Centrifugal machine
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1. A centrifugal machine comprising:
- a. a bowl having a hub portion;
b. drive means for rotating said bowl continuously about an axis of rotation;
c. a receptacle mounted in said bowl for rotation therewith about said axis and having an axially terminal portion open in one axial direction;
d. a distributor having an inner face spacedly enveloping said terminal portion and flaring in an axial direction opposite to said one direction;
e. a plurality of radial arms interposed between said hub portion and said inner face and securing said distributor to said bowl for joint rotation,1. said arms defining axial passages therebetween,2. said inner face being formed with two recesses radially open toward said passages and axially open contiguously adjacent each arm in respective circumferential directions,3. said arms and said recesses being located in a common radial plane; and
f. feeding means for feeding a slurry to said receptacle.
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Abstract
A slurry-feeding arrangement for a continuously operating, vertical, centrifugal filter includes a dish-shaped receptacle coaxially mounted on the hub portion of the bowl and a distributor having the shape of an inverted cup enveloping the receptacle and connected to the hub by radial arms of a spider plate integral with the receptacle. The slurry to be filtered is centrifugally deposited from the receptacle on the inner face of the distributor, and thinning of the deposited film of slurry on the segments of the distributor face between the arms and the open end of the distributor is prevented by radially open recesses on either circumferential side of each arm in the inner distributor face.
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1. A centrifugal machine comprising:
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a. a bowl having a hub portion; b. drive means for rotating said bowl continuously about an axis of rotation; c. a receptacle mounted in said bowl for rotation therewith about said axis and having an axially terminal portion open in one axial direction; d. a distributor having an inner face spacedly enveloping said terminal portion and flaring in an axial direction opposite to said one direction; e. a plurality of radial arms interposed between said hub portion and said inner face and securing said distributor to said bowl for joint rotation, 1. said arms defining axial passages therebetween, 2. said inner face being formed with two recesses radially open toward said passages and axially open contiguously adjacent each arm in respective circumferential directions, 3. said arms and said recesses being located in a common radial plane; and f. feeding means for feeding a slurry to said receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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