US 12,280,346 B2
Micromixer
Shinichi Nitta, Aichi (JP); Hiroshi Itafuji, Aichi (JP); Mitsuyoshi Ohsaki, Aichi (JP); Masahide Gunji, Kyoto (JP); Hiroshi Kobayashi, Kyoto (JP); and Katsuya Okumura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CKD CORPORATION, Aichi (JP); Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto (JP); and Shinwa Chemical Industries Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by CKD CORPORATION, Aichi (JP); Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto (JP); and Shinwa Chemical Industries Ltd., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/684,062.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-064483 (JP), filed on Apr. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0314177 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B01F 33/301 (2022.01); B01F 25/422 (2022.01); B01F 33/3039 (2022.01); B01F 35/00 (2022.01); B01F 35/42 (2022.01)
CPC B01F 33/301 (2022.01) [B01F 25/422 (2022.01); B01F 33/3039 (2022.01); B01F 35/165 (2022.01); B01F 35/423 (2022.01); B01F 35/561 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A micromixer comprising:
a first channel plate that:
has a front surface and a rear surface, wherein
in the front surface, a first channel and a plurality of first branch channels are each formed by a non-through groove, and the first channel being divided into the first branch channels, and
in the rear surface, a first confluence channel is formed by a non-through groove, and
includes a first communication channel that communicates the first branch channels with the first confluence channel;
a first lid plate that covers the front surface of the first channel plate;
a second channel plate that:
has a front surface and a rear surface, wherein
in the front surface, a second confluence channel is formed by a non-through groove, and
in the rear surface, a second channel and a plurality of second branch channels are each formed by a non-through groove, the second channel being divided into the second branch channels, and
includes a second communication channel that communicates the second branch channels with the second confluence channel, the second confluence channel facing and communicating with the first confluence channel; and
a second lid plate that covers the rear surface of the second channel plate.