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Centrifugal separator and automatic centrifugal separator system

US5322497A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 21, 1991
Grant dateJun 21, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB04B2011/046
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A centrifugal separation process which is made continuous and automatic by determining the position for taking out the liquid container (8) accurately within a short time, with a liquid container (8) containing liquid for separation being kept by a basket (7) which is suspended and freely rotatable on the tip of a rotary arm (6), by positioning a circumferential direction of the rotary arm (6) by means of a rotary arm direction detector and a rotary arm positioning device and by stopping a basket (7) horizontally at a predetermined position by a basket positioning device (14).

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