Appeal No. 96-0978
Application 08/110,324
further consideration by the examiner under the provisions of 37
CFR § 1.142(b) as being directed to a nonelected species. We
affirm-in-part.
The appellants’ invention pertains to a feed accelerator
system for use in a centrifuge. Independent claim 1 is further
illustrative of the appealed subject matter and reads as follows:
1. A feed accelerator system for use in a centrifuge, the
system comprising
a conveyor hub rotatably mounted substantially
concentrically within a rotating bowl, the hub including an
inside surface and an outside surface,
at least one helical blade mounted to the outside surface of
the conveyor hub, the blade having a plurality of turns,
an accelerator secured within the conveyor and including a
distributor having a distributor surface,
a feed pipe mounted substantially concentrically within the
conveyor hub for delivering a feed slurry to the centrifuge, the
feed pipe including a discharge opening, positioned proximate to
the distributor surface,
at least one feed slurry passageway between the inside
surface of conveyor hub and the outside surface of the conveyor
hub, and
a vane apparatus associated with the passageway and disposed
between two adjacent turns of the helical blade.
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