Heat treating apparatus for powder particles and method of producing toner

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9665021
APP PUB NO 20140096409A1
SERIAL NO

14123961

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A heat treating apparatus for powder particles including a cylindrical treating chamber; a powder particle-supplying unit; a hot air-supplying unit that supplies hot air for heat-treating powder particles; a cold air-supplying unit that supplies cold air for cooling the heat-treated powder particles; a regulating unit for regulating a flow of the supplied powder particles; and a recovering unit that recovers the heat-treated powder particles. The regulating unit is a substantially circular columnar member, the hot air-supplying unit has an outlet opposite to the upper end portion of the columnar member, and the regulating unit is equipped with a substantially conic distributing member for distributing the supplied hot air in a circumferential direction and a rotating member for rotating the distributed hot air in a spiral manner, on the center of the upper end portion.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO 146-8501

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hagiwara, Junichi Tsuchiura, JP 11 363
Ito, Daisuke Tsuchiura, JP 466 2877
Kawakita, Kunihiko Iga, JP 5 176
Kobori, Takakuni Toride, JP 58 1475
Minagawa, Hironori Moriya, JP 82 1617
Mizo, Yuichi Toride, JP 26 556
Ohtsu, Takeshi Toride, JP 31 725
Takenaka, Kohji Toride, JP 12 296

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