Patent ID: 8882970
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: B01D,B01J,B82Y,C01B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for manufacturing carbon nanohorns, the apparatus comprising: a production chamber configured to irradiate a solid carbon material with a laser beam in an atmosphere of inert gas to produce a product comprising: a separation mechanism configured to separate said carbon nanohorns from said graphite component and said amorphous component, wherein said separation mechanism includes: wherein said trapping mechanism includes: wherein said collection mechanism includes: wherein said collection chamber is connected to said production chamber such that said inert gas spirally moves up in said collection chamber, wherein said inert gas including said product flows into an inside of said cone-shaped filter in a direction eccentric from a centerline of said cone, and spirally flows from a bottom of said cone-shaped filter to a top of said cone-shaped filter through the inside of said cone-shaped filter, wherein said trapping mechanism traps said graphite component and said amorphous component moving up with said inert gas in said collection chamber, wherein said collection mechanism collects said carbon nanohorns spirally moving up with said inert gas, said carbon nanohorns being aggregated and dropped in said collection chamber, and wherein said separation mechanism separates said carbon nanohorns from said graphite component and said amorphous component based on a traveled distance of said carbon nanohorns against a gravitational force.