Electrical precipitator

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICAL PERCIPITATOR COMPRISING A SHELL, A BANK OF VERTICAL PIPE COLLECTING ELECTRODES AND ASSOCIATED DISCHARGE ELECTRODES, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED HEADER PLATE IN SAID SHELL SUPPORTING SAID BANK OF COLECTING ELECTRODES, A SECOND BANK OF VERTICAL PIPE COLECTING ELECTRODES AND ASSOCIATED DISCHARGE ELECTRODES, A SECOND HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED HEADER PLATE IN SAID SHELL SUPPORTING SAID SECOND BANK OF COLLECTING ELECTRODES, A COMMON SUMP IN SAID SHELL BELOW SAID BANKS OF COLLECTING ELECTRODES FOR RECEIVING LIQUID FROM SAID ELECTRODES, OUTLET MEANS MAINTAINING A PREDETERMINED LIQUID LEVEL IN SAID SUMP, A VERTICAL PARTITION MEMBER BETWEEN SAID BANKS OF COLLECTING ELECTORDES EXTENDING BELOW SAID LIQUID LEVEL AT THE BOTTOM END THEREOF AND COOPERATING, WITH SAID HEADER PLATE TO DEFINE AN INLET PLENUM CHAMBER IN SAID SHELL AROUND SAID BANK OF COLLECTING ELECTRODES BELOW SAID HEADER PLATE, A SECOND VERTICAL PARTITION MEMBER EXTENDING ABOVE SAID SECOND HEADER PLATE AND COOPERATING THEREWITH TO DEFINE AN OUTLET PLENUM CHAMBER IN SAID SHELL ABOVE THE SECOND BANK OF COLLECTING ELECTRODES, GAS INLET MEANS IN THE TOP OF THE SHELL AND COMMUNICATING WITH SAID INLET PLENUM CHAMBER, A GAS PASSAGE BETWEEN SAID HEAD PLATES FROM ABOVE THE INLET PLENUM CHAMBER INTO SPACE BELOW THE OUTLET PLENUM CHAMBER, AND GAS OUTLET MEANS IN THE TOP OF THE SHELL AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE OUTLET PLENUM CHAMBER ABOVE SAID SECOND BANK OF COLLECTING ELECTRODES WHEREBY A STREAM OF GAS ENTERING THE GAS INLET MEANS IS CAUSED TO PASS UPWARD THROUGH THE COLLECTING ELECTRODES OF EACH OF THE BANKS IN SERIES.