Inertia centrifuge

Claim 1

A devicE that utilizes inertia and centrifugal force for separating fluid mixtures comprising a rotatable separating chamber, a first tubular shaft providing an inlet to said chamber, a second tubular shaft providing at least two compartment outlets to said chamber, means for rotationally driving said shafts and chamber, said chamber comprising a cylinder arranged to rotate with said first and second tubular shafts, said cylinder being positioned intermediate the inlet portions of said first shaft and the outlet portions of said second shaft, said cylinder sectioned into at least one pocket by a wall, extending radially from cylinder center proximity to the circumference and joined to said cylinder internal ends and at the circumference, said wall providing a lagging and leading edge for said rotatable pocket, said first tubular shaft arranged to deliver pressurized mixture to the lagging edge of said pocket, a heavies separation fraction ejection port positioned at the circumference end of said lagging edge of said pocket, means for passing said heavies from said heavies ejection port to said second tubular shaft, a first compartment of said second shaft having its intake communicating with the interior of said chamber, said first compartment provided with a first discharge port, stationary heavies removal plumbing for receiving pressurized discharge from said first discharge port, a lights separation fraction ejection port positioned adjacent said leading edge of said pocket, a baffle extending perpendicularly from the said pocket leading edge, said baffle extending around and slightly by the periphery of said lights ejection port preventing mixture from directly entering said port, means for passing said lights from said lights ejection port to said second tubular shaft, a second compartment of said second shaft having its intake communicating with the interior of said chamber, said second compartment provided with a second discharge port, stationary lights removal plumbing for receiving pressurized discharge from said second discharge port, valve means operable to control said lights fraction discharge thereby controlling relative proportion of the separation fractions discharged and developing back-pressure to induce heavies flow from said heavies ejection port to said first compartment of said second tubular shaft.

Claim 2

A devicE that utilizes inertia and centrifugal force for separating fluid mixtures comprising a rotatable separating chamber, a first tubular shaft providing an inlet to said chamber, a second tubular shaft providing at least two compartment outlets to said chamber, means for rotationally driving said shafts and chamber, said chamber comprising a cylinder arranged to rotate with said first and second tubular shafts, said cylinder being positioned intermediate the inlet portions of said first shaft and the outlet portions of said second shaft, said cylinder sectioned into at least one pocket by a wall, extending radially from cylinder center proximity to the circumference and joined to said cylinder internal ends and at the circumference, said wall providing a lagging and leading edge for said rotatable pocket, said first tubular shaft arranged to deliver pressurized mixture to the lagging edge of said pocket, a heavies separation fraction ejection port positioned at the circumference end of said lagging edge of said pocket, means for passing said heavies from said heavies ejection port to said second tubular shaft, a first compartment of said second shaft having its intake communicating with the interior of said chamber, said first compartment provided with a first discharge port, stationary heavies removal plumbing for receiving pressurized discharge from said first discharge port, a lights separation fraction ejection port positioned adjacent said leading edge of said pocket, a baffle extending perpendicularly from the said pocket leading edge, said baffle extending around and slightly by the periphery of said lights ejection port preventing mixture from directly entering said port, means for passing said lights from said lights ejection port to said second tubular shaft, a second compartment of said second shaft having its intake communicating with the interior of said chamber, said second compartment provided with a second discharge port, stationary lights removal plumbing for receiving pressurized discharge from said second discharge port, valve means operable to control said lights fraction discharge thereby controlling relative proportion of the separation fractions discharged and developing back-pressure to induce heavies flow from said heavies ejection port to said first compartment of said second tubular shaft.