# US 9,517,475 B2 · Centrifuge with overlapping metal plate

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- Number: US 9,517,475 B2
- Document ID: US9517475B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/218,341
- Filed: 2014-03-18
- Published: 2014-10-02
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2013-03-27
- Assignees: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Shoji Kusumoto; Yoshitaka Imoto
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517475B2

## CPC

- B04B 7/06: Safety devices {; Regulating}
- B04B 7/02: Casings; Lids (shock absorbers, vibration dampers F16F)
- B04B 15/02: for cooling, heating, or heat insulating
- B04B: CENTRIFUGES (high-speed drum mills B02C19/11; domestic spin driers D06F; analysing, measuring or monitoring physical or chemical properties of samples during centrifuging, see the relevant subclasses for these procedures, e.g. G01N)

## Abstract

A centrifuge including: a rotor configured to be rotatably driven; a rotor chamber accommodating the rotor therein; and a protector provided at an outer periphery of the rotor chamber, wherein the protector includes at least one metal plate which is wound in an overlapping state.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A centrifuge comprising:
a rotor configured to be rotatably driven;
a rotor chamber accommodating the rotor therein; and
a protector provided at an outer periphery of the rotor chamber,
wherein the protector includes at least one metal plate which is wound in an overlapping state, and
wherein the at least one metal plate is welded at welding portions which are avoided from being arranged at a same position in a circumferential direction of the protector and avoided from being arranged so as to face each other in the circumferential direction of the protector.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The centrifuge according to claim 1, wherein the at least one metal plate is wound as two or more layers over an entire circumference of the protector.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The centrifuge according to claim 1, wherein n metal plates are wound in the overlapping state, and wherein welding portions of the metal plates are arranged by being shifted by (180/n) degrees or (180/n+180) degrees from one another.

### Claim 4

A centrifuge comprising:
a rotor configured to be rotatably driven;
a rotor chamber accommodating the rotor therein;
a protector provided at an outer periphery of the rotor chamber; and
a frame surrounding at least an outer periphery of the protector,
wherein the protector and the frame are joined to each other at at least one position, and
wherein the protector and the frame are jointed to each other intermittently or continuously throughout an entire length of the protector in a height direction of the protector.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The centrifuge according to claim 4, wherein the protector and the frame are joined to each other at at least four positions, and the joined portions at the four positions are arranged at intervals of 90 degrees around an axis of the rotor.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The centrifuge according to claim 4, wherein the protector has an approximately cylindrical shape, and wherein the frame surrounds the outer periphery of the protector in a rectangular shape.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The centrifuge according to claim 4, wherein a control unit is disposed at an outer side of the protector, and wherein the frame includes a plate spacing the control unit and the protector from each other.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The centrifuge according to claim 4, wherein a cooling pipe is wound around the rotor, wherein a heat insulation layer is provided around the cooling pipe, and wherein the protector surrounds an outer periphery of the heat insulation layer so as to be adjacent to the heat insulation layer.