Patent ID: 9644316
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B02C,B29B,B29L,D21B,D21D,D21H

Claim:
1. A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising: a defibrating unit including a rotating unit and a housing that relatively rotatably supports the rotating unit, the housing including a cover portion and a fixing unit that is attached to the cover portion and is spaced apart from the rotating unit in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotating unit so as to form a gap between the rotating unit and the fixing unit, the defibrating unit being configured to carry out a dry-type defibrating process on defibration object by rotating the rotating unit; and a sheet forming unit configured to form a sheet by accumulating at least a portion of defibrated material on which the dry-type defibrating process is carried out, the rotating unit including a rotor that has a plurality of protruding sections on an outer circumference of the rotor, and a feeding blade that is arranged on a side section of the rotor on a side of an input section for the defibration object and configured to generate a flow of air.