Patent ID: 8147393

Claim:
A centrifuge rotor, comprising: a rotor body including a central hub and an aperture through said central hub, said aperture aligned with an axis of rotation of said rotor body; first and second bucket receiving spaces defined on diametrically opposed sides of said rotor body; a first pair of arms extending from said central hub and defining said first bucket receiving space; a second pair of arms extending from said central hub and defining said second bucket receiving space; a first pair of spaced apart bucket supports supported by said rotor body for pivotally supporting a swing bucket in said first bucket receiving space; a second pair of spaced apart bucket supports supported by said rotor body for pivotally supporting a swing bucket in said second bucket receiving space; said first pair of said bucket supports being supported by said first pair of arms and said second pair of bucket supports being supported by said second pair of arms; reinforcing material wound around one of said first pair of bucket supports and an oppositely disposed one of said second pair of bucket supports; and reinforcing material wound around the other one of said first pair of bucket supports and the other one of said oppositely disposed second pair of bucket supports; wherein said reinforcing material is directed along one of said first pair of arms and an oppositely disposed one of said second pair of arms as it is wound around said bucket supports; and said reinforcing material is directed along the other one of said first pair of arms and an oppositely disposed one of said second pair of arms as it is wound around said bucket supports.