IP Library Granted Patent US 7,364,101
Granted Patent B2
US 7,364,101 · App. 11/190,934 · Granted Apr 29, 2008

Pulverizing apparatus and method for pulverizing

Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,364,101
App. No.
11/190,934
Granted
Apr 29, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pulverization/classification apparatus includes a plurality of air nozzles, a milling chamber as a space for pulverizing particles by compressed air jetted by the air nozzles, and a rotor installed at an upper part of the milling chamber that classifies powder materials flowing into the rotor from the milling chamber with centrifuging into fine particles and coarse particles. The rotor includes plural blade members, and a width of the blade members within the rotor are set to be 1/50- 2/25 of the rotor's diameter.

Claims (39)

1. A pulverizing apparatus comprising:

plural air nozzles;

a chamber configured to pulverize particles by compressed air jetted from the plural air nozzles;

a rotor set in an upper part of the crushing chamber, configured to classify particles that flow into the rotor from the chamber into fine particles and raw particles by centrifugal force,

wherein the rotor comprises plural blades set to each have a width of 1/50- 2/25 of a diameter of the rotor,

wherein a length of each of the plural blades of the rotor is 1/25- 3/50 of the diameter of the rotor,

wherein each of the plural blades forms a gap with a neighboring of the plural blades set to 1/25- 3/25 of the diameter of the rotor, and

wherein each of the plural blades has an angle of 0-30 degrees against a rotating direction of the rotor.

2. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising 1-6 rotors.

3. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a collision member configured to secondarily pulverize the particles.

4. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the collision member is set below or above a first collision point where the compressed air contacts the particles.

5. The collision member according to claim 4 , wherein the collision member comprises a circular conic part and a cylindrical part.

6. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a top of the conic part of the collision member is positioned 10-500 mm above or below the first collision point.

7. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the collision member is configured to be adjustably positioned.

8. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the collision member is detachable.

9. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the collision member has abrasion resistance.

10. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plural air nozzles comprise 2-8 air nozzles.

11. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plural air nozzles are positioned equidistantly at a concentric circle around a central axis in a lengthwise direction of the chamber.

12. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the plural air nozzles are positioned equidistantly at the concentric circle.

13. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a gradient of an output direction of the plural air nozzles is less than 20 degrees from an even level.

14. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein a gradient of an output direction of the means for supplying air is less than 20 degrees from an even level.

15. A pulverizing apparatus comprising:

means for supplying air;

means for pulverizing particles by compressed air jetted from the means for supplying air;

means, set in an upper part of the means for pulverizing, for classifying particles from the means for pulverizing into fine particles and raw particles by centrifugal force,

wherein the means for classifying comprises plural blades set to each have a length of 1/25- 3/25 of a diameter of the rotor,

wherein each of the plural blades forms a gap with a neighboring of the plural blades set to 1/25- 3/25 of the diameter of the rotor, and

wherein each of the plural blades has an angle of 0-30 degrees against a rotating direction of the rotor.

16. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the means for classifying comprises 1-6 rotors.

17. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 15 , further comprising collision means for secondarily pulverizing the particles.

18. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the means for secondarily pulverizing is set below or above a first collision point where the compressed air contacts the particles.

19. The collision member according to claim 18 , wherein the means for secondarily pulverizing comprises a circular conic part and a cylindrical part.

20. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein a top of the conic part of the means for secondarily pulverizing is positioned 10-500 mm above or below the first collision point.

21. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the means for secondarily pulverizing is configured to be adjustably positioned.

22. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the means for secondarily pulverizing is detachable.

23. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the means for secondarily pulverizing has abrasion resistance.

24. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the means for supplying air comprises 2-8 air nozzles.

25. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the means for supplying air is positioned at a concentric circle around a central axis in a lengthwise direction of the means for pulverizing.

26. The pulverizing apparatus according to claim 25 , wherein the means for supplying air is positioned equidistantly at the concentric circle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2005
From: TANAKA, TETSUYA; MAKINO, NOBUYASU; SANTO, HIDEYUKI
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 017079/0129 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2004-219990 · Jul 28, 2004 · national
JP 2005-205915 · Jul 14, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060024607A1 · Feb 2, 2006