(under subclass 194) Apparatus which (a) separates a fluid mixture by centrifugal force causing the fluid mixture to spin or whirl as by tangential flow about a central axis, forcing denser fluids away from the axis and remaining fluids closer to the axis of rotation, or (b) rotates or causes the fluid mixture to spin or whirl as by tangential flow about a central axis.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
167, 171, 177+, 208+, and 216+, for centrifugal type separators of this class combined with other features.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
55, Gas Separation,
447+, for other gas separation apparatus in which the fluid
mixture is caused to spin or turn about an axis to separate a constituent therefrom.
