Liquid contact apparatus with rotating disks

Claim 1

A ROTATING DISC CONTACTOR COMPRISING A TUBULAR SHELL; A PLURALITY OF ANNULAR, STATIONARY BAFFLES FIXED WITHIN SAID SHELL EXTENDING FROM THE SHELL WALL TO A CENTRAL OPENING AND DIVIDING SAID SHELL INTO A SERIES OF COMPARTMENTS; A ROTOR SHAFT EXSAID OPENINGS; A PLURALITY OF DISC-LIKE ROTOR BAFFLES FIXED TO SAID SHAFT, EACH ROTOR BAFFLE BEING WHOLLY WITHIN ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS AND DISPLACED A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE AXIALLY FROM THE STATIONARY BAFFLES THEREOF AND EXTENDING OUTWARDLY TOWARD THE WALL OF SAID SHELL, EACH OF SAID ROTOR BAFFLES BEING SMALLER THAN THE OPENINGS IN THE STATIONARY BAFFLES TOWARDS ONE END OF THE SHELL FROM THE RESPECTIVE ROTOR BAFFLE, WHEREBY SAID SHAFT AND ROTOR BAFFLES CAN BE MOVED THROUGH SAID OPENINGS TOWARD THE SAID END OF THE SHELL; MEANS FOR INTRODUCING AND DISCHARGING FLUID AT AXIALLY DISPLACED POINTS IN SAID SHELL; AND MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROTOR SHAFT AND ROTOR BAFFLES.