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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
Satoshi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Norikane, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasutada Shitara, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyotada Katoh, Shizuoka, JP;
Minoru Masuda, Shizuoka, JP;
Satoshi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihiro Norikane, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasutada Shitara, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyotada Katoh, Shizuoka, JP;
Minoru Masuda, Shizuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing fine particles is provided. The apparatus includes a liquid droplet discharge device and a liquid droplet solidification device. The liquid droplet discharge device has multiple nozzles. The liquid droplet discharge device is adapted to discharge a liquid from the multiple nozzles to form the liquid into liquid droplets. The liquid comprises a solvent in which constituents of the fine particles are dissolved or dispersed or a melt of constituents of the fine particles. The liquid droplet solidification device is adapted to solidify the liquid droplets by an airflow. The multiple nozzles are arranged in a manner such that each of the nozzles does not overlap each other relative to a direction of the airflow.