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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2016
Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hsp Technologies Inc., Ibaraki, JP;
Akiyoshi Kobayashi, Fuji, JP;
Shigeyuki Fujii, Numazu, JP;
Takafumi Sameshima, Mishima, JP;
Hiroshi Shimizu, Tsukuba, JP;
Shibaura Machine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
HSP Technologies Inc., Ibaraki, JP;
Abstract
A kneading apparatus includes a processor, and a extruder. The extruder includes a screw. The screw includes a screw main body. A conveyance portion, a barrier portion, and a path are provided at places of the screw main body. In at least one of the places, the path is provided inside the screw main body, and includes an entrance and an exit. The raw materials, pressure on which is increased by the barrier portion, flow in from the entrance. The raw materials flowing in from the entrance flow through the path toward the exit. The exit is positioned to be remote from the entrance in an axial direction.