NMR spinner
US9547052B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 8, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/307
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
There is disclosed an NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spinner having a turbine structure and a rotor whose spinning rate can be increased. A vortical channel (44) is formed around the rotor (12). The vortical channel (44) consists of a chamber (66) and a nozzle array (68) mounted inside the chamber (66). The chamber (66) has a cross-sectional area that decreases in an upstream to downstream direction. The cross-sectional area of each nozzle also decreases in an upstream to downstream direction. Gas is introduced into the chamber (66), creating a rotating flow (76, 78, 80) in the chamber (66). Plural inwardly swirling streams are created from the inside of the rotating flow. The inwardly swirling streams are ejected from the exits of the nozzles. This results in jet streams, which are blown against the impeller of the rotor, spinning the rotor at high speed.
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