Centrifuge apparatus
Abstract
Abstract A HEAVY PHASE MATERIAL, SEPARATED FROM A LIGHT PHASE MATERIAL AND ACCUMULATED ON THE PERIHPERAL WALL OF A CENTRIFUGE BOWL, IS REMOVED FROM THE BOWL BY A SKIMMER IN RESPONSE TO SENSING ACTION OF A DETECTOR. THE LATTER INCLUDS AN OVERFLOW CONDUIT EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM AN OPENING IN THE BOWL WALL TO THE MAXIMUM DESIRED LEVEL OF THE HEAVY PHASE MATERIAL. TO CONDUIT CONDUCTS A SAMPLE OF THE MATERIAL AT SUCH LEVEL TO A GRAVIMETRIC DEVICE WHICH SENSES AN INCREASE IN SPECIFIC GRAVITY ABOVE THAT OF THE LIGHT PHASE MATERIAL, AS WOULD BE OCCASIONED BY ITS CONTAMINATION WITH HEAVY PHASE MATERIAL. THE DEVICE INDICATES THAT HEAVY PHASE MATERIAL HAS ACCULATED TO THE MAXIMUM DESIRED LEVEL AND RESPONDS BY ACTUATING A SKIMMER FOR REMOVING THE HEAVY PHASE MATERIAL FROM THE BOWL.
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- 👤 Charles Edward Trump
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