Apparatus for electrically treating emulsions

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC TREATER FOR THE DUAL ELECTRIC TREATMENT OF OIL-CONTINUOUS LIQUIDS, SAID TREATER INCLUDING IN COMBINATION: AN UPRIGHT CONTAINER MUCH GREATER IN HEIGHT THAN WIDTH, UPPER AND LOWER HEADS RESPECTIVELY CLOSING THE UPPER AND LOWER ENDS OF SAID CONTAINER, AN IMPERVIOUS PARTITION ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID CONTAINER AND DIVIDING THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER INTO UPPER AND LOWER CHAMBERS, SAID PARTITION HAVING AN OPENING, AN ELECTRODE HANGER EXTENDING THROUGH SAID OPENING IN SUBSTANTIALLY FLUID-TIGHT RELATIONSHIP, SAID HANGER HAVING UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS RESPECTIVELY ABOVE AND BELOW SAID PARTITION, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID UPPER PORTION OF SAID HANGER AND FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING SAID HANGER TO SAID CONTAINER, AN INSULATOR IN SAID LOWER CHAMBER SUSPENDED BY SAID LOWER PORTION OF SAID HANGER, AN ELECTRODE IN SAID LOWER CHAMBER SUPPORTED BY SAID INSULATOR, ELECTRODE MEANS IN SAID UPPER CHAMBER, MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID ELECTRODE AND SAID ELECTRODE MEANS, INGRESS AND EGRESS PIPE MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH EACH OF SAID CHAMBERS AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE OIL-CONTINUOUS LIQUID TO BE TREATED TO ONE OF SAID CHAMBERS, AND MEANS FOR CONDUCTING LIQUID FROM THE EGRESS PIPE MEANS OF SUCH ONE CHAMBER TO THE INGRESS PIPE MEANS OF THE OTHER CHAMBER.