Centrifuge discharge means

Claim 1

A CENTRIFUGE COMPRISING (A) A BOWL MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ABOUT AN AXIS, THE BOWL HAVING A LIQUID DISCHARGE OPENING WITH ITS MARGIN DISPOSED ABOUT THE AXIS. (B) AN ANNULAR POCKET ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOWL ABOUT THE OPENING AND FACING TOWARD THE AXIS, THE POCKET HAVING A REMOTE WALL SPACED FROM THE BOWL, (C) A STATIONARY LIQUID DISCHARGE CONDUIT MOUNTED ON THE AXIS AND HAVING A TUBULAR WALL WITH A SMOOTH INTERIOR AND FIRST AND SECOND ENDS, THE FIRST END HAVING AN ANNULAR FLANGE WITH OPPOSITE FACES EXTENDING OUTWARD THEREFROM AND INTO THE POCKET, THE ANNULAR FLANGE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THICKER AT ITS OUTPER PERIPHERY THAN THE TUBULAR WALL, THE OPPOSITE FACES ON THE ANNULAR FLANGE BEING SMOOTH, THE FACE MORE REMOTE FROM THE BOWL BEING DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY OF THE AXIS, THE FACE MORE PROXIMATE THE BOWL FORMED WITH A SMOOTH INWARDLY ROUNDED PORTION APPROACHING THE SMOOTH INTERIOR OF THE TUBULAR WALL, (D) VANES ON THE INSIDE OF THE REMOTE WALL AND HAVING DISTAL EDGES DISPOSED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND CLOSELY CONFRONTING THE SAID RADIAL FACE OF THE FLANGE, AND (E) A GAS-TIGHT SEALED LIQUID-COLLECTION CHAMBER SURROUNDING AND SEALED TO THE SECOND END OT THE CONDUIT, WHEREBY THE DISCHARGING LIQUID PASSES SMOOTHLY FROM THE BOWL THROUGH THE CONDUIT AND INTO THE COLLECTION CHAMBER, THE SMOOTH NATURE OF THE FLANGE SURFACES AND THE INTERIOR OF THE CONDUIT AND THE SEALED NATURE OF THE COLLECTION CHAMBER SERVING TO MINIMIZE FOAMING OF THE DISCHARGING LIQUID.