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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2024
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Gozu, Ina, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The material supply device includes a material reservoir that has a supply port and that stores a plasticization material and a supply mechanism that adjusts the amount of plasticization material supplied from an input port to the outside, wherein the supply mechanism includes a sliding member that is provided between the supply port and the input port and in which is provided a through hole, and a slide drive section that slides the sliding member along an intersecting direction that intersects the supply direction, the supply mechanism switches to a first state and to a second state, the through hole of the sliding member communicates with the input port in both the first state and the second state, and a distance between the through hole and the supply port in the intersecting direction decreases in the order of the first state and the second state.