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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Kazuo Yamaguchi, Takasago, JP;
Yasuaki Yamane, Takasago, JP;
Katsunori Takahashi, Takasago, JP;
Taiji Orimo, Takasago, JP;
Sayaka Yamada, Kobe, JP;
Kazuhisa Fukutani, Kobe, JP;
Kazuo Yamaguchi, Takasago, JP;
Yasuaki Yamane, Takasago, JP;
Katsunori Takahashi, Takasago, JP;
Taiji Orimo, Takasago, JP;
Sayaka Yamada, Kobe, JP;
Kazuhisa Fukutani, Kobe, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
The degree of kneading of a material to be kneaded is to be capable of being adjusted with a high accuracy. A kneading degree adjusting mechanism is installed in a processing apparatus having a barrel and a kneading screw inserted into the barrel rotatably, the kneading screw having a kneading section and rotating within the barrel to knead a material continuously while feeding the material from an upstream side toward a downstream side. The kneading degree adjusting mechanism includes a push-back section for pushing back the material to the upstream side and thereby making the material stay around the kneading section, the push-back section being disposed downstream of the kneading section in the kneading screw; a kneading degree adjusting member having an opposed surface opposed to an outer periphery surface of the push-back section; and a drive section for actuating the kneading degree adjusting member so that the opposed surface moves toward and away from the push-back section.