Patent ID: 6736968
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: B04B

Abstract:
A horizontal centrifuge comprising:a housing; a basket having an outer open end and an inner closed end and mounted within the housing to rotate about an axis of rotation; a plurality of rings disposed between the open and closed ends of the basket; a plurality of guide rails circumferentially spaced with respect to the rings and having respective lengths extending between the open and the closed ends of the basket, the guide rails providing a plurality of bearing surfaces; a tubular screen having inner and outer surfaces terminating with opposed open ends, the tubular screen being supported inside the basket by the plurality of bearing surfaces; a scroll mounted within the basket to rotate about the axis of rotation, the scroll having open and closed ends adjacent the respective open and closed ends of the basket; and an infeed tube having an outlet extending into the outer end of the scroll.