Patent · US Expired

Air driven centrifuge having a tachometer

US4322029A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 29, 1980
Grant dateMar 30, 1982
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB04B9/06
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In accordance with the present invention, there is provided an air driven centrifuge including a rotor housing having an access door in which there is mounted the illuminating and sensing elements of a photo-optical tachometer with the elements so constructed and arranged that they are positioned over the rotor when the door is in a closed position. There is also provided a rotor cover having at least a portion of its surface conditioned to alternately absorb and reflect incident light, and digital display means to display the rotor speed in R.P.M.

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