Patent ID: 11866885
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D  Y | IPC D

Claim 6:
7. A sheet producing apparatus comprising:
a web forming portion that forms a web by accumulating fiber in a dry system;
a water providing portion that provides the web with water; and
a compression-heating portion that compresses and simultaneously externally heats the web provided with water, wherein
the water providing portion provides the web with the water such that a water content of the web provided with water is 12% by mass or more, and
the compression-heating portion compresses and simultaneously externally heats the web provided with water such that a compression degree of the web, which is a ratio of a thickness of the web after the web is compressed and heated to a thickness of the web before the web is compressed and heated, is 1/7 or less.