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Ramon Themudo0
Stephen Anthony Wilton0
Bala Corattiyil0
Duane Howard Anstead0
Gary Paul Moscarino0
Kenneth Lee Fisher0
Mark Eden Zentgraf0
Date of Patent
August 9, 2011
0Patent Application Number
119461280
Date Filed
November 28, 2007
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
The present invention provides a free vortex air-oil separator that may be used in systems for separating oil from air oil mixtures. The free vortex air-oil separator comprises a free vortex chamber having a first chamber wall, a second chamber wall located axially aft from the first chamber wall and a rim located in a radially outer region from an axis of rotation, a plurality of vent holes in the rim and a cavity formed by the first and second chamber walls, and the rim, wherein a free vortex is created when there is a flow into the cavity through the plurality of vent holes.
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