Centrifugal separator
AssigneeCobe Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsAlfred P. Mulzet, Robert M. Kellogg
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Abstract
A centrifugal separator comprising a circular centrifuge separation channel having an inlet for receiving a liquid to be separated and an outlet for providing components of the liquid in separated layers at different radial locations, a collection chamber for receiving the separated layers, the chamber having first, second and third outlets in the collection chamber for removing components at different radial locations in the chamber, the first and second collection tubes being joined together so that the combined flow of the two tubes flows in a combined collection tube, and pumps connected to receive liquid streams from the combined collection tube and the third collection tube, the pumps being located externally of, and not rotating with, the channel and collection chamber.
Claims6
A centrifugal separator comprising
- a circular centrifuge separation channel having an inlet for receiving a liquid to be separated and an outlet for providing components of said liquid in separated layers at different radial locations,
- an inlet tube for delivering said liquid to be separated to said inlet,
- a collection chamber for receiving said separated layers, said collection chamber having first, second and third outlets for removing components at different locations in said chamber,
- first, second and third collection tubes connected to said first, second and third outlets respectively,
- said first and second collection tubes being joined together so that the combined flow of said two tubes flows in a combined collection tube, and
- two pumps connected to control flow rates in said inlet tube, said combined collection tube and said third collection tube, said pumps being located externally of, and not rotating with, said separation channel and collection chamber, whereby a single pump can be used to remove liquid from and second outlets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.