Centrifugal separator
US5199937A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 2, 1992 |
| Grant date | Apr 6, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB04B5/0421
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A centrifugal separator able to function as an agitator. A motor controlled by a control box drives a disk-like rotor. For agitation, the motor makes the rotor intermittently rotate, and for centrifuging, the motor makes the rotor constantly rotate. The rotor has a pair of pins which are extended in a tangential direction to the rotation of the rotor. A bucket for accommodating a sample container is freely swingably supported by a pair of pins. During the alternate repeat of the rotation and stopping of the rotor, the bucket with the sample container performs regular swing like a pendulum in the radial direction of the rotor. The rotation of the rotor and the swing of the sample container generate a smooth circular flow of the liquid content in the sample container.
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