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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2012
Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Chiaki Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Taichi Nemoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Keiko Osaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinji Ohtani, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshitaka Yamauchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Chiaki Tanaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Taichi Nemoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Keiko Osaka, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinji Ohtani, Shizuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A particle producing method is provided including bringing a material into contact with a compressible fluid to prepare a melt of the material, and discharging the melt from a vibrated through hole to form particles of the melt. A particle producing apparatus is also provided including a discharger to discharge the melt. The discharger includes a storage to store the melt, at least one through hole disposed on the storage, and a vibrator to vibrate the through hole. The particle producing apparatus further includes a particle forming member defining a space within which the discharged melt is formed into particles and a pressure controller controlling a pressure difference between the space and an inside of the storage so that the discharged melt is formed into a columnar melt and the columnar melt is constricted and separated into particles.