Patent ID: 11866330
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Field: Materials, metallurgy (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC C

Claim 22:
23. A carbon nanotube assembled wire manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a mist generating unit that generates a mist including a plurality of catalyst particles and a liquid carbon source;
a tubular carbon nanotube growing unit that is connected to the mist generating unit and grows one or more carbon nanotubes from each of the plurality of catalyst particles by heating the mist; and
a carbon nanotube assembling unit that is located on a side of one end of the carbon nanotube growing unit, and obtains a carbon nanotube assembled wire by orienting and assembling the carbon nanotubes that are obtained in the carbon nanotube growing unit in their longitudinal direction, wherein:
the tubular carbon nanotube growing unit internally has a first flow channel,
the carbon nanotube assembling unit internally has one or more second flow channels, and
the one or more second flow channels each have an area in cross-section smaller than an area in cross-section of the first flow channel.