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US 8,991,656 B2Granted
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AssigneesWELCON Inc., Yamato Scale Company, Limited
InventorsYutaka Suzuki, Takayuki Nagai
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Abstract
A weighing hopper includes a tubular main body having an upper end opening constituting a loading port and a lower end opening constituting a dispensing port and a gate provided on the main body swingably in such a way that the gate opens/closes the dispensing port, wherein the main body and the gate are formed by bending components after joining the components by diffusion.
Claims8
A container comprising:
- a main body, at least an inner surface of which is used to deliver an object, wherein
- the main body is formed by bending components after joining the components by diffusion bonding, wherein
- at least a part of a portion joined by the diffusion bonding is bent,
- the part being bent has higher Vickers hardness than a remaining part of the portion joined by the diffusion bonding, and
- an interface between the components has disappeared at the portion joined by the diffusion bonding.
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