Patent ID: 7338427

Claim:
A centrifugal separator for separating a product to at least a relatively heavy phase and a relatively light phase, wherein the centrifugal separator includes: a centrifuge rotor, rotatable about a rotary axis and a rotor wall enclosing a separating space, at least an inlet channel, which extends through the rotor wall and is arranged to permit, during an operating state for the centrifugal separator, feeding of the product to the separating space, a first outlet channel, which extends through the rotor wall and is arranged to permit, during said operating state, discharging of the heavy phase from the separating space, and a second outlet channel, which extends through the rotor wall and is arranged to permit, during said operation state, discharging of the light phase from the separating space, the centrifuge rotor further including a first chamber for collecting the heavy phase, at least one heavy phase channel, which extends from a radially outer area of the separating space to the first chamber for feeding the heavy phase from the radially outer area to the first chamber, and at least one nozzle member, which is provided between the heavy phase channel and the first chamber for creating a controlled feeding of the heavy phase from the heavy phase channel to the first channel, wherein a first paring member extending outwardly in the first chamber from the first outlet channel and including an outer orifice for discharging the heavy phase from the first chamber out of the centrifuge rotor via the outer orifice of the first paring member, the centrifuge rotor including a second paring member, extending outwardly in the first chamber to an outer orifice and which is arranged to permit, feeding of a cleaning liquid from the first chamber to the heavy phase channel via the outer orifice of the second paring member.