Carbonization oil-conversion processing apparatus

A carbonization oil-conversion processing apparatus, comprising:

• a storage container that stores an object to be subjected to carbonization oil-conversion processing;
• a carbonization oil-conversion processing furnace having in an inside thereof a transfer path for the storage container, the carbonization oil-conversion processing furnace being a tubular member having opening parts on both ends in a longitudinal direction;
• a superheated steam generator;
• and a supply pipe portion that supplies the inside of the carbonization oil-conversion processing furnace with superheated steam generated in the superheated steam generator, wherein
• end shutters are provided at the opening parts on the both ends of the carbonization oil-conversion processing furnace, partition shutters are arranged apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the carbonization oil-conversion processing furnace to partition both ends of an internal processing space individually formed in the carbonization oil-conversion processing furnace, the end shutters and the partition shutters being respectively provided to be freely opened and closed, and a plurality of independent processing spaces are formed by closing the end shutters and the partition shutters, each of the independent processing spaces being supplied with superheated steam from the supply pipe portion, temperature of the superheated steam supplied to each independent processing space from the supply pipe portion being variably controlled for each independent processing space,
• a drive motor is installed, under the transfer path, at each site where the end shutters and the partition shutters are opened and closed, a tongue piece-like sending member is provided on a rotation shaft of the drive motor, the rotation shaft protruding on a surface side of the transfer path, and a plurality of contact-engagement-separation members are provided at constant intervals on a back side of a bottom surface of the storage container, the tongue piece-like sending member coming into contact with one of the contact-engagement-separation members when the tongue piece-like sending member revolves by the drive motor, and engaging with and separating from the contact-engagement-separation member so that a transfer force in an advancing direction is transmitted to the storage container in response to the revolution, and
• the tongue piece-like sending member sequentially and repeatedly comes into contact with, engages with, and separates from each of the plurality of contact-engagement-separation members provided at the constant intervals each time the tongue piece-like sending member is revolved, to allow the storage container to be transferred in the advancing direction.