Patent ID: 7066987

Claim:
Separating cyclone for at least partially separating a mixture of fluids of different density into a light fraction with a relatively low density and a heavy fraction with a relatively high density, comprising: an outer casing which defines a flow space through which the mixture is to flow; an inlet connected distally to the outer casing for admitting the mixture for separating into the flow space, a flow body disposed in the flow space wherein the mixture can be guided in a flow direction through the flow space and between the flow body and the outer casing and wherein the flow body has a distal part of decreasing diameter in the flow direction; a rotator device in the flow space for setting into rotation the mixture for separating; a first outlet connected proximally to the outer casing for discharging the heavy fraction from the flow space; a second outlet disposed in the flow space for discharging the light fraction from the flow space, and at least one bypass channel at the distal part of the flow body, each bypass channel being shaped and positioned for guiding a part of the mixture flowing along the flow body in the flow direction.