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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Watarai, Matsumoto, JP;
Toshiaki Yamagami, Shiojiri, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A raw material supply device includes a housing that stores an aggregate of small pieces, a discharge port through which the small pieces are discharged from an inside of the housing, a rotor provided in the housing and including a protruding portion, and a magnet provided on the discharge port or on a downstream side of the discharge port. In addition, it is preferable that the raw material supply device further include a passage route that communicates with the discharge port and through which the small pieces pass, in which at least one pair of the magnets is disposed on one side and the other side via the passage route.