Patent ID: 7753834

Claim:
A solid-bowl centrifuge comprising: a centrifugal drum rotatable about a horizontal axis of rotation, the centrifugal drum including a weir to drain a liquid out of the centrifugal drum, the weir including a passage having at least one passage opening in an axial end region of the centrifugal drum that includes a drum lid; an annular deflector plate arranged outside the centrifugal drum and in front of the drum lid, the deflector plate being stationary during an operation of the centrifugal drum and widening at least in sections as the deflector plate extends away from the centrifugal drum; and the deflector plate including an interior jacket and having a radially innermost edge upstream of the at least one passage opening of the weir such that liquid exiting the drum is directed away from the drum lid, and a distance of the interior jacket from the horizontal axis of rotation not being constant but widening.