A clay mixing apparatus includes a mixing chamber, a rotor arranged within the mixing chamber, a drive unit arranged to rotate the rotor, an ejecting unit, a pressure reducing unit; and an exhaust flow path. The rotor includes a shaft rotated by the drive unit, an extruding member and a mixing membe
A clay mixing apparatus includes a mixing chamber, a rotor arranged within the mixing chamber, a drive unit arranged to rotate the rotor, an ejecting unit, a pressure reducing unit; and an exhaust flow path. The rotor includes a shaft rotated by the drive unit, an extruding member and a mixing member. The mixing member includes a plurality of arms and a plurality of blades arranged at tip ends of the arms. The exhaust opening is opposed, in a radial direction about the center axis, to a portion of the mixing member lying near the extruding member and/or a portion of the extruding member lying near the mixing member.
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1. A clay mixing apparatus, comprising: a mixing chamber having a substantially cylindrical inner circumferential surface, the mixing chamber having a center axis extending in a horizontal direction;a rotor arranged within the mixing chamber, the rotor having a first end portion as a supported end p
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A clay mixing apparatus, comprising: a mixing chamber having a substantially cylindrical inner circumferential surface, the mixing chamber having a center axis extending in a horizontal direction;a rotor arranged within the mixing chamber, the rotor having a first end portion as a supported end portion and a second end portion positioned opposite to each other in a direction along the center axis;a drive unit connected to the first end portion of the rotor, the drive unit serving to rotate the rotor about the center axis;an ejecting unit arranged to surround the second end portion of the rotor, the ejecting unit having a conical inner circumferential surface whose diameter is reduced away from the drive unit, the ejecting unit having an ejection hole defined at a tip end thereof;a pressure reducing unit; andan exhaust flow path arranged to connect the pressure reducing unit to an exhaust opening opened into the mixing chamber, whereinthe rotor includes a shaft arranged to extend along the center axis and rotated by the drive unit, an extruding member arranged on the shaft in the second end portion of the rotor and provided with a screw inclined in a slanted direction with respect to a circumferential direction about the center axis and a mixing member arranged on the shaft between the extruding member and the first end portion of the rotor,the mixing member includes a plurality of arms extending from the shaft toward the cylindrical inner circumferential surface and a plurality of blades arranged at tip ends of the arms and inclined in the slanted direction with respect to the circumferential direction,the exhaust opening is opposed, in a radial direction about the center axis, to a portion of the mixing member lying near the extruding member and/or a portion of the extruding member lying near the mixing member, andan outer circumferential surface of a rotation trajectory of the rotor is more distant from the cylindrical inner circumferential surface and/or the conical inner circumferential surface in the position of the exhaust opening than in the positions deviated from the exhaust opening toward the first end portion and the second end portion of the rotor. 2. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the outer circumferential surface of the rotation trajectory is continuous in the center axis direction and is adjacent to the cylindrical inner circumferential surface and the conical inner circumferential surface in the positions other than the position of the exhaust opening along the center axis direction. 3. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 1, wherein an outer circumferential surface of a rotation trajectory of the rotor is continuous in the center axis direction and is adjacent to the cylindrical inner circumferential surface and the conical inner circumferential surface in the positions other than the position of the exhaust opening along the center axis direction. 4. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the exhaust flow path includes an intermediate chamber having an openable cover portion. 5. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the cover portion is transparent. 6. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mixing chamber includes a mixing chamber body having an upper supply hole, and a body lid arranged to cover the supply hole, the body lid having a wall portion positioned near the ejecting unit such that a gap extending upward from the exhaust opening is defined between the wall portion of the body lid and the mixing chamber body or the ejecting unit, the exhaust flow path including one or more exhaust holes defined in the wall portion of the body lid. 7. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 6, wherein the exhaust holes are provided in plural. 8. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the screw has a mixing-member-side end portion positioned below the exhaust opening, the mixing-member-side end portion having an outer peripheral portion spaced apart from the cylindrical inner circumferential surface. 9. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the rotor and the drive unit are detachable from each other within the mixing chamber. 10. A clay mixing apparatus, comprising: a mixing chamber having a substantially cylindrical inner circumferential surface, the clay mixing apparatus having a center axis extending in a horizontal direction;a rotor arranged within the mixing chamber, the rotor having a supported end portion in a direction along the center axis;a drive unit connected to the supported end portion of the rotor, the drive unit serving to rotate the rotor about the center axis;a pressure reducing unit; andan exhaust flow path arranged to interconnect the mixing chamber and the pressure reducing unit,wherein the rotor includes a shaft arranged to extend along the center axis and rotated by the drive unit and a mixing member arranged on the shaft,the mixing member includes a plurality of arms extending from the shaft toward the cylindrical inner circumferential surface and a plurality of blades arranged at tip ends of the arms and inclined in a slanted direction with respect to the circumferential direction, andat least one of the blades has a plurality of through-holes or a plurality of slits through which clay passes during a mixing process. 11. A clay mixing apparatus, comprising: a mixing chamber;a rotor arranged within the mixing chamber, the rotor having a first end portion as a supported end portion and a second end portion positioned opposite to each other in a direction along a center axis of the mixing chamber;a drive unit connected to the first end portion of the rotor, the drive unit serving to rotate the rotor about the center axis; andan ejecting unit arranged to surround the second end portion of the rotor, the ejecting unit having a conical inner circumferential surface whose diameter is reduced away from the drive unit, the ejecting unit having an ejection hole defined at a tip end thereof, whereinthe rotor includes a shaft arranged to extend along the center axis and rotated by the drive unit, an extruding member arranged on the shaft in the second end portion of the rotor and provided with a screw inclined in a slanted direction with respect to a circumferential direction about the center axis and a mixing member arranged on the shaft between the extruding member and the first end portion of the rotor,the ejecting unit includes a first clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface extending from the conical inner circumferential surface toward the ejection hole and a second clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface positioned between the first clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface and the ejection hole,the first clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface includes a plurality of recess portions or raised portions extending parallel to the center axis and arranged along the circumferential direction,the first clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface has an innermost diameter equal to or greater than an inner diameter of the second clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface, andthe screw is arranged axially away from the plurality of recess portions or raised portions such that the screw does not overlap radially with any of the plurality of recess portions or raised portions. 12. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the recess portions or the raised portions extend from the conical inner circumferential surface toward the ejection hole. 13. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface has the recess portions, the recess portions being spaced apart from a border between the first clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface and the second clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface. 14. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface has the recess portions, the recess portions being spaced apart from a border between the first clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface and the second clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface. 15. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface is greater in surface roughness than the second clay-ejecting inner circumferential surface. 16. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 1, wherein a notch is formed in a portion of the screw lying near the mixing member and an outer diameter of the screw is reduced in the portion where the notch is formed. 17. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of the blades nearest to the screw includes an ejection hole side end portion which radially overlaps an end portion of the screw nearest to the drive unit. 18. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 10, wherein the exhaust flow path includes an intermediate chamber including an openable cover portion. 19. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the clay mixing apparatus further comprises a pressure reducing unit and an exhaust flow path arranged to interconnect the mixing chamber and the pressure reducing unit, andwherein the exhaust flow path includes an intermediate chamber including an openable cover portion. 20. The clay mixing apparatus of claim 10, wherein the plurality of slits are radially extending slits.
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