Patent ID: 6981995

Claim:
A separator device, comprising: A) a wound conduit member having an internal surface and an outermost wall portion and including an inlet and an outlet, and said outermost wall portion including a plurality of through openings with an inwardly extending wall cooperatively disposed adjacent and downstream to said through openings at an angle to facilitate the exit of solids by defining an entrance adjacent to said outermost wall portion, said outermost wall portion includes outwardly extending walls for each of said through openings cooperatively disposed adjacent and upstream to said through openings to prevent said small particles from coming back inside said conduct member, said outwardly extending walls are cooperatively disposed at an angle to facilitate the exit of said liquid by defining an entrance adjacent to said outermost wall portion; B) means for applying a pressure differential between said inlet and outlet so that a fluid having small particles in suspension entering said inlet is forced through said wound conduit member and out through said outlet causing said small particles to be forced out through said though openings by the action of centrifugal forces; and C) housing means wherein said wound conduit member is mounted therein thereby containing said small particles.