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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Keigo Yamasaki, Shiojiri, JP;
Kohei Yuwaki, Shiojiri, JP;
Abstract
A plasticizing device includes: a drive motor; a rotating unit driven to rotate about a rotation axis by the drive motor and having an end surface perpendicular to the rotation axis; a barrel having a bottom surface facing the end surface of the rotating unit, and a heater; and a material supply unit supplying the material between the rotating unit and the barrel. At the bottom surface of the barrel, a first communication hole through which the molten material flows out, a first groove part coupled to the first communication hole, a second communication hole through which the molten material flows out, and a second groove part coupled to the second communication hole are formed.