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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1993
Filed:
May. 21, 1990
Kiyotaka Shibata, Takatsuki, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for supplying powder includes a container having sloping inner walls for containing powder, a transportation member rotatably disposed in the bottom portion of the container for transporting the powder in the predetermined direction, and a swing plate swung by the rotation of the transportation member. The upper end of the swing plate is fixed to one of the inner walls, and the bottom end is positioned in the locus of the transporation member. Another apparatus for supplying powder includes a container containing the powder and having a supply opening at the bottom to allow the powder to drop, a transportation member for transporting the powder in the container to the supply opening, and a rotation member closing the supply opening and by rotation allowing the powder to drop through the supply opening.