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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1995
Eiji Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Ransburg Industrial Finishing K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A storetank for a powder supply is disclosed which is capable of discharging the powder particles stored therein in a constant amount without the caking and blocking of the powder particles by a method different from the conventional method. The storetank according to the present invention is comprised of a tank for storing powder particles which has a substantially cylindrical side wall and a bottom portion, a powder outlet for discharging the powder particles which is provided at the lower end portion of the side wall of the tank, a plurality of vanes disposed radially on the bottom portion of the tank and equally spaced with respect to each other about the center axis of the tank, a rotary driving mechanism for rotating the vanes about the center axis of the tank, a canopy which extends from the vicinity of the outlet toward the inside of the tank and covers the space between two of the vanes located next to each other when the space is opposite the powder outlet, and an air ejection port which is disposed within the tank and ejects air toward the space opposite the powder outlet.