ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,499, issued on May 12, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Separation device and sheet manufacturing apparatus" was invented by Naoko Omagari (Azumino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separation device includes: a defibrating section that defibrates a material containing a fiber; and a separation section that includes a rotating member, a first ejection portion, a first suction portion, a second ejection portion, and a second suction portion, the rotating member being at least partially composed of a mesh, the first ejection portion ejecting a defibrated material generated in the defibrating section onto a first surface...