Patent ID: 7077799
Filing Date: 2006-07-18
Classification: B04B,C02F

Abstract:
1. A self-cleaning centrifuge for clarifying contaminated liquids comprising: a rotor assembly supported for rotation about an axis, the rotor assembly having a first set and a second set of nested cylinders, each set having a plurality of concentric cylinders, wherein the first set and the second set are both supported for rotation and supported for rotation relative to each other, each cylinder having one or more openings at a first end of the nested cylinders and one or more openings at an opposite second end of the nested cylinders, the cylinders defining a plurality of concentric liquid passageways configured for parallel unidirectional flow of the liquids from the openings at the first end of the nested cylinders through the plurality of concentric liquid passageways to the openings at the second end of the nested cylinders.