Patent ID: 7591775

Claim:
A continuous flow type centrifuge comprising: a rotating apparatus portion including a rotor rotatably disposed in a main housing; a sample tank containing a sample; a drive motor coupled to the rotor for rotating the rotor about a rotation axis; a sample injecting connector for injecting the sample stored in the sample tank into the rotor; a first pipe connecting between the sample tank and the sample injecting connector; a sample discharging connector for discharging the centrifugally separated sample from the rotor; a sample discharging tank; a second pipe connecting between the sample discharging connector and the sample discharging tank; a sterilizing apparatus including a sterilizing fluid source; a third pipe connecting between the sterilizing fluid source and one of the first pipe and the second pipe; means for trapping the sterilizing fluid; and a fourth pipe connecting between the sterilizing trapping means and the other of the first pipe and the second pipe.