Patent ID: 9192945
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A23L,B04B,C12H

Abstract:
1. A separator comprising: a rotatable drum having a vertical rotational axis and including a disk stack arranged in the drum; an inner gripper and an outer gripper that do not rotate with the drum and are configured to discharge mutually-separated liquid phases; a discharge line is assigned to each gripper and is arranged in an associated gripper chamber of the drum; the inner gripper includes an inner gripper shaft and the outer gripper includes an outer gripper shaft both of which shafts protrude axially from the drum; each associated gripper chamber with its associated gripper revolves on different radii with respect to the rotational axis such that a first chamber is formed radially between an outer circumference of the inner gripper shaft and an inner circumference of the outer gripper shaft; and the first chamber is configured such that a fluid is insertable into the first chamber through a channel, which fluid is pressable from the first chamber into the gripper chambers.