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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2011
Applicant:
T. David Marro, Magnolia, MA (US);
Inventor:
T. David Marro, Magnolia, MA (US);
Assignee:
PNEUMATIC SCALE CORPORATION, Cuyahoga Falls, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B04B 9/10 (2006.01); B04B 13/00 (2006.01); B04B 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B04B 13/00 (2013.01); B04B 9/10 (2013.01); B04B 11/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A centrifuge may include a bowl operative to rotate with respect to a stationary portion. The centrifuge may include at least one vibration sensor operative to generate vibration data representative of vibrational movement of portions of the centrifuge. The processor may monitor the vibration data as the bowl is being filled with a fluid. The processor may cause a drive device to increase the rotational speed of the bowl responsive to determining from the vibration data that the bowl has becoming substantially filled with a fluid.