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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jean Claude Letourneur, Pornichet, FR;
Assignee:
Jouan, Saint-Herblain, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
494 12 ; 494 16 ; 494 84 ; 403327 ; 403330 ;
Abstract
A centrifuge including a drive head attached to a rotation shaft and a rotor adapted to be removably mounted on the drive head in a rotational driving position and which is coupled thereto during rotation of the drive head. The centrifuge includes elements for axially locking the rotor to the drive head by applying to the rotor an axial retaining force that increases with the rotational speed of the drive head.