Homogenizer
OwnerKazuo Ogatainventor
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Abstract
A homogenizer with the system designed to jet out emulsions and dispersed solutions from inter-valve microgaps, under high pressure. The microgaps for jetting out the homogenizing liquid are disposed in series at a plural number of locations. Also, it is designed such that the homogenizing liquid passes through two types of gaps, that is, narrow and wide microgaps in consecutive order. Furthermore, discharge ports are constructed with a design such that the homogenized liquid is discharged smoothly without interrupting the homogenization process. In this manner, a large quantity of the liquid can be treated with low homogenization pressure.
Claims13
A homogenizer comprising:
- a bearing valve seat that is inserted at an end of a homogenization cylinder, and that has a passage for homogenizing liquid fed by pressure to a center along an axis of the bearing valve seat;
- a presser valve seat installed at an other end of the homogenization cylinder;
- at least one cylindrical homogenizing valve which are disposed in series, and each of which has a homogenizing liquid passage in a center area along an axis of the homogenizing valve;
- inter-valve microgaps formed along bordering portions between valve members consisting of the homogenizing valve(s), the bearing valve seat and the presser valve seat;
- ring-formed spaces formed outside of the microgaps by cutting out either an inner wall of the homogenization cylinder or an outer wall of the homogenizing valve, whose walls located on the inner wall side of the homogenization cylinder are used as collision walls for the liquid jetted out from the microgaps;
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- discharge ports which are formed on both sides of the collision walls along a width direction of the collision wall or at locations near the foregoing locations, and which are connected to a homogenized liquid passage formed along an outer circumferential surface of the homogenization cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.