Patent ID: 7828032

Claim:
A sheet manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a reinforced sheet including a sheet-like material and a sheet by tentering the sheet at a predetermined angle over a transfer device that transfers the sheet-like material in a spread state with both rims fixed, the apparatus comprising: a feeder disposed on one of the right and left sides of the transfer device, which feeds the sheet; a plurality of upper and lower clamping devices configured to clamp an end of the sheet fed from the feeder; a tentering locomotive unit configured to move the upper clamping devices and the lower clamping devices from an initial position on a first side of the transfer device to an end position at a second side, with the end of the sheet clamped, to tenter the sheet in a spread state; a pair of holders configured to hold both sides of the spread sheet that is clamped by the upper clamping devices and the lower clamping devices and drawn out to the end position; a cutting device configured to cut the first side of the spread sheet held by the pair of holders; a fixing device configured to move the cut spread sheet held by the pair of holders downward to fix both sides of the spread sheet to both sides of the transfer device; an upper returning device configured to return the upper clamping device from the end position to the initial position; and a lower returning device configured to return the lower clamping device from the end position to the initial position.