Automatic centrifugal balancing mechanism
US4671940A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 30, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jun 9, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 30, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB04B9/14
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Apparatus for generating centrifugal forces, preferably used in carrying out chemical testing, which includes counterweight means on a rotating plate of the apparatus to automatically balance the rotating plate wherein the counterweight means is displaced in response to centrifugal force and can automatically adjust for the weight, mass or absence of a sample processor card placed in a holding means which is free to rotate independently of plate member.
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