摘要 |
A used paper recycling apparatus being installed in a room of a small shop or the like, friendly to the environment, low in running cost, and capable of maintaining a high confidentiality. The apparatus includes, in an apparatus case (5) of furniture size, a pulp making section (2) for manufacturing used paper pulp (UPP) by macerating and mashing used paper, a paper making section (3) for manufacturing recycled paper (RP) by making the used paper pulp (UPP) manufactured in the pulp making section (2), and a control section (4) for driving and controlling the pulp making section (2) and paper making section (3), in which the pulp making section (2) comprises a macerating unit (6) for macerating the used paper by agitating and tearing, and a mashing unit (7) for mashing the used paper macerated in the macerating unit (6), and the mashing machine (20) of the mashing unit (7) has mashing members rotating relatively being disposed oppositely across a slight mashing clearance, and the opposing faces of these mashing members cooperate to form a mashing action surface, and the used paper passing the mashing clearance is pressurized and mashed by the mashing action surface, and the inks forming characters and patterns on the used paper are pulverized. |