506
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sheet manufacturing system includes a coarsely crushing apparatus that coarsely crushes a paper; a sheet manufacturing apparatus that generates a sheet-shaped recycled paper using coarsely crushed pieces of the paper as a raw material; and a server that is connected to the coarsely crushing apparatus and the sheet manufacturing apparatus via a network, in which the sheet manufacturing apparatus has a reserving section that reserves the coarsely crushed pieces, a remaining amount detector that detects a remaining amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the reserving section, a calculation section that calculates an allowable filling amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the reserving section based on a detection result of the remaining amount detector, and an output section that transmits information related to the calculated allowable filling amount to the server, and the coarsely crushing apparatus has an integration section that integrates the coarsely crushed pieces, an input section that acquires the information related to the allowable filling amount from the server, a display information generation section that generates display information related to the allowable filling amount based on the information acquired by the input section, and a display section that displays the display information.

Claims (41)

1. A sheet manufacturing system comprising:

a coarsely crushing apparatus that coarsely crushes a paper;

a sheet manufacturing apparatus that generates a sheet-shaped recycled paper using coarsely crushed pieces of the paper as a raw material; and

a server that is connected to the coarsely crushing apparatus and the sheet manufacturing apparatus via a network, wherein

the sheet manufacturing apparatus has a reserving section that reserves the coarsely crushed pieces, a remaining amount detector that detects a remaining amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the reserving section, a calculation section that calculates an allowable filling amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the reserving section based on a detection result of the remaining amount detector, and an output section that transmits information related to the calculated allowable filling amount to the server, and

the coarsely crushing apparatus has an integration section that integrates the coarsely crushed pieces, an input section that acquires the information related to the allowable filling amount from the server, a display information generation section that generates display information related to the allowable filling amount based on the information acquired by the input section, and a display section that displays the display information.

2. The sheet manufacturing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the display information is information obtained by quantifying the allowable filling amount.

3. The sheet manufacturing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the coarsely crushing apparatus has an integration amount detector that detects an integration amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the integration section.

4. The sheet manufacturing system according to claim 3 , wherein

the coarsely crushing apparatus has a determination section that determines whether or not the integration amount exceeds the allowable filling amount based on the integration amount detected by the integration amount detector and the information related to the allowable filling amount acquired from the server, and

the display information generated by the display information generation section includes information related to a determination result in the determination section.

5. The sheet manufacturing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the sheet manufacturing apparatus has at least one piece of specific information of a device ID that specifies the sheet manufacturing apparatus and a user ID that specifies a user who uses the sheet manufacturing apparatus, and

the information related to the allowable filling amount, which is transmitted from the output section, is associated with the specific information.

6. A sheet manufacturing system comprising:

a coarsely crushing apparatus that coarsely crushes a paper;

a first sheet manufacturing apparatus that generates a sheet-shaped recycled paper using coarsely crushed pieces of the paper as a raw material;

a second sheet manufacturing apparatus that generates a sheet-shaped recycled paper using coarsely crushed pieces of the paper as a raw material; and

a server that is connected to the coarsely crushing apparatus, the first sheet manufacturing apparatus, and the second sheet manufacturing apparatus via a network, wherein

the first sheet manufacturing apparatus has

a first reserving section that reserves the coarsely crushed pieces,

a first remaining amount detector that detects a remaining amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the first reserving section,

a first calculation section that calculates a first allowable filling amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the first reserving section based on a detection result of the first remaining amount detector, and

a first output section that transmits information related to the calculated first allowable filling amount to the server,

the second sheet manufacturing apparatus has

a second reserving section that reserves the coarsely crushed pieces,

a second remaining amount detector that detects a remaining amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the second reserving section,

a second calculation section that calculates a second allowable filling amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the second reserving section based on a detection result of the second remaining amount detector, and

a second output section that transmits information related to the calculated second allowable filling amount to the server, and

the coarsely crushing apparatus has

an integration section that integrates the coarsely crushed pieces,

an input section that acquires information related to the first allowable filling amount and the second allowable filling amount from the server,

a display information generation section that generates display information related to the first allowable filling amount and the second allowable filling amount based on the information acquired by the input section, and

a display section that displays the display information.

7. The sheet manufacturing system according to claim 6 , wherein

the coarsely crushing apparatus has

an integration amount detector that detects an integration amount of the coarsely crushed pieces in the integration section, and

a determination section that performs first determination of whether or not the integration amount exceeds the first allowable filling amount and second determination of whether or not the integration amount exceeds the second allowable filling amount based on the integration amount detected by the integration amount detector, and the information related to the first allowable filling amount and the information related to the second allowable filling amount which are acquired from the server, and

the display information generated by the display information generation section includes information related to results of the first determination and the second determination by the determination section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2023
From: MIKOSHIBA, TAKAO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063068/0955 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2022-049473 · Mar 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230304223A1 · Sep 28, 2023
References Cited (25)
US 4098464A · Niedner · 1978 [cited by examiner]
US 6136590A · Kruse · 2000 [cited by examiner]
US 7815741B2 · Olson · 2010 [cited by examiner]
US 10350784B2 · Murayama · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US 20160221214A1 · Monbetsu · 2016 [cited by examiner]
US 20190240607A1 · Yamada · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US 20200165092A1 · Mikoshiba · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US 20230073306A1 · Koike · 2023 [cited by examiner]
US 20230304223A1 · Mikoshiba · 2023 [cited by examiner]
US 20240102240A1 · Sakurada · 2024 [cited by examiner]
US 20240167223A1 · Horiko · 2024 [cited by examiner]
CN 106453489A · 2017 [cited by examiner]
CN 118719768A · 2024 [cited by examiner]
DE 202019106364U1 · 2020 [cited by examiner]
JP 2003340823A · 2003 [cited by examiner]
JP 2006104633A · 2006 [cited by examiner]
JP 2010180512A · 2010 [cited by examiner]
JP 2016137608A · 2016 [cited by examiner]
JP 2019173196A · 2019 [cited by examiner]
JP 2021178703A · 2021 [cited by examiner]
JP 2023132517A · 2023 [cited by examiner]
WO WO03107103A1 · 2003 [cited by examiner]
WO WO2015128912A1 · 2015 [cited by examiner]
WO WO2016035313A1 · 2016 [cited by examiner]
WO WO2018180067A1 · 2018 [cited by examiner]
Cited By (1)
US 12,404,633