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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2005
Peter K. Herman, Cookeville, TN (US);
Hendrik N. Amirkhanian, Cookeville, TN (US);
Peter K. Herman, Cookeville, TN (US);
Hendrik N. Amirkhanian, Cookeville, TN (US);
Fleetguard, Inc., Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A centrifuge for the separation of particulate matter from a volume of fluid includes an outer housing, a rotational member extending through the outer housing, and a rotor assembled onto the rotational member for rotation relative to the rotational member and relative to the housing. The centrifuge is constructed and arranged to enable self-driven rotation by the exit flow of fluid through jet nozzle openings defined by the rotor. The rotational member includes a fluid passageway and an exit opening for delivering fluid to the rotor. The rotor includes a divider plate that separates the interior of the rotor into a collection chamber and a separate jet zone. The collection chamber has a single fluid entry location defined by the divider plate for processing a single batch of fluid at a time.