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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1991
Hitoshi Odashima, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Kawaharata, Hadano, JP;
Hideyuki Fukasawa, Hadano, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is to define an enclosed space by covering a holder which can hold numerous minute particles, and introduce a fluid into the enclosed space to stir up the numerous minute particles within the enclosed space with a turbulent flow of the fluid so that the minute particles are placed in and held by the holder After stirring up and loading the minute particles in the holder, the fluid is introduced into the enclosed space again to recover the remaining minute particles which have not been held by the holder. The number of minute particles required for one cycle of the loading operation are taken out by moving a particle push-up shaft vertically, having a recess at the distal end thereof, within a stocker which stores a large number of minute particles, and then delivered to the enclosed space with the fluid.