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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Applicants:
Motoki Kuriki, Kyoto, JP;
Takeo Tokuda, Kyoto, JP;
Masaya Higashitsuji, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nidec-Shimpo Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B28C 1/16 (2006.01); B01F 7/00 (2006.01); B01F 7/04 (2006.01); B01F 13/06 (2006.01); B01F 15/02 (2006.01); B28B 3/22 (2006.01); B28C 1/22 (2006.01); B28C 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B28C 1/16 (2013.01); B01F 7/00133 (2013.01); B01F 7/00158 (2013.01); B01F 7/003 (2013.01); B01F 7/00708 (2013.01); B01F 7/04 (2013.01); B01F 13/06 (2013.01); B01F 15/0289 (2013.01); B28B 3/222 (2013.01); B28C 1/225 (2013.01); B28C 5/143 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clay mixing apparatus includes a mixing chamber, a rotor arranged within the mixing chamber, a drive unit arranged to rotate the rotor, an ejecting unit, a pressure reducing unit; and an exhaust flow path. The rotor includes a shaft rotated by the drive unit, an extruding member and a mixing member. The mixing member includes a plurality of arms and a plurality of blades arranged at tip ends of the arms. The exhaust opening is opposed, in a radial direction about the center axis, to a portion of the mixing member lying near the extruding member and/or a portion of the extruding member lying near the mixing member.