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US 12,508,554 B2Granted
Dispersion device and powder feed member
AssigneeNihon Spindle Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeiichiro Onishi, Keiichi Asami
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Abstract
A dispersion device includes a stirring and mixing unit that mixes a powder with a liquid, a powder feed unit that feeds the powder to the stirring and mixing unit, and a dry gas generation unit that supplies a dry gas to the powder feed unit. The powder feed unit is sealable.
Claims14
A dispersion device comprising:
- a stirring and mixing unit that mixes a powder with a liquid;
- a powder feed unit that feeds the powder to the stirring and mixing unit, the powder feed unit including a powder holding portion which holds the powder, a powder discharge pipe which is disposed downstream of the powder holding portion, and a powder feed pipe which is disposed downstream of the powder holding portion and connected to the stirring and mixing unit;
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- a dry gas generation unit that supplies a dry gas to the powder feed unit,
- wherein the powder feed unit is sealable,
- a gas supply pipe from the dry gas generation unit is connected to the powder feed pipe,
- the powder discharge pipe is disposed inside the powder feed pipe, and
- the dry gas supplied from the gas supply pipe merges with the powder via an outer pipe of the powder discharge pipe.
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A powder feed member that feeds a powder to a stirring and mixing unit that mixes the powder with a liquid, the powder feed member comprising:
- a powder holding portion that holds the powder;
- a powder feed pipe that is disposed downstream of the powder holding portion and connected to the stirring and mixing unit;
- a dry gas introducing portion that introduces a dry gas;
- a powder discharging portion that discharges the powder;
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- a powder discharge pipe that is disposed downstream of the powder discharging portion,
- wherein the powder holding portion is sealable,
- a gas supply pipe from the dry gas introducing portion is connected to the powder feed pipe,
- the powder discharge pipe is disposed inside the powder feed pipe, and
- the dry gas supplied from the gas supply pipe merges with the powder via an outer pipe of the powder discharge pipe.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.