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Production apparatus for vapor-grown fine fibers
Assignee: Nikkiso Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-07-29
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Granted: 1993-07-13
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Expires: 2011-07-29
Abstract
Abstract Production apparatus for vapor-grown fine fibers, comprising a vertical furnace and a horizontal furnace intersecting each other in an L-shaped configuration. Raw material and catalyst and carrier gas are injected into the top of the vertical furnace to form fine fibers that fall freely through the vertical furnace and land and rest on a conveyor in the horizontal furnace for conveying the fibers through the second furnace while the fibers grow in size. Gas and fibers are discharged from an end of the horizontal furnace remote from the vertical furnace. The horizontal furnace has second injecting structure injecting material for fiber growth but no catalyst into said horizontal furnace.
Inventors
- 👤 Takeji Murai
- 👤 Koichi Imai
- 👤 Toshiaki Noda
- 👤 Hideo Kurioka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 10:22
CPC Classifications
F; F27; F27B; F27B9/00; F27B9/14; F27B9/20; F27B9/24; F27B9/243; F27B9/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
92 words
Production apparatus for vapor-grown fine fibers, comprising a vertical furnace and a horizontal furnace intersecting each other in an L-shaped configuration, means injecting raw material and catalyst and carrier gas into the top of the vertical furnace to form fine fibers that fall freely through the vertical furnace, conveying means in the horizontal furnace on which said fibers rest, for conveying said fibers through said second furnace while said fibers grow in size, and means for discharging gas and fibers from an end of said horizontal furnace remote from said vertical furnace.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
92 words
Production apparatus for vapor-grown fine fibers, comprising a vertical furnace and a horizontal furnace intersecting each other in an L-shaped configuration, means injecting raw material and catalyst and carrier gas into the top of the vertical furnace to form fine fibers that fall freely through the vertical furnace, conveying means in the horizontal furnace on which said fibers rest, for conveying said fibers through said second furnace while said fibers grow in size, and means for discharging gas and fibers from an end of said horizontal furnace remote from said vertical furnace.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
Production apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said horizontal furnace has second injecting means injecting material for fiber growth but no catalyst into said horizontal furnace.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
Production apparatus as claimed in claim 1, and means to combust gas that has passed through said horizontal furnace.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
Production apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conveying means comprises a plurality of separate plates on which said fibers rest in said horizontal furnace, means to push said plates through said horizontal furnace, and means for separately removing each said plate at said remote end of said horizontal furnace.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
108 words
Production apparatus for vapor-grown fine fibers, comprising a horizontal furnace, first means injecting raw material and catalyst and carrier gas into the top of one end of the furnace to form fine fibers that fall freely through the furnace, conveying means in the furnace on which said fibers fall and rest, for conveying said fibers through said furnace while said fibers grow in size, means for discharging gas and fibers from an end of said furnace remote from said one end, and second injecting means injecting material for fiber growth but no catalyst into said furnace at a point spaced between said first means and said remote end.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
108 words
Production apparatus for vapor-grown fine fibers, comprising a horizontal furnace, first means injecting raw material and catalyst and carrier gas into the top of one end of the furnace to form fine fibers that fall freely through the furnace, conveying means in the furnace on which said fibers fall and rest, for conveying said fibers through said furnace while said fibers grow in size, means for discharging gas and fibers from an end of said furnace remote from said one end, and second injecting means injecting material for fiber growth but no catalyst into said furnace at a point spaced between said first means and said remote end.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
Production apparatus as claimed in claim 5, and further comprising means to combust gas that has passed through said furnace.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
48 words
Production apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein said conveying means comprises a plurality of separate plates on which said fibers rest in said furnace, means to push said plates through said furnace, and means for separately removing each said plate at said remote end of said furnace.
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