Clifford L Amero

US Patent:

41901940, Feb 26, 1980

Filed:

Jul 28, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/928995

Inventors:

Clifford L. Amero - East Walpole MA

Assignee:

Bird Machine Company, Inc. - South Walpole MA

International Classification:

B04B 120

US Classification:

233 7

Abstract:

A solids-liquid separating centrifuge of the type having a bowl, a conveyor and drive gearing for rotating the bowl and conveyor at differential speeds, so that the conveyor continuously moves settled solids longitudinally of the bowl to discharge from an outlet in a reduced diameter end of the bowl, has one or more nozzle outlets through the bowl wall with their inlets exposed to the path of movement of a portion of settled solids by the conveyor toward the bowl end solids outlet to remove therethrough a relatively slow settling and difficult to convey portion of the solids.