Claims
- 1. A granular material processing apparatus comprising:a rotor coupled to a first shaft provided in a casing having an inner wall which forms a granular material processing chamber; a plurality of pressers supported at the edge of said rotor, said pressers being separated from each other by a predetermined gap; wherein said pressers are caused to revolve in cooperation with the turning of said rotor and press against the inner wall of the casing to process granular material; and wherein in a cylindrical region defined in accordance with the revolution of said pressers, an empty region is formed devoid of the first shaft rotor and other components thereby making it possible for a center of swirl flow of said granular material to be formed within said cylindrical region.
- 2. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said casing is coupled to a second shaft and rotatable therewith, allowing for separate rotational control of the turning of said casing and the turning of said rotor.
- 3. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein said casing and said rotor can be rotated in the same and opposite directions at differing speeds.
- 4. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 3, wherein with the casing and rotor rotating in the same direction, said rotor rotates faster than the rotational speed of the casing, and wherein when the casing and rotor rotating in opposite directions, the rotational speed of said casing is faster than the rotational speed of said rotor.
- 5. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein said rotational control allows for synchronous rotation of said casing and said rotor at predetermined corresponding ratios.
- 6. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 5, wherein:said rotational control is configured such that a plurality of corresponding ratios of rotation for said casing and said rotor are preset; and said rotational control comprises a memory system which stores said ratio settings; and, specific ratio settings can be chosen which correspond to the granular material to be processed.
- 7. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein:said rotational control is configured such that a plurality of corresponding ratios of rotation for said casing and said rotor are preset; and said rotational control comprises a memory system which stores ratio settings; and specific ratios in that settings can be chosen which correspond to the granular material to be processed.
- 8. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein granular material is supplied to and removed from the granular material processing chamber by way of a supply route provided on said rotor side of the casing and an evacuation route provided on the side of the casing which faces said rotor, so that supply and removal of the granular material can be carried out continuously, and so that the granular material is supplied to the empty region of the casing.
- 9. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 8, wherein the supply route and evacuation route are positioned on the axis of revolution of said pressers.
- 10. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 9, wherein a casing port is located on the side of the casing facing said rotor for the supply and evacuation of said granular material, it is possible to open and close said casing port, and by opening and closing said casing port, granular material is supplied to said empty region of the casing and evacuation of granular material from the casing is carried out by way of an evacuation opening provided at this casing port.
- 11. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said plurality of pressers comprising support shafts supported by said rotor and rings fitted on said support shafts so as to press against the inner wall of said casing, said rings are arranged so that the orbits of revolution of the rings on one presser and those of the rings on other pressers each press against the inner wall of the casing in a phased, distributed manner.
- 12. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the distributed pressing of said rings is such that due to combined pressing on regions pressed by the rings of one presser and regions pressed by the rings of other pressers, a continuous pressing region is formed over the casing inner wall.
- 13. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 1, characterized in that said processing apparatus is positioned vertically with said rotor end being the lower end and said casing wall end, which faces said rotor, being the upper end.
- 14. A granular material processing apparatus, comprising:a casing forming a granular material processing chamber, said casing coupled to a first shaft for rotation of the casing; a rotor provided within said casing, said rotor coupled to a second shaft for rotation of the rotor; a plurality of pressers supported at the edge of said rotor to extend therefrom along the axis of rotation of the rotor, said pressers being separated from each other by a predetermined gap, and said pressers are caused to revolve in cooperation with the turning of said rotor and to press against the inner wall of the casing to process the granular material; wherein said first and second shafts are rotatable independently of each other for rotation of said casing and the rotor at differing selected speeds of rotation.
- 15. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein, the rotor is rotated at faster speed than the rotational speed of said casing.
- 16. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 15, wherein a cylindrical region is formed in accordance with the revolution of said pressers.
- 17. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 16, wherein, in said cylindrical region, an empty region devoid of said shaft and other apparatus components is formed, making possible the formation of a center of swirl flow of said granular material within said cylindrical region.
- 18. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein a cylindrical region is formed in accordance with the revolution of said pressers.
- 19. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first and second shafts are rotatable, for synchronous rotation of said casing and said rotor at predetermined corresponding ratios.
- 20. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 19, wherein:a plurality of ratios of rotation for said casing and said rotor are preset; and, ratio settings can be chosen which correspond to the granular material to be processed.
- 21. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein granular material is supplied to and removed from the granular material processing chamber by way of a supply route provided on said rotor side of the casing and an evacuation route provided on the side of the casing which faces said rotor, so that supply and removal of the granular material can be carried out continuously, and so that the granular material is supplied to a cylindrical region of the casing formed in accordance with the revolution of said pressers.
- 22. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 21, wherein the supply route and evacuation route are positioned on the axis of revolution of said pressers.
- 23. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 22, wherein a casing port is located on the side of the casing for the supply and evacuation of said granular material, it is possible to open and close said casing port and evacuation of granular material from the casing is carried out by way of an evacuation opening provided at this casing port.
- 24. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 14, wherein said plurality of pressers comprising support shafts supported by said rotor and rings fitted on said support shafts so as to press against the inner wall of said casing, said rings are arranged so that the orbits of revolution of the rings on one presser and those of the rings on other pressers each press against the inner wall of the casing in a phased, distributed manner.
- 25. The granular material processing apparatus of a claim 24, wherein the distributed pressing of said rings is such that due to combined pressing on regions pressed by the rings of one presser and regions pressed by the rings of other pressers, a continuous pressing region is formed over the casing inner wall.
- 26. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 14, characterized in that said processing apparatus is positioned vertically with said rotor end being the lower end and said casing wall end, which faces said rotor, being the upper end.
- 27. A granular material processing apparatus, comprising:a casing forming a granular material processing chamber; a rotor provided within said casing; first and second rotatable shafts coupled to the casing and rotor, respectively; a plurality of pressers supported at the edge of said rotor, said pressers being separated from each other by a predetermined gap, and said pressers are caused to revolve in cooperation with the turning of said rotor and to press against the inner wall of the casing to process the granular material; wherein said pressers being supported in a cantilevered manner on said rotor so that the axis of rotation of said apparatus is horizontally oriented, and a horizontally oriented cylindrical region is formed in accordance with the revolution of said pressers.
- 28. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 27, wherein said casing and said rotor can be rotated in the same and opposite directions at differing speeds.
- 29. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 28, wherein with the casing and rotor rotating in the same direction, said rotor rotates faster than the rotational speed of the casing, and wherein the casing and rotor rotating in opposite directions the rotational speed of said casing is faster than the rotational speed of said rotor.
- 30. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 27, characterized in that said rotational control allows for synchronous rotation of said casing and said rotor at predetermined corresponding ratios.
- 31. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 30, wherein:said rotational control is configured such that a plurality of corresponding ratios of rotation for said casing and said rotor are preset; said rotational control comprises a memory system which stores said ratio settings; and, specific ratio settings can be chosen which correspond to the granular material be processed.
- 32. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 27, wherein, in said cylindrical region, an empty region wherein there is no extension of said shaft or other components of the granular material processing apparatus is formed, making possible the formation of a center of swirl flow of said granular material within said cylindrical region.
- 33. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 27, wherein material is supplied to and removed from the granular material processing chamber by way of a supply route provided on said rotor side of the casing and an evacuation route provided on the side of the casing which faces said rotor, so that supply and removal of the granular material can be carried out continuously, and so that the granular material is supplied to the cylindrical region of the casing.
- 34. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 33, wherein the supply route and evacuation route are positioned on the axis of revolution of said pressers.
- 35. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 34, wherein a casing port is located on the side of the casing facing said rotor for the supply and evacuation of said granular material, it is possible to open and close said casing port, and by opening and closing said casing port, granular material is supplied to said cylindrical region of the casing and evacuation of granular material from the casing is carried out by way of an evacuation opening provided at this casing port.
- 36. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 27, wherein said plurality of pressers comprising support shafts supported by said rotor and rings fitted on said support shafts so as to press against the inner wall of said casing, said rings are arranged so that the orbits of revolution of the rings on one presser and those of the rings on other pressers each press against the inner wall of the casing in a phased, distributed manner.
- 37. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 36, wherein the distributed pressing of said rings is such that due to combined pressing on regions pressed by the rings of one presser and regions pressed by the rings of other pressers, a continuous pressing region is formed over the casing inner wall.
- 38. The granular material processing apparatus of claim 27, characterized in that said processing apparatus is positioned vertically with said rotor end being the lower end and said casing wall end, which faces said rotor, being the upper end.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a United States national stage application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application PCT/JP00/00919, which designates the United States, with an International filing date of Feb. 18, 2000, published under PCT Article 21(2) as International Publication No. WO00/50174 on Aug. 31, 2000, the benefit of the filing data of which is hereby claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 120, which in turn claims the benefit of Japanese Application No. 11/43238, filed Feb. 22, 1999, the benefit of the filing date of which is hereby claimed under 35 U.S.C. § 119.
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