A polymer treating method has the steps of: reacting a polymer compound
with a reaction agent in a reaction vessel to generate a polymer
treatment product; discharging the polymer treatment product containing
the reaction agent from the reaction vessel; depressurizing the polymer
treatment product; introducing the polymer treatment product into a
degassing extruder; separating the reaction agent from the polymer
treatment product through a vent box that is connected to upstream of the
degassing extruder and that has a volume of equal to or more than that of
the reaction vessel; and extruding the polymer treatment product from the
degassing extruder.