Claims
- 1. A method for accelerating a liquid in a centrifuge, having a central axis of rotation and a conveyor hub with an inside and an outside, in which a liquid passes from the inside to the outside of the conveyor hub through at least one passageway between the inside and the outside of the conveyor hub, comprising
- discharging and separating the liquid into multiple streams in each passageway to more than one position located outwardly, relative to the axis of rotation, from the outside of the conveyor hub.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the liquid is discharged at a forward angle.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the liquid is discharged at a reverse angle.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein a Coriolis force, which otherwise tends to inhibit the flow of the liquid from the inside of the conveyor hub into the passageway, is opposed so that the liquid is directed into the passageway.
- 5. A method for accelerating a liquid in a centrifuge, having a central axis of rotation and a conveyor hub with an inside and an outside, in which a liquid passes from the inside to the outside of the conveyor hub through at least one passageway between the inside and the outside of the conveyor hub and forms an annular separation pool on an inside surface of a rotating bowl located outwardly, relative to the axis of rotation, from the conveyor hub, the separation pool having a pool surface, comprising
- separating the liquid into multiple streams in each passageway,
- accelerating the multiple streams to the circumferential velocity at the pool surface, and
- directing the multiple streams to multiple locations on the pool surface.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 07/816,599, filed on Dec. 31, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,403,486.
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