Centrifuge with compressor motor feedback control device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9375730
APP PUB NO 20120260687A1
SERIAL NO

13446497

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A centrifuge including: a rotor configured to be driven by a motor and to hold a sample, a centrifuge inverter, a chamber accommodating the rotor, a temperature sensor configured to detect the temperature of the chamber, a cooling machine configured to cool the chamber and including a compressor, a compressor inverter, a compressor motor configured to be controlled in a variable speed and a control device, wherein the control device carries out a feedback control of the compressor motor based on a preset temperature and a detected temperature of the temperature sensor when the rotation number of the compressor motor is larger than a predetermined rotation number, and the control device carries out an intermittent control for turning ON-OFF the cooling function of the compressor when the rotation number of the compressor motor is smaller than a predetermined rotation number.

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  • HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akatsu, Kouichi Ibaraki, JP 3 31
Hodotsuka, Yuki Ibaraki, JP 4 38
Inaniwa, Masahiro Ibaraki, JP 27 577
Ooyama, Hisanobu Ibaraki, JP 9 52
Osawa, Hidetaka Ibaraki, JP 13 304
Takahashi, Hiroyuki Ibaraki, JP 707 14633

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