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Device for regulating the concentration of cream in a centrifuge for separating milk

  • US 4,781,208 A
  • Filed: 07/29/1987
  • Issued: 11/01/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1986
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a device for regulating the concentration of cream in a centrifuge for separating milk, having an inlet, an outlet, choke means between the inlet and outlet and including a manually activatable first valve body for setting the choke at a constant minimum cross-section, and a second valve body for expanding the cross section when a prescribed outflow pressure is exceeded, the improvement wherein the choke means includes one seat associated with the first valve body and another seat associated with the second valve body, wherein the valve bodies and the seats associated with them are accommodated in separate housings and further comprising a contact manometer with two switching contacts located at the inlet upstream of both valve housings and means for activating the second valve body only after the second switching contact is exceeded, wherein the activating means comprises a source of compressed air and a remotely controlled valve connecting the second valve body housing and the source of compressed air and a pressure converter controlled by the pressure in the device and positioned between the remotely controlled valve and the second valve body.

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