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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kakeru Sasagawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Kenta Anegawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/74 (2006.01); B29C 45/62 (2006.01); B29C 64/295 (2017.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/74 (2013.01); B29C 45/62 (2013.01); B29C 64/209 (2017.08); B29C 64/295 (2017.08); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B29K 2995/0013 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plasticizing apparatus that plasticizes a material includes: a drive motor; a screw rotated by the drive motor and having a groove forming surface in which a groove is formed; and a barrel having a facing surface that faces the groove forming surface and provided with a heater and a communication hole. The barrel includes a first member, and a second member having thermal conductivity different from that of the first member, and the second member is provided closer to the communication hole than the first member.