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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Kikusui Seisakusho Ltd., Kyoto-shi, JP;
Shinsuke Fushimi, Kyoto, JP;
Naoshige Kitamura, Kyoto, JP;
Hideyuki Nishimura, Kyoto, JP;
Masaoki Murakoshi, Tokyo, JP;
KIKUSUI SEISAKUSHO LTD., Kyoto-Shi, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A powdery-material feeding device includes a hopper configured to reserve a powdery material, a transfer member configured to deliver and to discharge the powdery material fed from the hopper, a motor configured to drive the transfer member, a measuring instrument configured to measure a discharge amount of a powdery material delivered to be discharged by the transfer member, and a controller configured to control, while control according to the discharge amount of the powdery material measured by the measuring instrument is not conducted, a current applied to a coil of the motor to have a substantially constant amount, to control the discharge amount of the powdery material delivered to be discharged by the transfer member to have a required amount.