Material delivery device, three-dimensional shaping device, and injection molding device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11718006-B2
Application number	US-202117380151-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2021
Priority date	Jul 21, 2020
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

A material delivery device includes: a plasticizing unit including a screw; a nozzle through which a plasticized material is delivered to outside; a communication flow path provided between the screw and the nozzle and through which the plasticized material flows; a pressure detection unit including a first cylinder coupled to the communication flow path, a rod inserted into the first cylinder, and a pressure sensor disposed with the rod separated from the communication flow path, in which the rod is configured to receive a pressure of the plasticized material in the communication flow path at a first end surface facing the communication flow path, and transmit the pressure to the pressure sensor through a second end surface opposite to the first end surface; and a rotation regulation mechanism configured to regulate rotation of the rod about a central axis along a longitudinal direction of the rod by engaging a first engaging portion provided on a side surface of the rod and a second engaging portion to be engaged with the first engaging portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A material delivery device, comprising:
a plasticizing unit including a screw and configured to plasticize a material by rotation of the screw to produce a plasticized material;
a nozzle through which the plasticized material is delivered to outside;
a communication flow path provided between the screw and the nozzle and through which the plasticized material flows;
a pressure detection unit including a first cylinder coupled to the communication flow path, a rod inserted into the first cylinder, and a pressure sensor disposed with the rod separated from the communication flow path, in which the rod has a first end surface facing the communication flow path and a second end surface opposite to the first end surface in a longitudinal direction of the rod, and configured to receive a pressure of the plasticized material in the communication flow path at the first end surface and transmit the pressure to the pressure sensor through the second end surface; and
a rotation regulation mechanism having a first engaging portion provided on a side surface of the rod and a second engaging portion to be engaged with the first engaging portion, and configured to regulate rotation of the rod about a central axis along the longitudinal direction of the rod by engaging the first engaging portion with the second engaging portion.

2. The material delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotation regulation mechanism is provided at a position closer to the first end surface than the second end surface in the longitudinal direction.

3. The material delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first engaging portion has a protrusion portion protruding from the rod in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction,
the second engaging portion has a recess portion opening toward the pressure sensor in the longitudinal direction, and
the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other by fitting the protrusion portion into the recess portion.

4. The material delivery device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a support portion supporting the rod between the first cylinder and the pressure sensor in the longitudinal direction, wherein
the second engaging portion is provided on the support portion.

5. The material delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second engaging portion is provided on the first cylinder.

6. The material delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein
the first end surface has a shape along an inner wall surface to which the first cylinder of the communication flow path is coupled.

7. The material delivery device according to claim 6 , wherein
the communication flow path has a circular shape when viewed along the communication flow path, and the first end surface has an arc shape corresponding to a part of a circumference of the communication flow path when viewed along the communication flow path.

8. The material delivery device according to claim 6 , wherein
the first end surface and the inner wall surface are located on the same plane in a state where the pressure is not applied to the first end surface.

9. The material delivery device according to claim 1 , wherein
the screw has a groove forming surface on which a groove is formed,
the plasticizing unit has a barrel having a facing surface facing the groove forming surface,
the barrel is provided with a communication hole forming at least a part of the communication flow path, and
the first cylinder is coupled to the communication hole.

10. The material delivery device according to claim 9 , wherein
the plasticizing unit includes:
a cooling unit configured to cool a region of the plasticizing unit that is closer to an outer peripheral portion of the barrel than the communication hole in a direction along the groove forming surface; and
a heating unit configured to heat a material supplied between the barrel and the screw, and

the pressure sensor is disposed at a position closer to the cooling unit than the heating unit.

11. A three-dimensional shaping device, comprising:
the material delivery device according to claim 1 ; and
a stage on which the plasticized material delivered from the nozzle is deposited.

12. An injection molding device, comprising:
the material delivery device according to claim 1 ;
an injection control unit having a second cylinder coupled to the communication flow path and a plunger moving in the second cylinder, and configured to weigh the plasticized material in the second cylinder and deliver the weighed plasticized material toward the nozzle; and
a mold to which the plasticized material from the nozzle is delivered.

13. The injection molding device according to claim 12 , wherein
the second cylinder is coupled upstream of a coupling portion between the communication flow path and the first cylinder in the communication flow path.

14. The injection molding device according to claim 12 , wherein
the second cylinder is coupled downstream of a coupling portion between the communication flow path and the first cylinder in the communication flow path.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Maruyama Hidenobu
• Miyashita Daichi
• Tanaka Yasuyuki

Classifications

• B29C45/47 Primary

  using screws (B29C45/54 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C45/1734

  Nozzles therefor · CPC title

• B29C45/74

  of the injection unit · CPC title

• B29C45/77

  of velocity or pressure of moulding material · CPC title

• B29C64/209 Primary

  Heads; Nozzles · CPC title