Rotating electrode emulsion coalescer

Claim 1

A ROTARY COALESCER FOR EMULSIONS INCLUDING IN COMBINATION: A HOUSING; TWO SMOOTH-SURFACED IMPERFORATE CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT DIAMETER; TWO END WALLS RESPECTIVELY CLOSING OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID TWO CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS; TWO POSITIONING MENAS RESPECTIVELY SECURED TO SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS, ONE OF SAID POSITIONING MEANS INCLUDING A TUBULAR MEMBER COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF ITS RESPECTIVE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER THROUGH THE END WALL THEREOF; SPACED SUPPORTS MOUNTING SAID POSITIONING MEANS AND SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBER WITHIN SAID HOUSING WITH SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS DISPOSED ONE WITHIN THE OTHER CONCENTRIC WITH A COMMON AXIS, THE INNER OF SAID CLYINDRICAL MEMBERS BEING SPACED FROM THE OUTER OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS TO DEFINE THEREBETWEEN A NARROW ANNULAR TREATING SPACE MUCH LARGER IN LENGTH PARALLEL TO SAID AXIS THAN IN WIDTH, ONE OF SAID SUPPORTS INCLUDING MEANS FOR MOUNTING ITS CORRESPONDING CYLINDRICAL MEMBER TO TURN RELATIVE TO THE OTHER MEMBER ABOUT SAID COMMON AXIS, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF ITS SAID RESPECTIVE CYLINDRICAL MEMBER THROUGH A CURCULAR DISCHARGE ORIFICE COAXIAL WITH SAID COMMON AXIS; MEANS FOR FLOWING A STREAM OF EMUL SION THROUGH SAID ANNULAR TREATING SPACE FRON END TO END THEREOF BY WAY OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER AND SAID CIRCULAR DISCHARGE ORIFICE; AND MEANS FOR TURNING SAID ONE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL MEMBERS ABOUT SAID COMMON AXIS.