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US 11,697,253 B2Granted
Impregnation device and shaping apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsWataru Suzuki, Daisuke Nakayama, Taichi Yamada, Nobuhiro Katsuta
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Abstract
An impregnation device includes an impregnation unit, a first supply unit, a second supply unit, and a supply controller. The impregnation unit impregnates a bundle of transported continuous fibers with a resin mixture. The first supply unit supplies a resin of a first composition to the impregnation unit. The second supply unit supplies a resin of a second composition that is different from the resin of the first composition to the impregnation unit. The supply controller controls an amount of resin supplied from the first supply unit and the second supply unit to the impregnation unit.
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An impregnation device comprising:
- an impregnation unit that impregnates a bundle of transported continuous fibers with a resin mixture, the impregnation unit comprising a container extending in a transport direction of the continuous fibers, the container including
- a pair of end walls that intersect with the transport direction,
- a side wall that extends in the transport direction and between the pair of end walls,
- a first supply port in the side wall permitting supply of a first composition comprised of a first resin into the container, and
- a second supply port in the side wall, downstream from the first supply port in the transport direction, permitting supply of a second composition comprised of a second resin into the container, wherein the second resin is different from the first resin;
- a first supply unit configured to supply the first composition to the impregnation unit via the first supply port;
- a second supply unit configured to supply the second composition to the impregnation unit via the second supply port;
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- a supply controller that controls an amount of the first resin supplied from the first supply unit to the impregnation unit and an amount of the second resin supplied from the second supply unit to the impregnation unit.
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An impregnation device comprising:
- an impregnation unit that impregnates a bundle of transported continuous fibers with a resin mixture, the impregnation unit comprising a container extending in a transport direction of the continuous fibers, the container including
- a pair of end walls that intersect with the transport direction,
- a side wall that extends in the transport direction and between the pair of end walls,
- a first supply port in the side wall configured to supply a resin into the container, and
- a second supply port in the side wall, downstream from the first supply port in the transport direction, configured to supply the resin into the container;
- a first variable supply unit configured to supply the resin to the impregnation unit via the first supply port and capable of controllably varying an amount of the resin supplied from the first supply unit to the impregnation unit;
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- a second variable supply unit configured to supply the resin to the impregnation unit via the second supply port and capable of controllably varying an amount of the resin supplied from the second variable supply unit to the impregnation unit.
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An impregnation device comprising:
- impregnation means for impregnating a bundle of transported continuous fibers with a resin mixture, the impregnation unit comprising a container extending in a transport direction of the continuous fibers, the container including a pair of end walls that intersect with the transport direction and a side wall that extends in the transport direction and between the pair of end walls;
- first supply means for supplying a first composition comprised of a first resin to the impregnation means, the first supply means including a first supply port in the side wall and configured to supply the first composition to the bundle of transported continuous fibers;
- second supply means for supplying a second composition comprised of a second resin that is different from the first resin to the impregnation means, the second supply means including a second supply port in the side wall and configured to supply the second composition to the bundle of transported continuous fibers, wherein the second supply port is located downstream from the first supply port in a transport direction of the bundle of transported continuous fibers;
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- supply control means for controlling an amount of the first resin supplied from the first supply means to the impregnation means and an amount of the second resin supplied from the second supply means to the impregnation means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.