Patent ID: 7452323
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: B04B,F16L

Abstract:
1. In a centrifuge for rotating a fluid retentive housing such that one or more selected materials suspended in a fluid retained within the housing are centrifuged upon rotation of the housing, said centrifuge including: a first rotatable mechanism having a rotation axis with the fluid retentive housing being coaxially mounted on the first rotatable mechanism for co-rotation therewith; a second rotatable mechanism having a rotation axis with the first and second rotatable mechanisms being coaxially interconnected for co-rotation around a common axis; fluid tubing connected at one end to the axis of the fluid retentive housing and having a distal length curving axially backwardly from the fluid retentive housing; the improvement comprising: whereby upon rotation of said first and second rotation mechanisms said fluid tubing is free to one of rotate with and rotate relative to said support tube.