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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2003
Yuichi Fujioka, Nagasaki, JP;
Toshihiko Setoguchi, Nagasaki, JP;
Kazuya Suenaga, Nagasaki, JP;
Susumu Miki, Kobe, JP;
Yuichi Fujioka, Nagasaki, JP;
Toshihiko Setoguchi, Nagasaki, JP;
Kazuya Suenaga, Nagasaki, JP;
Susumu Miki, Kobe, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is provided with a reaction apparatus () that supplies carbon raw material () and fine particles () to cause carbon nanofibers to grow on surfaces of the fine particles (), a heating apparatus () that heats the reaction apparatus, a recovery line () that recovers fine particles on which the carbon nanofibers have grown from the reaction apparatus, and a carbon nanofiber separating apparatus () that separates carbon nanofibers () from the recovered fine particles on which carbon nanofibers have been grown.