Apparatus of manufacturing inorganic material and method of manufacturing inorganic material

An apparatus of manufacturing an inorganic material, the apparatus comprising:

• a blower blowing inert gas;
• a crusher vitrifying plural kinds of inorganic compounds to be the inorganic material, by applying shearing stress and compressive stress to the plural kinds of inorganic compounds, and blowing up the plural kinds of vitrified inorganic compounds by the inert gas blown from the blower;
• a first collector into which at least some of the plural kinds of inorganic compounds blown up by the inert gas enters, the first collector returning the at least some of the plural kinds of inorganic compounds to the crusher;
• a system circulating the inert gas from the blower through the crusher and the first collector to the blower;
• a first container containing the plural kinds of inorganic compounds to be supplied to the crusher;
• a first pipe connected to the first collector and the first container, one opening of the first pipe being located at a material supply port of the first collector and another opening of the first pipe being located at an opening of the first container;
• a first valve detachably attached to the first pipe with the first container;
• a first line introducing inert gas into the first pipe;
• and
• a fourth valve provided on the first pipe,
• a second collector into which the inorganic material blown up by the inert gas enters;
• a second pipe communicating to the crusher and the first collector, one opening of the second pipe being located at an opening of a material discharge pipe of the crusher and another opening of the second pipe being located at a suction port of the first collector;
• a second valve provided in the second pipe;
• a third pipe communicating to the second collector and a portion of the second pipe positioned between the crusher and the second valve, one opening of the third pipe and the second valve being arranged in this order along the second pipe from the opening of the material discharge pipe of the crusher to the suction port of the first collector, and another opening of the third pipe being located at a suction port of the second collector;
• and
• a third valve provided in the third pipe,
• wherein the system is closed from outside of the system,
• wherein the first valve and the fourth valve are arranged in this order from the first container to the material supply port of the first collector, and
• wherein the first pipe is connected to the first line between the first valve and the fourth valve.