US 12,466,671 B2
Powder supply device
Tomonori Seki, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to TSUKASA CO., LTD., Aichi (JP)
Filed by TSUKASA CO., LTD., Aichi (JP)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/192,209.
Application 18/192,209 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/040286, filed on Nov. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-184018 (JP), filed on Nov. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0234794 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. B65G 65/32 (2006.01); B65G 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 65/32 (2013.01) [B65G 65/005 (2013.01); B65G 2201/042 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A powder supply device, comprising:
a main body;
a container comprising an opened upper side and configured to store powder therein;
a conveyance unit having a drive state in which the container placed on an upper side thereof is conveyed and a stop state in which the container placed on the upper side thereof is stopped; and
a plurality of stockers to be connected to the main body, to store the powder therein and to supply the powder to an outside thereof,
wherein the conveyance unit comprises a supply region which is a region for supplying the powder from each of the plurality of stockers to the container placed on the upper side of the conveyance unit,
wherein each of the plurality of stockers comprises:
a charge port through which the powder is to be charged into each of the plurality of stockers; and
a supplier that includes a supply port and supplies the powder stored inside each of the plurality of stockers from the supply port to the container,
wherein each of the plurality of stockers is connected to the main body, each of the plurality of stockers is arranged radially around the supply region, and a center axis of the supplier is directed to a center of the supply region,
wherein the powder is supplied to the container from the supply port when the container placed on the upper side of the conveyance unit is positioned in the supply region and the conveyance unit is in the stop state,
wherein each of the plurality of stockers is provided with guides,
wherein the main body is provided with guide receiving members,
wherein when each of the plurality of stockers is connected to the main body, the guides are inserted into the main body and fitted to the guide receiving members, and
wherein the fitting between the guides and guide receiving members prevents a deviation of a direction of the center axis of the supplier.