Vertical purifiers or the like

Claim 1

A VERTICAL PURIFIER FOR COKE OVEN GAS AND THE LIKE, COMPRISING; A VERTICAL COLUMNAR SHELL HAVING A GAS INLET AT ITS LOWER PART AND AS GAS OUTLET AT ITS UPPER PARTS; A SERIES OF HORIZONTAL GRIDS FOR SUPPORTING COARSE SOLID MATERIAL TO BE CONTACTED BY THE GAS, ARRANGED IN SUPERIMPOSED RELATION IN SAID SHELL, ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, BETWEEN THE GAS INLET AND GAS OUTLET FOR SAID SHELL, SAID FRIDS BEING SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER FORMING GAS AND SOLID CONTACT COMPARTMENTS BETWEEN EACH TWO GRIDS, EACH OF SAID GRIDS COMPRISING TILTABLE HORIZONTAL PARTITION PROVIDED WITH OPEN INGS FOR PASSAGE OF GAS FROM THE COMPARTMENT BELOW TO THE COMPARTMENTS ABOVE THE RESPECTIVE PARTITIONS; HOODS OF THE BUBBLE CAP TYPE ARRANGED OVER EACH OF SAID OPENINGS FOR DIFFUSION OF GAS PASSING THROUGH SAID OPENINGS INTO SOLID MATERIAL ON SAID PARTITIONS WHILE PREVENTING THE FLOW OF SOLID MATERIAL PAST SAID PARTITIONS TO THE COMPARTMENT BELOW, SAID HOODS BEING AFFIXED TO SAID PATITIONS FOR MOVEMENT AS A UNIT THEREWITH, AND HORIZONTAL PIVOTS FOR EACH OF SAID PARTITIONS, SAID PIVOTS BEING MOUNTERD ON THE INTERIOR OF THE COLUMNAR SHELL FOR TITABLY SUPPORTING THE PARTITIONS AND THEIR HOODS FOR MOVEMENT AS A UNIT TO AN UPRIGHT POSITION WIHIN THE SHELL, AND FOR MOVEOF SOLID CONTACT MATERIAL ON THE PARTITIONS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE INTERIOR OF THE SHELL, AND FOR MOVEMENT OF THE PARTITIONS BACK TO A HORIZONTAL POSITION AGAIN, FOR RELOADING THE PARTITIONS WITH FRESH SOLID CONTACT MATERIAL.