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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2021
Satoshi Kudoh, Miyagi, JP;
Shohei Ozawa, Miyagi, JP;
Keiko Maruyama, Miyagi, JP;
Shusei Murai, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Kudoh, Miyagi, JP;
Shohei Ozawa, Miyagi, JP;
Keiko Maruyama, Miyagi, JP;
Shusei Murai, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosed paint discharging nozzle is designed for discharging paint supplied at a predetermined pressure. The paint discharging nozzle includes a housing having a nozzle hole through which paint is discharged; a paint chamber configured to supply paint to the nozzle hole; a needle valve retractably or advancingly fitted into the housing to close or open the nozzle hole; a driving mechanism disposed in the housing and configured to cause the needle valve to perform a retracting or advancing operation with respect to the nozzle hole; and a bearing disposed to surround the needle valve within the housing to be in sliding contact with a peripheral surface of the needle valve as the retracting or advancing operation of the needle valve is performed, wherein the bearing is movable in an axial direction of the needle valve.