Centrifugal separators

Claim 1

IN A CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR FOR GASEOUS MIXTURES COMPRISING A VACUUM CHAMBER, AND AN ELONGATED THIN-WALLED HOLLOW ROTOR, MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE ROTOR IN THE CHAMBER TO TURN ABOUT A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL AXIS, SAID MOUNTING MEANS IN NORMAL OPERATION BEING LOCATED AT THE LOWER END ONLY OF THE ROTOR AND INCLUDING MEANS POSITIVELY POSITIONING THE LOWER END OF THE ROTOR AT ALL TIMES DURING ROTATION THEREOF WHILE PERMITTING TILTING OF THE UPPER PART OF THE ROTOR ABOUT ITS VERTICAL AXIS, SAID ROTOR AND SAID CHAMBER INCLUDING AT THE UPPER END OF THE ROTOR ADJACENT BUT NON-CONTIGUOUS BODIES ONE OF WHICH IS MAGNETIZED WHILE THE OTHER IS MAGNETIC, SAID BODIES BEING SYMMETRICAL ABOUT THE VERTICAL AXIS OF THE ROTOR AND MAINTAINING THE ROTOR AXIS SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL, SAID BODIES BEING ANNULAR RINGS, AND MEANS FORMING THREE SEPARATE PASSAGES FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GASEOUS MIXTURE AND THE REMOVAL OF THE SEPARATED COMPONENTS RESPECTIVELY EXTENDING FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROTOR THROUGH SAID RINGS INTO THE ROTOR.