Patent ID: 7651656
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: A61K,A61P,C12Q,F27D

Abstract:
1. A melting furnace with an agitator comprising: a melting furnace comprising a containing space for containing a melt of nonferrous metal; a magnetic field generating device for causing a magnetic flux to penetrate, from outside, the melting furnace for containing the melt so as to run through the containing space in a direction; at least one pair of electrode terminals, the electrode terminals facing each other with a predetermined distance in a direction crossing the direction of the magnetic flux at a certain angle, and being capable of connecting to a power supply; wherein the magnetic field generating device includes a permanent magnet; the magnetic field generating device is of a monopole type in which one of the north pole and the south pole faces the containing space of the melting surface; the magnetic field generating device is provided on an outer portion of a furnace bottom of the melting furnace so that the magnet flux from the magnetic field generating device penetrates the melting furnace so as to run through the melt in the furnace in a vertical direction; and; the electrode terminals constituting the pair face each other substantially in a horizontal direction in the containing space so that a current flows between the pair of electrode terminals through the melt in a horizontal direction; thereby the melt in the furnace revolves in a clockwise direction or counterclockwise direction around the horizontal line.