Devices for separating liquids from gaseous dispersions

Claim 1

A WATER SEPARATOR FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING PLANT FOR SEPARATING WATER FROM A GASEOUS DISPERSION OF THE SAME, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING AN ENTRY CHAMBER, A PLURALITY OF TUBULAR DIAPHRAGM ELEMENTS, WHICH ELEMENTS HAVE WALLS COMPOSED OF AN AGGLOMERATION OF ADHERENT SOLID PARTICLES OF A SUBSTANCE RESISTANT TO CORROSION BY THE LIQUID, THE AGGLOMERATED PARTICLES DEFINING TORTUOUS PORE-PASSAGES THROUGH SAID WALLS OF SUCH DIMENSIONS AS TO CAUSE COALESCENCE INTO DROPLETS OF DISPERSED PARTICLES WHEN FORCED THERETHROUGH WHILE MAINTAINING THE LEAST POSSIBLE THICKNESS OF THE WALLS CONSTANT WITH ADEQUATE MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF THE TUBULAR ELEMENTS, SAID ENTRY CHAMBER COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF ALL SAID TUBULAR ELEMENTS, AND SAID TUBULAR ELEMENTS TOGETHER PRESENTING A FLOW PATH WHICH IS NOT MATERIALLY RESTRICTED OVER THE FLOW PATH THROUGH SAID ENTRY CHAMBER, AND EXIT CHAMBER, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID TUBULAR ELEMENTS WITHIN SAID EXIT CHAMBER, A PLURALITY OF CONCENTRIC LAYERS OF GAUZE EMBRACING SAID DIAPHRAGM ELEMENTS AND FORMING AN ANNULAR SPACE FOR SEPARATION OF LIQUID DROPLETS FROM THE DISPERSION MEDIUM, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID LAYERS OF GUAZE WITHIN SAID EXIT CHAMBER IN THE PATH OF THE GASEOUS DISPERSION EMERGING FROM SAID WALLS, MEANS IN SAID EXIT CHAMBER FOR COLLECTING LIQUID DRAINING FROM SAID LAYERS OF GUAZE AND MEANS FOR REMOVING DRAINED LIQUID FROM SAID COLLECTING MEANS.