US 11,911,778 B2
Continuous centrifuge with air trap for capturing bubbles
Takato Komura, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to Eppendorf Himac Technologies Co., Ltd., Ibaraki (JP)
Appl. No. 17/059,263
Filed by Eppendorf Himac Technologies Co., Ltd., Ibaraki (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/017902
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 27, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/230299, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-104660 (JP), filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0205824 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. B04B 15/04 (2006.01); B01D 19/00 (2006.01); B04B 1/02 (2006.01); B04B 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC B04B 15/04 (2013.01) [B01D 19/0052 (2013.01); B04B 1/02 (2013.01); B04B 11/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A continuous centrifuge, comprising: a rotor having a core that partitions an interior into a plurality of spaces for separating a sample; a rotor chamber that accommodates the rotor; a drive portion for rotating the rotor; and a sample line for continuously supplying the sample to the rotor and discharging the sample from the rotor during rotation of the rotor, wherein
an air trap is arranged for capturing bubbles from the sample by a centrifugal force and separates the bubbles from the sample with the centrifugal force by rotating together with the rotor before the sample supplied from the sample line reaches a sample separation space in the rotor.