摘要 |
<p>An apparatus for supplying powder comprises a container 38 having sloping inner walls for containing powder, a transportation member 39 rotatably disposed in the bottom portion of the container 38 for transporting the powder in the predetermined direction, and a swing plate 46, 47 swung by the rotation of the transportation member 38. The upper end of the swing plate 46, 47 is fixed to one of the inner walls, and the bottom end is positioned in the locus of the transportation member 39. The container containing the powder has a supply opening at the bottom to allow the powder to drop, a transportation member 39 for transporting the powder in the container 38 to the supply opening, and a rotation member 39a closing the supply opening and by rotation allowing the powder to trop through the supply opening.</p> |