Feeder
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsInsu SONG, Weonyoung SHO, Seokho KWON
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Abstract
A feeder that includes a transfer housing including an opening; a transfer portion rotatable inside the transfer housing; a shaft connected to the transfer portion; and a motor providing a rotational force to the shaft, in which the transfer portion includes: a screw rotating spirally from the shaft toward the opening of the transfer housing, inside the transfer housing; and a hub into which the shaft is inserted, and to which the screw is fixed, wherein the screw rotates when the motor provides rotational force in a first direction, and does not rotate when the motor provides rotational force in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
Claims10
A feeding device comprising:
- a transfer housing including an opening;
- a transfer portion rotatable in the transfer housing;
- a shaft connected to the transfer portion;
- and
- a motor providing a rotational force to the shaft,
- wherein the transfer portion comprises:
- a screw rotating spirally from the shaft toward the opening of the transfer housing, in the transfer housing;
- and
- a hub into which the shaft is inserted, and to which the screw is fixed,
- wherein the screw rotates when the motor provides rotational force in a first direction, and does not rotate when the motor provides rotational force in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.