Patent · US Expired

Pusher centrifuge

US4217226A · kind A · utility

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3References

8Claims

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Assignee

Escher Wyss GmbH · CH

Inventors

Yves Kampeen · Oberglatt, CH
Bernd Hoppe · Ingelheim am Rhein, DE
Ernst Rebsamen · Thalwil, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 1978
Grant date	Aug 12, 1980
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 31, 1998

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB04B3/02
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Pusher centrifuge having a pusher plate and a guiding wall for the mixture to be fed onto the centrifuge drum, with a free flow space between the pusher plate and the guiding wall; the improvement that the surfaces of the pusher plate and guiding wall facing the mixture to be fed extend at least substantially perpendicular to the axis of the centrifuge drum or extend away from the axis of the drum in the radial area which extends from the outer surface of the inlet pipe to the inner surface of the layer of mixture lying on the drum.

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