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• 8 Japan
• 7 China
• 5 Korea
• 2 Other

Patent Owner(s)

Patent Owner	Address
GEA MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT GMBH	59302 OELDE

International Classification(s)

• B04B:CENTRIFUGES

• 2014 Application Filing Year
• B04B Class
• 107 Applications Filed
• 99 Patents Issued To-Date
• 92.53 % Issued To-Date

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Bathelt, Thomas	Oelde, DE	25	156
# of filed Patents : 25 Total Citations : 156
Koenig, Julian	Paderborn, DE	1	9
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 9
Quiter, Kathrin	Drensteinfurt, DE	20	96
# of filed Patents : 20 Total Citations : 96

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Patent Citation Ranking

• 9 Citation Count
• B04B Class

• 13.41 % this patent is cited more than
• 8 Age

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DATE PUBLISHED	PUBLICATION/PATENT NO.	PUBLICATION TYPE
June 27, 2017	US,9687858,B2   US9687858B2	GRANTED PATENT AS SECOND PUBLICATION
January 07, 2016	US,20160001302,A1   US20160001302A1	FIRST PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATION

Full Text

US Patent No: 9687858

Separator disk package with separator disks having labyrinth-like flow channel

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A separator disk package for a rotatable drum of a centrifuge for processing of a fluid product in continuous operation is disclosed. The separator disk package includes axially stacked conical separator disks, where, between adjacent separator disks, disk gaps are respectively formed. On one or more of the axially adjacent separator disks are one or more labyrinth-like flow channels, in which, during operation, a direction of flow of a through-flowing product, which is to be clarified of solids, changes on two or more occasions through respectively at least 120°.

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• AS2016
• P2016
• F2014
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