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Centrifuge with sloped rotational axis and functional components mounted on complementing sloped panel

  • US 5,547,453 A
  • Filed: 09/28/1995
  • Issued: 08/20/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A centrifugation system comprisinga frame comprising side panels, a front panel, and a top panel together enclosing an interior area, the frame including at least one weight bearing member for engaging a support surface generally lying in the horizontal plane,a centrifuge assembly including a chamber and means for rotating the chamber about an axis, anda base supporting the centrifuge assembly on the frame within the interior area with the rotational axis oriented in a first plane that tilts toward the front panel, lying outside a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal support surface,the top panel being supported on the frame in a region above the centrifuge assembly, the top panel carrying at least one functional element, the top panel being oriented in a second plane that slopes outside the vertical plane and intersects the first plane in which the rotational axis of the chamber lies in the region above the centrifuge assembly so the centrifuge assembly extends within the interior area at least partially beneath the top panel, the top panel having a lower edge that terminates short of the front panel creating an access opening that extends from the lower edge of the top panel toward the front panel and includes a portion that extends into the front panel in a third plane oriented generally parallel to the vertical plane to provide access into the interior area and to the centrifuge assembly supported therein.

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