Patent ID: 6383126
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B04B

Abstract:
A centrifuge comprising:a rotor with at least one housing to hold a product for centrifuging and having an associated lid to close the or each housing, a motor on which the rotor is mounted to rotate about an axis of rotation, checking means for checking for the presence, on each housing, of the associated lid in order to prevent the execution of a cycle of centrifugation if the lid of a housing is absent, said checking means comprising at least one element to be detected on each lid and at least one corresponding sensor, and a control unit constructed to check for the presence on each housing of the associated lid, said control unit comprising means for causing the rotor to be rotated, means for comparing the number of elements detected with the total number of elements that would be detected if each lid were present, and means for preventing the execution of a cycle of centrifugation if the number of elements detected is less than the total number of elements that should be detected.