Vibration attenuation support assembly for a centrifugal liquid processing apparatus

In a centrifugal liquid processing apparatus of the type which is utilized for separating a liquid containing particles, such as blood, into the components thereof and which includes a cabinet having sidewalls and a floor, a prime mover within the cabinet, a rotor assembly which is situated within the cabinet and which includes a rotor mounting receptacles thereon, tubing coupled directly between a source of the liquid outside the rotor to the receptacles within the rotor without the use of fluid seals, a non-rotatable arm within the cabinet for holding the tubings and for directing the tubings toward the rotor assembly and rotatable tubing guide means for guiding the tubings from the holder to the rotor, the tubing guide means being mounted for coaxial rotation with the rotor, and the rotor assembly including drive train means for coupling the prime mover to the rotor and to the tubing guide means for rotating the tubing guide means at a first speed and for rotating the rotor at a second speed twice the first speed to prevent the tubings from becoming entangled, the improvement comprising a vibration attenuation support means for supporting the rotor assembly, the non-rotatable arm which is fixed to and forms part of said support means, and the prime mover on the floor of the cabinet and for attenuating the vibrations produced as a result of an unbalanced mass in the rotating parts of the apparatus thereby reducing the transmission of such vibrations to the cabinet, said vibration attenuation support means comprising an attenuation and support assembly including a weldment on which the rotor assembly, the prime mover, and said non-rotatable arm are mounted, and elastomeric means for supporting said weldment on the floor of the cabinet and the ratio of the unbalanced mass to the mass of said weldment, said arm, the rotor assembly and the prime mover being between 1:1000 and 1:10,000.