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EP 0195321 B1 19900124 - AUTOMATIC CENTRIFUGAL BALANCING MECHANISM

Title (en)

AUTOMATIC CENTRIFUGAL BALANCING MECHANISM

Publication

EP 0195321 B1 19900124 (EN)

Application

EP 86102975 A 19860306

Priority

US 71351585 A 19850319

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0195321A2] Apparatus for generating centrifugal forces, preferably used in carrying out chemical testing, which includes counterweight means on a rotating member of the apparatus which are displaced in response to centrifugal force when no article to be subjected to the centrifugal force is used with the apparatus, thereby to automatically balance the rotating member.

IPC 1-7

B04B 9/14

IPC 8 full level

B04B 5/02 (2006.01); B04B 9/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B04B 9/14 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE FR IT

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0195321 A2 19860924; EP 0195321 A3 19861210; EP 0195321 B1 19900124; CA 1259974 A 19890926; DE 3668425 D1 19900301; JP S61216758 A 19860926

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 86102975 A 19860306; CA 503936 A 19860312; DE 3668425 T 19860306; JP 5965186 A 19860319