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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2012
Yuichi Mizo, Toride, JP;
Hironori Minagawa, Moriya, JP;
Takakuni Kobori, Toride, JP;
Kohji Takenaka, Toride, JP;
Takeshi Ohtsu, Toride, JP;
Junichi Hagiwara, Tsuchiura, JP;
Daisuke Ito, Tsuchiura, JP;
Kunihiko Kawakita, Iga, JP;
Yuichi Mizo, Toride, JP;
Hironori Minagawa, Moriya, JP;
Takakuni Kobori, Toride, JP;
Kohji Takenaka, Toride, JP;
Takeshi Ohtsu, Toride, JP;
Junichi Hagiwara, Tsuchiura, JP;
Daisuke Ito, Tsuchiura, JP;
Kunihiko Kawakita, Iga, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A heat treating apparatus for powder particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, the heat treating apparatus including: a treating chamber in which a heat treatment of the powder particles is performed; a raw material-supplying unit for supplying the powder particles to the treating chamber; a hot air-supplying unit that supplies hot air to the treating chamber; a cold air-supplying unit that supplies cold air for cooling the heat-treated powder particles; and a recovering unit that recovers the heat-treated powder particles. The raw material-supplying unit includes an introducing tube and a distributing member, and the distributing member is provided with a protruding member on a portion opposite to an outlet portion of the introducing tube, and the distributing member includes a supplying tube including two or more flow paths that extend radially outwardly from the protruding member to a wall surface of the treating chamber.