US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on July 15 for "Material discharge device, nozzle, and plasticizing device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,196, issued on July 15, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Material discharge device, nozzle, and plasticizing device" was invented by Masashi Fuchii (Minowa, Japan), Takayuki Sasaki (Matsumoto, Japan), Kenta Anegawa (Matsumoto, Japan), Masayuki Takahashi (Matsumoto, Japan), Hidenobu Maruyama (Azumino, Japan) and Juri Yamaguchi (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material discharge device includes: a drive motor; a screw having a groove formation surface and configured to rotate; a barrel having a facing surface and formed with a communication hole through which a plasticized material flows; a heating unit con...