Axially oscillating, horizontal centrifuge

Claim 1

A CENTRIFUGE FOR SEPARAATING LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS IN SUSPENSION, COMPRISING A STATIONARY ENCLOSURE, A SHAFT EXTENDING INTO SAID ENDLOSURE, A BASKET WITHIN SAID ENCLOSURE HAVING A DIVERGING SCREEN SURFACE, AN INLET THROUGH SAID ENCLOSURE TO THE INSIDE OF SID BASKET, FIRST AND SECOND BEARINGS SPACED APART FOR SUPPORTING SAID SHAFT AND PERMITTING ROTATION AND AXIAL RECIPROCATION OF SAID BASKET, FIRST FLEXIBLE COUPLING MEANS ON SAID SHAFT SUPPORTING SAID BASKETE AND PERMITTING AXIAL RECIPROCATION OF THE BASKET WITH RESPECT TO THE SHAFT, MEANS TO IMPART ROTATION TO SAID SHAFT, MEANS TO IMPART AXIAL RECIPROCATION TO SAID BASKET, SECOND FLEXIBLE COUPLING MEANS SUPPORTING SAID BASKET AND PERMITTING ROTATION AND AXIAL RECIPROCATION OF SAID BASKET, SAID SECOND FLEXIBLE COUPLING MEAN BEING AXIALLY SPACED FROM SAID FIRST FLEXIBLE COUPLING MEANS, SAID FLEXIBLE COUPLING MEANS INCLUDING ANNULAR FINGS OF ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL, ONE OF SAID COUPLING MEANS FURTHE INCLUDING SPACED WEB MEMBERS FOR SUPPORTING SAID BASKET, AND WALL MEANS IN SAID ENDLOSURE TO DEFINE DISCHARGE PASSAGES FOR SOLIDS AND SEPARATED LIQUIDS.