Electric emulsion treater

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC TREATER FOR DISPERSIONS INCLUDING: TWO LONG AND NARROW TUBULAR MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT SIZE MEASURED TRANSVERSELY TO THE LONGTUDINAL AXES THEREOF, EACH PROVIDING ORIFICE MEANS EXCLUSIVELY ALONG ONE SIDE THEREOF EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE COMPLETE LENGTH THEREOF BUT EACH TUBULAR MEMBER BEING OTHERWISE ENCLOSED, MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE SMALLER-SIZE TUBULAR MEMBER LONGITUDINALLY WITHIN THE LARGER-SIZE TUBULAR MEMBER WITH THE ORIFICE MEANS OF SAID MEMBERS FACING IN SUBSTANTIALLY OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS AND THE ORIFICE MEANS IN THE SMALLER-SIZE TUBULAR MEMBER FACING UPWARDLY TO PROVIDE A TREATING SPACE OUTSIDE THE INNER MEMBER AND INSIDE THE OUTER MEMBER, SAID MOUNTING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR ELECTRICALLY INSULATING SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS FROM EACH OTHER, MEANS FOR ESTABLISHING A HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELD IN SAID TREATING SPACE, AND MEANS FOR DELIVERING THE DISPERSION TO BE TREATED TO THE INSIDE OF SAID INNER TUBULAR MEMBER FOR PASSAGE THROUGH THE INNER OF SAID ORIFICE MEANS TO FLOW THROUGH SAID ELECTRIC FIELD AND DISCHARGE FROM THE OTHER OF SAID ORIFICE MEANS.