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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hideki Uchida, Yamanashi, JP;
Masaaki Tokunaga, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
A paste supply apparatus includes: a pot holder which holds a paste pot including an inner lid movable in a container; an ejecting member; an elastic member provided at the ejecting member and including an annular pad portion including a taper having a diameter increasing toward downward; an annular protruding portion protruding downward from a lower surface of the ejecting member within an internal space surrounded by the pad portion; and an ejecting member lifting unit which moves the ejecting member to press down the inner lid to eject the paste. When the ejecting member presses down the inner lid, the pad portion of the elastic member is elastically deformed to extend outside and firmly contacts an upper surface of the inner lid, and the annular protruding portion abuts on the upper surface of the inner lid within the internal space.