Patent ID: 6033450
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: B01D,F01M

Abstract:
In combination, a deoiler for separating and removing oil and air from an air/oil mixture, said deoiler comprising a rotatable hollow shaft, a rotatable inducer mounted on said hollow shaft, a rotatable porous media disk mounted on said hollow shaft and being disposed downstream from said rotatable inducer, a rotatable housing mounted on said shaft and rotatable therewith and defining a cavity for encapsulating said rotatable porous media disk for centrifuging the oil out of the air/mixture, an opening is said housing fluidly connecting said hollow shaft for flowing the air from said housing, said hollow shaft defining a passageway for flowing the centrifuged air axially through said hollow shaft, a baffle including a plate extending longitudinally in said hollow shaft and diametrically extending across said passageway for dividing said passageway into at least two parallel passages, whereby the pressure losses through said passageway is reduced.