Patents by Inventor Kobayashi Masanori

Kobayashi Masanori has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8596858
    Abstract: A vertical solid-liquid contact apparatus including a plurality of stirring chambers disposed vertically adjacent to each other in series, a plurality of partitioning plates each partitioning an adjacent pair of the stirring chambers and provided with a communicating hole for communication between the adjacent pair of the stirring chambers, and a liquid inlet and a solid inlet provided at an upper part and a lower part of the apparatus. Each stirring chamber having an inner side wall defining the stirring chamber, a radially ejecting stirring blade, and at least one baffle fixed on the inner side wall. The stirring blade and the baffle are positionally biased to a lower side of the stirring chamber. The apparatus provides a good uniformity of solid-liquid flows and a high contact efficiency, is also simple in structure and allows easy scale-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Kureha Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ohashi, Igari Yutaka, Kobayashi Masanori, Otawara Kentaro
  • Publication number: 20080025143
    Abstract: A vertical solid-liquid contact apparatus, comprising: a plurality of stirring chambers disposed vertically adjacent to each other in series, a plurality of partitioning plates each partitioning an adjacent pair of the stirring chambers and provided with a communicating hole for communication between the adjacent pair of the stirring chambers, and a liquid inlet and a solid inlet provided at an upper part and a lower part of the apparatus. Each stirring chamber has an inner side wall defining the stirring chamber, a radially ejecting stirring blade, and at least one baffle fixed on the inner side wall so as to extend vertically. The stirring blade and the baffle are positionally biased to a lower side of the stirring chamber. The apparatus exhibits a good uniformity of solid-liquid flows and a high contact efficiency, is also simple in structure and allows easy scale-up. The apparatus can be widely applied to unit operations in the chemical industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Hiroaki Ohashi, Igari Yutaka, Kobayashi Masanori, Otawara Kentaro