Water purifying and degasifying apparatus and process

Claim 1

A HOT PROCESS TYPE WATER SOFTENING APPARATUS COMPRISING A TANK, A PARTITION STRUCTURE IN SAID TANK FORMING THEREIN A MIXING CHAMBER IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID TANK AND A QUIESCENT CLARIFICATION CHAMBER, A WATER HEATING CHAMBER IN AN UPPER PORTION OF SAID TANK, A RAW WATER INLET DISCHARGING INTO SAID HEATING CHAMBER, MEANS STEAM INLET INTO SAID HEATING CHAMBER, MEANS FOR DELIVERING A TREATING REAGENT TO THE WATER TO BE TREATED, OUTLET MEANS LEADING FROM SAID HEATING CHAMBER AND DISCHARGING INTO SAID MIXING CHAMBER, A PASSAGEWAY LEADING FROM THE MIXING CHAMBER INTO A LOWER PORTION OF THE QUIESCENT CLARIFICATION CHAMBER, A SECOND PASSAGEWAY LEADING FROM A LOWER PART OF THE QUIESCENT CLARIFICATION CHAMBER INTO THE MIXING CHAMBER, SAID MIXING CHAMBER, SAID PASSAGEWAYS AND SAID LOWER PORTION OF SAID CLARIFICATION CHAMBER AFFORDING A CYCLIC PATH FOR LIQUID CIRCULATION WITHIN SAID TANK, INLET MEANS FOR DELIVERING ADDITIONAL STEAM TO LIQUID TRAVERSING SAID PATH OF CICULATION, A TREATED LIQUID OUTLET FROM THE UPPER PART OF THE QUIESCENT CLAIRFICATION CHAMBER, AND A SOLIDS OUTLET FROM A LOWER PART OF SAID TANK.