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EP 0742740 A4 19980422 - CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATIONS APPARATUS

Title (en)

CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATIONS APPARATUS

Title (de)

ZENTRIFUGALE TRENNVORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

APPAREIL DE SEPARATION CENTRIFUGE

Publication

EP 0742740 A4 19980422 (EN)

Application

EP 95908171 A 19950202

Priority

  • AU 9500055 W 19950202
  • AU PM376094 A 19940208

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9521697A1] Centrifugal separations apparatus (10), for example for separating sugar from massecuite, including centrifuge means (11) having an inlet (32), a liquids discharge (31), a lip, a solids discharge (18), and a deflector (23) operatively associated with the solids discharge, wherein: a) the lip is adapted to operatively discharge solids being discharged from the centrifuge means (11) at a trajectory and the deflector (23) is adapted to interrupt the trajectory to decelerate and change the direction of travel of the solids, to prevent them impacting the walls of the chamber (24); or b) the deflector (23) is operatively associated with the lip of the centrifuge means (11) and cooperable with solids being discharged from the solids discharge whereby build-up of solids on the deflector is substantially prevented; or c) the lip configuration causes the trajectories of the discharging crystals to be relatively independent of their size and/or their residual syrup/moisture content; or d) including support means, such as a spider-like construction having one or more webs substantially parallel to the angular motion of the solids being discharged from the solids discharge, operatively supporting the centrifuge means whereby the impact area for solids discharged from the solids discharge may be minimized; or e) including blending means operatively associated with the solids discharge for blending solids discharged from the centrifugal separations apparatus.

IPC 1-7

B04B 11/02; B04B 3/00; B04B 15/00; C13F 1/06

IPC 8 full level

B04B 3/00 (2006.01); B04B 11/02 (2006.01); B04B 11/06 (2006.01); C13B 30/06 (2011.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B04B 3/00 (2013.01); B04B 11/06 (2013.01); C13B 30/06 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9521697 A1 19950817; AU PM376094 A0 19940303; BR 9506766 A 19971007; CN 1143337 A 19970219; CU 22472 A3 19971224; EP 0742740 A1 19961120; EP 0742740 A4 19980422; JP H09508574 A 19970902; MX 9603283 A 19970731; ZA 95787 B 19951009

DOCDB simple family (application)

AU 9500055 W 19950202; AU PM376094 A 19940208; BR 9506766 A 19950202; CN 95192002 A 19950202; CU 895 A 19950206; EP 95908171 A 19950202; JP 52085095 A 19950202; MX 9603283 A 19950202; ZA 95787 A 19950201