Patent ID: 6869212

Claim:
A rotor/stator type homogenizer comprising: a stator which is formed in a cylindrical shape with a hollow and has a plurality of flow passages radially formed therein; and a rotor which is formed in a cylindrical shape with a hollow shaft defining a supply flow passage and has a plurality of flow passages radially formed therein in communication with the supply flow passage, in which solutions are supplied to the supply flow passage and the flow passages of the rotor, the rotor rotating in the hollow of the stator, wherein an inner peripheral surface of the stator and an outer peripheral surface of the rotor are opposed to each other through a predetermined gap and a portion of the solutions is introduced into the gap to form a hydrodynamic bearing, thereby supporting rotation of the rotor with respect to the stator, and wherein the solutions supplied to the supply flow passage and the flow passages of the rotor are mixed together and agitated as the rotor rotates to be recovered from outside the stator.