Centrifugal filter and fluid separation device

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CENTRIFUGALLY FILTERING SOLID PARTICLES FROM A FLUID AND MIXTURES OF FLUIDS COMPRISING: A HOUSING HAVING A FLUID INLET AND OUTLET FORMED THEREIN; A VANED ROTOR CENTRALLY LOCATED IN SAID HOUSING; AN APERTURED END PLATE CARRIED BY SAID ROTOR ADJACENT SAID FLUID INLET; AN INNER SHELL MEMBER REMOVABLY CARRIED BY SAID ROTOR COOPERATING WITH SAID END PLATE AND SAID VANES TO DEFINE AT LEAST TWO CENTRIFUGE CHAMBERS THEREBETWEEN COMMUNICATING WITH SAID HOUSING FORMED INLET THROUGH SAID APERTURES IN SAID END PLATE; MEANS COMMUNICATING AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CENTRIFUGE CHAMBERS WITH SAID HOUSING FORMED OUTLET; A PLURALITY OF FIRST LOUVERS FORMED IN SAID INNER SHELL MEMBER ADJACENT SAID END PLATE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHAMBERS FOR RECEIVING CENTRIFUGED SOLID PARTICLES; A PLURALITY OF SECOND LOUVERS FORMED IN SAID INNER SHELL MEMBER ADJACENT THE OTHER END THEREOF COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHAMBERS FOR RECEIVING CENTRIFUGED SOLID PARTICLES; AN ANNULAR RECESSED PORTION ON SAID INNER SHELL INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF LOUVERS; A PLURALITY OF AXIALLY EXTENDING LONGITUDINAL SLOTS FORMED IN SAID ANNULAR RECESSED PORTION OF SAID INNER SHELL MEMBER COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CHAMBERS FOR RECEIVING CENTRIFUGED SOLID PARTICLES; AN OUTER SHELL MEMBER REMOVABLY CARRIED BY SAID ROTOR COOPERATING WITH SAID END PLATE AND SAID INNER SHELL MEMBER TO DEFINE A CHAMBER FOR COLLECTING CENTRIFUGED SOLID PARTICLES; AN ANNULAR U-SHAPED MEMBER IN SAID CHAMBER, THE OPEN SIDE THEREOF BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT THE RECESSED PORTION OF SAID INNER MEMBER FOR RECEIVING SOLID PARTICLES AND LIQUID FROM SAID SLOTS; AND MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER FOR REMOVING LIQUID FROM SAID U-SHAPED MEMBER.