Patent ID: 6015375
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: B04B

Abstract:
A centrifuge, comprising:a centrifugal drum rotating about a vertical rotational axis and having a peeling chamber;a peeling device disposed in the peeling chamber for continuously draining a liquid phase clarified or separated in the centrifugal drum;a locking disk located above the peeling chamber and securely fixed to the peeling device, with the locking disk projecting in a locking chamber circulating conjointly with the centrifugal drum and forming an outer bottom, wherein the peeling device is provided with a channel for supply of a sealing liquid into the locking chamber;a first lid bounding the locking chamber upwardly and outwardly and having a free edge facing the rotational axis and forming an overflow weir; anda second locking chamber lid arranged between the locking disk and the first lid, said second locking chamber lid being inwardly offset with respect to the outer bottom of the locking chamber and forming with the first lid a flow channel for carrying away solids deposited on the outer bottom of the locking chamber via the overflow weir.