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US 11,944,944 B2Granted
Mixing apparatus
AssigneeKobe Steel, Ltd.
InventorsKosuke Higashi, Kazuhisa Fukutani
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Abstract
A mixing apparatus includes a mixer configured to mix a material including a rubber or a resin in the presence of a working fluid that is in a supercritical state or a subcritical state. The mixer includes a chamber that forms a flow passage for the working fluid and the material, and a mixing blade disposed in the chamber and fixed to the chamber.
Claims16
A mixing apparatus comprising a mixer configured to mix a material including a rubber or a resin in the presence of a working fluid that is in a supercritical state or a subcritical state,
- wherein the mixer comprises:
- a chamber that forms a flow passage for the working fluid and the material;
- a mixing blade disposed in the chamber and fixed to the chamber,
- a mixer entrance pressure gauge configured to detect a pressure within an entrance-side portion of the mixer;
- a mixer exit pressure gauge configured to detect a pressure within an exit-side portion of the mixer;
- a mixer entrance thermometer configured to detect a temperature within an entrance-side portion of the mixer;
- and
- a mixer exit thermometer configured to detect a temperature within an exit-side portion of the mixer, and
- wherein the mixer is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction so that the material goes down from an upstream side to a downstream side of the mixer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.