Powder supply apparatus
OwnerJunki ASAI, Hiroyuki SHINOZAKIinventors
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A powder supply apparatus includes: a storage member including a storage chamber; a discharging member including a discharge port to discharge powder; a feeding member disposed below the storage member and above the discharging member, configured to feed powder in the storage chamber to the discharge port, and including a plurality of feeding chambers having capacities different from one another inside the feeding member such that the feeding chambers are stacked in an up-down direction; an inlet shutter configured to open and close an inlet opening for feeding the powder in the storage chamber to the feeding member; an outlet shutter configured to open and close an outlet opening for feeding powder in the feeding member to the discharge port; and an intermediate shutter configured to open and close an intermediate opening to make one feeding chamber and another feeding chamber adjacent to each other communicate with each other.
A powder supply apparatus comprising:
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