IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,896,984
Granted Patent B2
US 11,896,984 · App. 16/499,863 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Container for centrifugation

Inventor: Hyun Sun Shin (Seoul, KR)
B04B7/08B01L2300/0864B01L2400/0409
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Patent No.
US 11,896,984
App. No.
16/499,863
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a container for centrifugation. The container for centrifugation includes: a main body ( 100 ) including a first chamber ( 110 ) in which a material to be centrifuged is received, a second chamber ( 120 ) in which a suspended material centrifuged from the material in the first chamber ( 110 ) is decanted from the first chamber ( 110 ) and received and which is positioned on one side of the first chamber ( 110 ), and a coupling part ( 130 ) formed to surround the first chamber ( 110 ) and the outside of the upper end of the second chamber ( 120 ); and a cover ( 200 ) which covers an upper portion of the main body ( 100 ) and forms a fluid communication path (P) of the decanted suspended material between the first chamber ( 110 ) and the second chamber ( 120 ).

Claims (26)

1. A container for centrifugation comprising:

a main body ( 100 ) including a first chamber ( 110 ) in which a material to be centrifuged is received, a second chamber ( 120 ) in which a suspended material centrifuged from the material in the first chamber ( 110 ) is decanted from the first chamber ( 110 ) and received and which is positioned on one side of the first chamber ( 110 ), and a coupling part ( 130 ) formed to surround the first chamber ( 110 ) and the outside of the upper end of the second chamber ( 120 ); and

a cover ( 200 ) which covers an upper portion of the main body ( 100 ) and forms a fluid communication path (P) of the decanted suspended material between the first chamber ( 110 ) and the second chamber ( 120 ),

wherein the inside of the first chamber ( 110 ) has a valve body ( 140 ′) which is disposed to linearly reciprocate in a longitudinal direction of the first chamber ( 110 ) to be positioned on a boundary layer between the centrifuged materials and have a through-hole ( 145 ′) formed on the bottom surface and through which the material to be centrifuged is separately moved,

the cover ( 200 ) is configured by a ring part ( 230 ) which forms the rim of the cover ( 200 ) and is formed to be coupled to the coupling part ( 130 ) at the rim of the cover, a recess part ( 220 ) which is connected to the inner side of the ring part ( 230 ) to be formed in a recessed shape, and a protrusion part ( 210 ) which is connected to the inner side of the recess part ( 220 ) and formed in a protruding shape to form the fluid communication path (P) so that the suspended material is discharged from the first chamber ( 110 ) to the second chamber ( 120 ),

in the protrusion part ( 210 ), an inlet port ( 212 ) is formed to protrude from the protrusion part ( 210 ) for injecting the material to be centrifuged to the first chamber ( 110 ),

the recess part ( 220 ) has an air vent for discharging inner air by injecting the material to be centrifuged to the first chamber ( 110 ) and a discharge port for discharging a suspended material introduced into the second chamber ( 120 ),

the ring part ( 230 ) includes an outer ring part ( 231 ), a planar ring part ( 232 ) connected to the outer ring part ( 231 ), and an inner ring part ( 233 ) which is connected with the planar ring part ( 232 ) and has a stepped portion, wherein a ring hook ( 231 - 1 ) is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring part ( 231 ), and

an outer end portion of the coupling part ( 130 ) has a coupling hook ( 131 ) which is extended upward and corresponds to an outer peripheral surface so as to be coupled with the ring hook ( 231 - 1 ) of the outer ring part ( 231 ),

wherein the valve body ( 140 ′) is configured by an inner bottom surface ( 143 ′), an outer bottom surface ( 141 ′) forming a lower surface of the inner bottom surface ( 143 ′), an inner surface ( 144 ′) connected with the inner bottom surface ( 143 ′), an outer surface ( 142 ′) forming the outer portion of the inner surface ( 144 ′) and connected with the outer bottom surface ( 141 ′), and the through-hole ( 145 ′) formed by passing through the inner bottom surface ( 143 ′) and the outer bottom surface ( 141 ′) to be formed in a cup shape as a whole, and

a foot plate ( 141 - 1 ′) protrudes from the outer bottom surface ( 141 ′), the inner surface ( 144 ′) has a first slope surface ( 144 - 1 ′) and a second slope surface ( 144 - 2 ′) formed sequentially from the lower portion to the upper portion for smooth movement of the suspended material, the outer surface ( 142 ′) has a larger diameter upward and is formed so as to be inclined upward, and the upper end of the outer surface ( 142 ′) has an outer surface minute protrusion part ( 142 - 1 ′) minutely protruding outward along the outer peripheral surface.

2. The container for centrifugation of claim 1 , wherein the through-hole ( 145 ′) is configured by a straight pipe part ( 145 - 1 ′) formed upward from the outer bottom surface ( 141 ′) and an enlarged pipe part ( 145 - 2 ′) having a diameter enlarged to an upper portion from an end portion of the straight pipe part ( 145 - 1 ′), and

in order to extend the enlarged pipe part ( 145 - 2 ′), the inner bottom surface ( 143 ′) is provided with a hill part ( 143 - 1 ′) protruding from a center thereof.

3. A container for centrifugation comprising:

a main body ( 100 ) including a first chamber ( 110 ) in which a material to be centrifuged is received, a second chamber ( 120 ) in which a suspended material centrifuged from the material in the first chamber ( 110 ) is decanted from the first chamber ( 110 ) and received and which is positioned on one side of the first chamber ( 110 ), and a coupling part ( 130 ) formed to surround the first chamber ( 110 ) and the outside of the upper end of the second chamber ( 120 ); and

a cover ( 200 ) which covers an upper portion of the main body ( 100 ) and forms a fluid communication path (P) of the decanted suspended material between the first chamber ( 110 ) and the second chamber ( 120 ),

wherein the inside of the first chamber ( 110 ) has a valve body ( 140 ′″) which is disposed to linearly reciprocate in a longitudinal direction of the first chamber ( 110 ) to be positioned on a boundary layer between the centrifuged materials and have a through-hole ( 145 ′″) formed on the bottom surface and through which the material to be centrifuged is separately moved,

the cover ( 200 ) is configured by a ring part ( 230 ) which forms the rim of the cover ( 200 ) and is formed to be coupled to the coupling part ( 130 ) at the rim of the cover, a recess part ( 220 ) which is connected to the inner side of the ring part ( 230 ) to be formed in a recessed shape, and a protrusion part ( 210 ) which is connected to the inner side of the recess part ( 220 ) and formed in a protruding shape to form the fluid communication path (P) so that the suspended material is discharged from the first chamber ( 110 ) to the second chamber ( 120 ),

in the protrusion part ( 210 ), an inlet port ( 212 ) is formed to protrude from the protrusion part ( 210 ) for injecting the material to be centrifuged to the first chamber ( 110 ),

the recess part ( 220 ) has an air vent for discharging inner air by injecting the material to be centrifuged to the first chamber ( 110 ) and a discharge port for discharging a suspended material introduced into the second chamber ( 120 ),

the ring part ( 230 ) includes an outer ring part ( 231 ), a planar ring part ( 232 ) connected to the outer ring part ( 231 ), and an inner ring part ( 233 ) which is connected with the planar ring part ( 232 ) and has a stepped portion, wherein a ring hook ( 231 - 1 ) is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring part ( 231 ), and

an outer end portion of the coupling part ( 130 ) has a coupling hook ( 131 ) which is extended upward and corresponds to an outer peripheral surface so as to be coupled with the ring hook ( 231 - 1 ) of the outer ring part ( 231 ),

wherein the valve body ( 140 ′″) is configured by an inner bottom surface ( 143 ′″), an outer bottom surface ( 141 ′″) forming a lower surface of the inner bottom surface ( 143 ′″), an inner surface ( 144 ′″) connected with the inner bottom surface ( 143 ′″), an outer surface ( 142 ′″) forming the outer portion of the inner surface ( 144 ′″) and connected with the outer bottom surface ( 141 ′″), and a through-hole ( 145 ′″) formed by passing through the inner bottom surface ( 143 ′″) and the outer bottom surface ( 141 ′″) to be formed in a cup shape as a whole, and

a foot plate ( 141 - 1 ′″) is formed to protrude from the outer bottom surface ( 141 ′″), the inner surface ( 144 ′″) forms a slope surface ( 144 - 1 ′″) at a predetermined angle to the upper portion from the lower portion for smooth movement of the suspended material, the outer surface ( 142 ′″) has a larger diameter toward the upper portion so that the cross section has a shape inclined outward, and the upper end of the outer surface ( 142 ′″) has an outer surface minute protrusion part ( 142 - 1 ′″) protruding outward along the outer peripheral surface.

4. The container for centrifugation of claim 3 , wherein the through-hole ( 145 ′″) is configured by an undercut part ( 145 - 3 ′) formed for smooth flow of the suspended material upward from the outer bottom surface ( 141 ′″), a straight pipe part ( 145 - 1 ′″) formed on an upper portion of the undercut part ( 145 - 3 ″), and an enlarged pipe part ( 145 - 2 ′″) having a diameter enlarged to an upper portion from an end portion of the straight pipe part ( 145 - 1 ′″), and

in order to extend the enlarged pipe part ( 145 - 2 ′″), the inner bottom surface ( 143 ′″) is provided with a hill part ( 143 - 1 ′) protruding from a center thereof.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0040570 · Mar 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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