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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2020
Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Hideyuki Fukui, Osaka, JP;
Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A powder supply apparatus includes a measuring shaft having a recess to be filled with powder, and a powder filling mechanism for filling the recess of the measuring shaft with the powder. The powder supply apparatus includes a rotary cylinder for sliding the measuring shaft along an axis of the measuring shaft, and a distal-end cover plate of a cylinder where the powder in the recess is leveled off by a slide of the measuring shaft. The rotary cylinder directs the recess downward by rotating the measuring shaft about the axis of the measuring shaft and supplies the leveled powder in the recess downward from the recess to a lifting plate at a predetermined position by dropping the powder.