Continuous kneading device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9700858-B2
Application number	US-201214006188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 23, 2012
Priority date	Mar 23, 2011
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A continuous kneading device is provided with an upper trunk ( 1 ) to which a powder supply tube ( 3 ) through which quantified powder is supplied is connected and in which the powder is blended with a fluid, and a lower trunk ( 2 ) concentrically connected to the bottom of the upper trunk ( 1 ). The continuous kneading device continuously kneads the powder and the fluid by a first rotating kneading plate ( 10 ) built into the upper trunk ( 1 ) and a second rotating kneading plate ( 11 ) built into the lower trunk ( 2 ), wherein surfaces of the base metals of the first and second rotating kneading plates ( 10, 11 ) are covered with a coating material ( 50 ) for reducing friction when the powder and the fluid are kneaded together.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A continuous kneading device comprising:
a powder supply tube in which a liquid supply pipe is provided in an inside of the powder supply tube;
an upper trunk to which the powder supply tube through which quantified powder is supplied is connected and in which the powder is blended with a liquid; and
a lower trunk concentrically connected to a lower side of the upper trunk,
wherein the powder and the liquid are continuously kneaded by a first rotary kneading disc built in the upper trunk and a second rotary kneading disc built in the lower trunk,
wherein a rotary plate is fixed to an upper surface of the second rotary kneading disc, and a fixed plate is fixed to the upper trunk,
wherein recessed grooves are formed on an upper surface of the rotary plate at regular intervals in a radial direction so as to extend along a circumferential direction that is a rotational direction of the rotary plate,
wherein recessed grooves are formed on a lower surface of the fixed plate at regular intervals in a radial direction so as to extend along a circumferential direction that is a rotational direction of the rotary plate,
wherein the upper surface of the rotary plate faces to the lower surface of the fixed plate, wherein at least the upper surface of the rotary plate and the lower surface of the fixed plate are covered with one compound selected from the group consisting of DLC, PEEK, PTFE, TiN, and TiCN, and
wherein an internal diameter of a second kneading chamber provided on the lower trunk is formed so as to be larger than an internal diameter of a first kneading chamber provided on the upper trunk.

2. The continuous kneading device according to claim 1 ,
wherein inner surfaces of the upper trunk and the lower trunk are covered with a coating material having a lower dynamic friction coefficient than that of metal.

3. The continuous kneading device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the coating material covered on the inner surfaces of the upper trunk and the lower trunk is PEEK.

4. The continuous kneading devices according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first and second rotary kneading discs are constituted of a resin material having a lower dynamic friction coefficient than that of metal.

5. The continuous kneading device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotary plate rotates in a state where the rotary plate faces an upper surface of the fixed plate, and thereby a shearing force is given to the kneaded matter of the powder and the liquid between the fixed plates and the rotary plate.

6. The continuous kneading device according to claim 4 , wherein the resin material having a lower dynamic friction coefficient than that of metal is PEEK or PTFE.

7. The continuous kneading device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the rotary plate rotates in a state where the rotary plate faces an upper surface of the fixed plate, and thereby a shearing force is given to the kneaded matter of the powder and the liquid between the fixed plates and the rotary plate.

8. The continuous kneading device according to claim 3 ,
wherein the rotary plate rotates in a state where the rotary plate faces an upper surface of the fixed plate, and thereby a shearing force is given to the kneaded matter of the powder and the liquid between the fixed plates and the rotary plate.

9. The continuous kneading device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the rotary plate rotates in a state where the rotary plate faces an upper surface of the fixed plate, and thereby a shearing force is given to the kneaded matter of the powder and the liquid between the fixed plates and the rotary plate.

10. The continuous kneading device according to claim 7 ,
wherein concavo-convex portions are formed in the surfaces of the fixed plate and the rotary plate that face each other.

11. The continuous kneading device according to claim 8 ,
wherein concavo-convex portions are formed in the surfaces of the fixed plate and the rotary plate that face each other.

12. The continuous kneading device according to claim 9 ,
wherein concavo-convex portions are formed in the surfaces of the fixed plate and the rotary plate that face each other.

13. A continuous kneading devices comprising:
a powder supply tube;
an upper trunk to which the powder supply tube through which quantified powder is supplied is connected; and
a lower trunk concentrically connected to a lower side of the upper trunk,
wherein the powder is continuously kneaded by a first rotary kneading disc built in the upper trunk and a second rotary kneading disc built in the lower trunk,
wherein a rotary plate is fixed to an upper surface of the second rotary kneading disc, and a fixed plate is fixed to the upper trunk,
wherein recessed grooves are formed on an upper surface of the rotary plate at regular intervals in a radial direction so as to extend along a circumferential direction that is a rotational direction of the rotary plate,
wherein recessed grooves are formed on a lower surface of the fixed plate at regular intervals in a radial direction so as to extend along a circumferential direction that is a rotational direction of the rotary plate,
wherein the upper surface of the rotary plate faces to the lower surface of the fixed plate,
wherein at least the upper surface of the rotary plate and the lower surface of the fixed plate are covered with one compound selected from the group consisting of DLC, PEEK, PTFE, TiN, and TiCN,
wherein a flange portion protruding radially outward are integrally formed at a lower edge portion of the upper trunk,
wherein a fluid injection nozzle is provided in the lower flange portion,
wherein the fluid injection nozzle has a configuration that a liquid is directly supplied to a place in which the fixed plate and the rotary plate face each other, and
wherein an internal diameter of a second kneading chamber provided on the lower trunk is formed so as to be larger than an internal diameter of a first kneading chamber provided on the upper trunk.

Assignees

• Iwako Mayumi
• Nakao Masaaki
• Kitamura Ryuji
• Abe Masakazu
• Ueda Toshiaki
• Koizumi Hiromichi
• Mitsubishi Materials Corp

Inventors

• Iwako Mayumi
• Nakao Masaaki
• Kitamura Ryuji
• Abe Masakazu
• Ueda Toshiaki
• Koizumi Hiromichi

Classifications

• B01F7/26 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F7/00775

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F3/1221

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F7/00041

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F5/221

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic