US 11,697,087 B2
Dust solidification apparatus
Takashi Suzuki, Nagoya (JP); and Shintaro Nishikawa, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Nagoya (JP)
Filed by SINTOKOGIO, LTD., Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/7,705.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-212937 (JP), filed on Nov. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0154615 A1, May 27, 2021
Int. Cl. B01D 46/48 (2006.01); B08B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 46/48 (2013.01) [B08B 15/00 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dust solidification apparatus comprising:
an apparatus body;
a hopper for storing dust, the hopper being provided on the apparatus body;
a forming member provided within the hopper, the forming member having a forming hole;
a pressurizing rod that is configured to freely advance and withdraw with respect to the forming hole,
a closing rod facing the pressurizing rod,
wherein the pressurizing rod advances into the forming hole to solidify dust loaded therein, thereby obtaining a solidified substance,
the forming hole has first and second openings that are open within the hopper,
the forming hole is a structure that penetrates through the forming member, and
the forming member has an inclined surface.