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US 11,390,993 B2Granted
Hopper and cutting process device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKentaro Yamada
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Abstract
A hopper includes a receiving member having a guide surface that guides a non-flat strip-shaped sheet and a posture adjusting unit that adjusts a posture of the falling sheet and sends it to the guide surface, and a discharge unit that discharges the sheet. The posture adjusting unit may have a posture adjusting surface continuous with the guide surface and bent from the guide surface so as to form a ridge line at a boundary portion with the guide surface.
Claims8
A hopper comprising:
- a receiving member having a guide surface that guides a non-flat strip-shaped sheet and a posture adjusting unit that adjusts a posture of the sheet and sends the sheet to the guide surface;
- and
- a discharge unit that discharges the sheet,
- the posture adjusting unit having a posture adjusting surface that is continuous with the guide surface and is bent from the guide surface so as to form a ridge line at a boundary portion with the guide surface.
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A cutting process device comprising:
- a cutting unit that cuts a sheet base material to form a non-flat strip-shaped sheet;
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- a hopper including
- a receiving member having a guide surface that guides the sheet and a posture adjusting unit that adjusts a posture of the sheet and sends the sheet to the guide surface, and
- a discharge unit that discharges the sheet, wherein
- the hopper is installed at a position in which the sheet formed by the cutting unit falls and one end portion of the sheet abuts on the posture adjusting unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.