Patent ID: 7728081

Claim:
An apparatus for continuous polymerization, which comprises: a reaction vessel; a means for supplying a raw material monomer to the reaction vessel; a means for supplying a polymerization initiator to the reaction vessel; a means for detecting a temperature in the reaction vessel; an exhaust port for discharging a polymerization syrup, which port is placed on the uppermost portion of the reaction vessel, to achieve a state such that a gas phase is not substantially contained in the reaction vessel; a means for regulating a temperature of an outer wall surface of the reaction vessel so as to have a preset temperature; and a means for controlling a supply flow rate of the raw material monomer and/or the polymerization initiator to the reaction vessel by the monomer supply means and/or the initiator supply means so that the temperature in the reaction vessel becomes substantially the same temperature as the preset temperature of the temperature regulation means.