ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,850, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Three dimensional molding device" was invented by Masaaki Ogihara (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The three dimensional molding device includes a plasticization section that has a screw and that generates a plasticized material, a nozzle that has nozzle opening and that ejects the plasticized material, an ejection rate adjustment mechanism that communicates with the nozzle opening, the ejection rate adjustment mechanism controlling the ejection rate of the plasticized material from the nozzle opening by adjusting an opening degree of a flow path, and...