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Granted Patent B2
US 12,325,010 · App. 17/603,878 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Stirrer

Inventor: Masakazu Enomura (Izumi, JP)
Assignee: M. TECHNIQUE CO., LTD.
B01F27/2711B01F2215/0431
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Patent No.
US 12,325,010
App. No.
17/603,878
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an agitator in which cavitation arising during treatment of a fluid being treated is suppressed, a stator part S is provided with a plurality of penetration parts in the circumferential direction of the stator part S, and a stator main part positioned between adjacent penetration parts. When a fluid is discharged from the inside of the stator part S to the outside through the penetration part by the rotation of a rotor, in the stator part S for the agitator treating the fluid, the side facing a blade of the rotor is an inner wall surface, the side facing a blade of the rotor is an inner wall surface, the side facing the side opposite to the blade of the rotor is an outer wall surface, an opening of the plurality of penetration parts that is provided in the inner wall surface is an inflow opening, and an opening of the plurality of penetration parts that is provided in the outer wall surface is an outflow opening, the opening area of the inflow opening being larger than the opening are of the outflow opening.

Claims (46)

1. A stirrer comprising a stator and a rotor capable of rotating to the stator,

the rotor being provided with a main shaft as a center of the rotation and a plurality of blades,

the stator being provided with one or a plurality of stator part,

the stator part surrounding the plurality of blades with the main shaft of the rotor as the center thereof, and

a rotational direction of the rotor being in a circumferential direction,

the stator part comprising a plurality of penetrating parts in the circumferential direction thereof and a stator main part located at least between the penetrating parts adjacent to each other, and

when discharging a fluid from inside to outside of the stator part through the penetrating part by rotating at least the rotor out of the rotor and the stator, at least any one of refinement, homogenization, emulsification, and dispersion being performed to the fluid; wherein

a side of the stator part facing to the blades is served as an inner wall surface of the stator part, and a side of the stator part facing to a side opposite side to the blades is served as an outer wall surface of the stator part, and

an opening of each of a plurality of the penetrating parts provided on the inner wall surface of the stator part is served as an inflow opening, an opening of each of a plurality of the penetrating parts provided on the outer wall surface of the stator part is served as an outflow opening, wherein

an opening area of the inflow opening is arranged so as to be larger than an opening area of the outflow opening.

2. A stirrer comprising a stator and a rotor capable of rotating to the stator,

the rotor being provided with a main shaft as a center of the rotation and a plurality of blades,

the stator being provided with one or a plurality of stator part,

the stator part surrounding the plurality of blades with the main shaft of the rotor as the center thereof, and

a rotational direction of the rotor being in a circumferential direction,

the stator part comprising a plurality of penetrating parts in the circumferential direction thereof and a stator main part located between the penetrating parts adjacent to each other, and

a fluid being discharged from inside to outside of the stator part through the penetrating part by rotating at least the rotor out of the rotor and the stator; wherein

a side of the stator part facing to the blades is served as an inner wall surface of the stator part, and a side of the stator part facing to a side opposite to the blades is served as an outer wall surface of the stator part, and

an opening of each of a plurality of the penetrating parts provided on the inner wall surface of the stator part is served as an inflow opening, an opening of each of a plurality of the penetrating parts provided on the outer wall surface of the stator part is served as an outflow opening, a space between the inflow opening and the outflow opening is served as an inner space of the penetrating part, and the inner space of the penetrating part includes a minimum cross-sectional part whose cross-sectional area is smaller than any other part of the inner space in the middle way from the inflow opening to the outflow opening, wherein

an opening area of the outflow opening and an opening area of the inflow opening are provided so as to be larger than the cross-sectional area of the minimum sectional-area part of the inner space of the penetrating part.

3. The stirrer according to claim 1 , wherein

the penetrating part is at least any one of a slit and a penetrating hole, and

the extending direction of the main shaft of the rotor is as an axial direction,

in the slit, a width in the axial direction of the stator part is larger than a width of the slit in the circumferential direction of the stator part, the slit is at least any one of a long hole having both ends in the axial direction of the stator part and a cut-out part having one end thereof opened in the axial direction of the stator part;

in the slit, a width (Si) of the inflow opening is provided so as to be larger than a width (So) of the circumferential direction of the outflow opening in the circumferential direction of the stator part; and

in the penetrating hole, an area of the hole of the inflow opening is provided so as to be larger than an area of the hole of the outflow opening.

4. The stirrer according to claim 2 , wherein

the penetrating part is at least any one of a slit and a penetrating hole, and

the extending direction of the main shaft of the rotor is as an axial direction,

in the slit, a width in the axial direction of the stator part is larger than a width of the slit in the circumferential direction of the stator part, the slit is at least any one of a long hole having both ends in the axial direction of the stator part and a cut-out part having one end thereof opened in the axial direction of the stator part;

in the slit, a width (So) of the outflow opening and a width (Si) of the inflow opening are provided so as to be larger than a width (Sm) of the minimum cross-sectional part in the inner space in the circumferential direction of the stator part; and

in the penetrating hole, an area of the hole of the outflow opening and an area of the hole of the inflow opening are provided so as to be larger than an area of the hole of the minimum cross-sectional part in the inner space.

5. The stirrer according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum length of an arc of the outflow opening that forms the arc along the circumferential direction of the stator part is2 mm or more.

6. The stirrer according to claim 1 , wherein

the stator is provided with a plurality of the stator parts in a radial direction of the stator concentrically with the main shaft of the rotor.

7. The stirrer according to claim 2 , wherein a maximum length of an arc of the outflow opening that forms the arc along the circumferential direction of the stator part is 0.2 mm or more.

8. The stirrer according to claim 3 , wherein a maximum length of an arc of the outflow opening that forms the arc along the circumferential direction of the stator part is 0.2 mm or more.

9. The stirrer according to claim 4 , wherein a maximum length of an arc of the outflow opening that forms the arc along the circumferential direction of the stator part is 0.2 mm or more.

10. The stirrer according to claim 2 , wherein

the stator is provided with a plurality of the stator parts in a radial direction of the stator concentrically with the main shaft of the rotor.

11. The stirrer according to claim 3 , wherein

the stator is provided with a plurality of the stator parts in a radial direction of the stator concentrically with the main shaft of the rotor.

12. The stirrer according to claim 4 , wherein

the stator is provided with a plurality of the stator parts in a radial direction of the stator concentrically with the main shaft of the rotor.

13. The stirrer according to claim 5 , wherein

the stator is provided with a plurality of the stator parts in a radial direction of the stator concentrically with the main shaft of the rotor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2021
From: ENOMURA, MASAKAZU
To: M. TECHNIQUE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057809/0304 →
Priority Claims (3)
WO PCT/JP2019/016233 · Apr 15, 2019 · international
WO PCT/JP2019/020976 · May 27, 2019 · international
WO PCT/JP2019/032869 · Aug 22, 2019 · international
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220234015A1 · Jul 28, 2022
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