Centrifuge apparatus
US3961745A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 8, 1974 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T74/2109
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In a centrifuge including a centrifuge rotor and a drive shaft for spinning the rotor at selected rotational speeds, a safety device adapted to prevent the rotor from attaining a rotational speed likely to cause the rotor to explode with a force that could not be contained within the centrifuge housing. The device includes a safety link handle assembly supported on the top of the rotor on the rotation axis thereof having an arm designed to rupture and depart from the handle assembly at a predetermined speed thereby creating an imbalance condition of such a magnitude that the rotor separates from the drive shaft and is thereby prevented from attaining a hazardous rotational speed.
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