Claims
- 1. A centrifugal separator system for separating a feed material at a high speed, comprising:
- a rotatable centrifuge bowl having an interior surface for receiving said feed material;
- a flexible suspension means for rotatably, flexibly supporting said bowl, said flexible suspension means including resilient isolators;
- a scraper blade to remove solids from said interior surface of said bowl during low speed revolutions; and
- retractable substantially radially rigid restraining means for constraining said bowl during low speed revolutions such that the distance between said scraper blade and said interior surface remains substantially constant.
- 2. The centrifuge separation system of claim 1 in which said resilient isolators include springs.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/162,781, filed Dec. 6, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,356,367, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/088,605, filed Jul. 6, 1993, abandoned, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/803,477, filed Dec. 4, 1991, abandoned.
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