ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,826, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Separation device" was invented by Naoko Omagari (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separation device includes: a material supply section that supplies a material containing a fiber; a defibrating section that defibrates the material supplied from the material supply section; a separation section that includes a rotating member, a suction portion, and a collection section, the rotating member having a first surface and a second surface that are in a front and back relationship, being at least partially composed of a mesh, and to which a defibrated materi...