Rotor locator for a centrifuge

US6663553B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Gentra Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Glenn M. Campbell, Jr. · Plymouth, US
• Douglas J. Kluge · Golden Valley, US
• Glenn Campbell · Winnipeg, CA
• Ellen M. Heath · Minnetonka, US
• Ruth Shuman · Minnetonka, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 15, 2002
• Grant date: Dec 16, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B04B2007/005
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A rotor locator and centrifuge body locator includes a pair of locator arms that close about the rotor shaft and an alignment pin to center the rotor shaft. A registration mechanism rotates the rotor shaft and the centrifuge body until it reaches a known home position. A method of consistently registering the centrifuge body includes centering a rotor shaft of the body along a known center line and aligning the body to a home position both before and after centrifugation.