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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 7/38 (2006.01); B29B 7/42 (2006.01); B29B 7/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29B 7/429 (2013.01); B29B 7/38 (2013.01); B29B 7/603 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a material supply device that supplies a material to a plasticizing unit, the plasticizing unit being configured to plasticize the material to generate a plasticized material, the material supply device including: a housing having an inlet through which the material is fed into the plasticizing unit, and accommodating the material; and a rotary member provided above the inlet in the housing and configured to rotate around a rotation shaft intersecting a vertical direction. The material is accommodated above the rotary member in the housing, and the material is intermittently supplied to the inlet by the rotation of the rotary member.