Centrifuges

Claim 1

IN A CENTRIFUGE, A LENGTH OF FLEXIBLE, OPEN-ENDED TUBING ARRANGED AS A COIL WITH AXIALLY SPACED TURNS, AN OPEN MOUTH, SMOOTH-SURFACED, SOLID WALLED BASKET MOUNTED FOR ROTATION ABUT A VERTICAL AXIS AND INCLUDING AN AXIAL SUPPLY CONDUIT PORTION TO WHICH ONE END OF THE TUBING IS CONNECTED AND AN INWARDLY DISPOSED SHOULDER ADJACENT SAID MOUTH DEFINING A SUBJACENT ZONE IN WHICH THE COIL IS SEATED AGAINST THE BASKET WALL, THE OTHER END OF THE TUBING OPENING IN SAID SUBJACENT ZONE, AND SAID SHOULDER ALSO DEFINING AN EXIT FOR THE EFFLUENT FROM THE OTHER END OF THE TUBING, SAID SHOULDER ESTABLISHING THE THICKNESS OF THE EFFLUENT LAYER RESULTING FROM THE DISCHARGE FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID TUBE, SAID SHOULDER ALSO HAVING PORTS EXTENDING VERTICALLY THERETHROUGH, EACH SPACED THE SAME DISTANCE FROM THE BASKET WALL, THE DIAMETER OF THE TUBING BEING GREATER THAN SAID DISTANCE.