Centrifuge having an angle adjuster and centrifuging method
US8221301B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 30, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB04B9/10
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Provided are a centrifuge that rotates about a rotation axis to separate a material and a method of centrifugal separation. The container is coupled to the centrifuge to freely pivot upward and downward on a pivoting axis vertical to a rotation plane. The container has an opening at an upper end thereof and holds a material inside. An angle adjuster raises the central axis of the container beyond a perpendicular angle with the rotation axis while the centrifuge is rotating in order to arrange the opening of the container downward with respect to the rotation plane and point an end of the container opposite to the opening of the container upward with respect to the rotation plane, and allow a portion of layers formed during centrifugal separating to flow down through the opening.
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