Tower-type gas purifier

Claim 1

A TOWER TYPE GAS PURIFIER, COMPRISING A TOWER HAVING OPPOSITELY DISPOSED ROWS OF SUPERIMPOSED OPPOSITELY SLOPING GAS DIFLUSING TRAYS EACH OF WHICH ARE INDIVIDUALLY HINGED CENTRALLY AT THEIR UPPER ENDS WITHIN THE TOWER AND ARE DISENGAGEABLY SUPPORTED IN THE TOWER AT A LEVEL LOWER THAN THEIR HINGES; SAID TRAYS EACH HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS SLOTTED OPENING LONGITUDINALLY OF AND IN PROXIMITY TO ITS HINGE FOR PASSAGE OF PURIFYING MATERIAL CHARGED FROM ABOVE THE TOPMOST TRAY THROUGH EACH TRAY TO A TRAY BELOW, FOR GRAVITY SPREAD OF MATERIAL ONTO EACH TRAY ALONG THE TOPS OF THE SLOPING TRAYS IN A COMMON CHARGING OPERATION FROM ABOVE THE TOPMOST TRAYS; AND UNITARY MOVABLE MEANS MOVABLE AS A UNIT COMMON TO THE SUPERIMPOSED TRAYS OF ROW THEREOF, SAID UNITARY MOVEABLE MEANS HAVING MANIPULATING MEANS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE TOWER, AND PROJECTING PARTS INSIDE THE TOWER, FOR SUPPORTING TRAYS INDIVIDUALLY AGAINST TILTING AT A REGION REMOTE FROM THEIR HINGES, AND WITH THE PROJECTING PARTS OF A DIFFERENT DISTANCES FROM THE VERTICAL PLANE OF THE HINGES OF THE SUPERIMPOSED TRAYS WHICH DISTANCE DIMINISH IN THE ORDER OF THE ASCENT OF THE PARTS FROM THE LOWER MOST TRAY, FOR SUCCESSIVE TILTING OF ALL THE TRAYS SERIATUM FROM BOTTOM TO TOP, ON OPERATION OF THE MAINPULATING MEANS FOR RELEASE OF THE TRAYS FROM OUTSIDE THE TOWER TO DISCHARGE ALL TRAYS BY A SINGLE DISCHARGE OPERATION; MEANS MANIPULATABLE FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE TOWER AND OPERABLE AS A SINGLE UNIT COMMON TO ALL TRAYS, FOR SWINGING THE TRAYS, WHEN RELEASED, BACK UP INTO SLOPING ENGAGEMENT WITH THEIR DISENGAGEABLE PROJECTING PARTS; DEFLECTOR PLATES EXTENDING PARTWAY INTO THE SPACE BELOW THE TRAYS AT THE LOWER LONGITUDINAL SIDES OF THEIR SLOTTED OPENINGS, FOR FORMATION OF A FREE SPACE BETWEEN EACH TRAY AND A LAYER OF PURIFYING MATERIAL FED ONTO THE TRAY NEXT BELOW THROUGH SAID SLOTTED OPENINGS; OPPOSITELY DISPOSED MAIN VERTICAL INLET AND OUTLET CONDUITS ON DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE EXTREMITIES OF THE TOWER, TRANSVERSLEY OF THE ENDS OF THE HINGE EXTREMITIES; INLETS FROM SAID INLET CONDUIT TO ALTERNATE SPACES BETWEEN ALTERNATE PAIRS OF ADJACENT TRAYS; AND OUTLETS TO SAID OUTLET CONDUIT FROM INTERMEDIATE SPACES BETWEEN INTERMEDIATE PAIRS OF ADJACENT TRAYS FOR SERIAL FLOW OF GAS THROUGH LAYERS OF MATERIAL ON ADJACENT SLOPING TRAYS.