Process and apparatus for continuous centrifuging of viscous sugar compounds

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APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS CENTRIFUGING OF VISCOUS SUGAR, COMPRISING AN OUTER HOUSING, AN INNER HOUSING SPACED FROM SAID OUTER HOUSING AND PROVIDED WITH A BOTTOM PORTION, BOTH SAID HOUSINGS FORMING A FIRST CHAMBER THEREBETWEEN FOR CENTRIFUGED SUGAR, SAID OUTER HOUSING PROVIDED WITH A TOP PORTION HAVING A CENTRAL CIRCULAR OPENING, A BASE MOUNTED ON SAID INNER HOUSING''S BOTTOM PORTION, A SUBSTANTIALLY FRUSTO-CONICAL CENTRIFUGE BUCKET MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL AXIAL ROTATION ON SAID BASE, SAID BUCKET HAVING AN UPPER EDGE PORTION ALIGNED WITH SAID OPENING AND WIDER THAN SAID BUCKET''S BOTTOM PORTION AND A SEPARATING WALL PORTION PROVIDED WITH A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS, VARIABLE SPEED MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID BUCKET AT HIGH ROTATIONAL SPEED, SAID BASE AND SAID BUCKET FORMING A SECOND CHAMBER WITH SAID INNER HOUSING FOR COLLECTING MOLASSES SPUN THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN SAID BUCKET, AN ACCELERATOR POT IN THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID BUCKET FOR RECEIVING AND ACCELERATING THE MATERIAL TO BE CENTRIFUGED, A FISHING RING SECURED IN THE OPENING IN THE TOP OF SAID OUTER HOUSING AND EXTENDING DOWNWARD TOWARD THE UPPER EDGE PORTION OF SAID BUCKET FOR PREVENTING SUGAR FROM REBOUNDING INTO THE BUCKET, SAID FISHING RING CORRESPONDING SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID BUCKET''S UPPER EDGE PORTION, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING MATERIAL TO SAID POT, A CHANNEL EXTENDING ABOUT THE UPPER EDGE PORTION OF SAID BUCKET FOR DRAINING MOLASSES FROM SAID SECOND CHAMBER, A MOLASSES DRAIN MOUNTED IN SAID APPARATUS, AND A PIPE CONNECTING SAID CHANNEL WITH SAID MOLASSES DRAIN.