Gas-solid contactor

Claim 1

GAS TREATING APPARATUS COMPRISING A GAS TREATING CHAMBER HAVING A TOP ENTERING INLET FOR RAW GAS AND A SIDE EXITING OUTLET FOR CLEANED GAS, A V-SHAPED BOTTOM IN THE CHAMBER, A PLURALITY OF SLOTTED OPENINGS ALONG THE APEX OF THE CHAMBER BOTTOM, A PLURALITY OF CYCLONE TYPE DUST SEPARATORS POSITIONED ONE ABOVE THE OTHER AT ONE SIDE OF THE CHAMBER, A VERTICALLY DESCENDING DUST COLLECTOR TUBE ATTACHED TO THE CYCLONE SEPARATORS SO AS TO SERVE AS A MANIFOLD OUTLET FOR SEPARATED DUST DISCHARGED FROM SAID SEPARATORS, THE LOWER END OF SAID MANIFOLD TUBE PASSING THROUGH AN OPENING IN SAID CHAMBER BOTTOM, A CONDUIT WHICH INCREASES IN CROSS SECTIONAL AREA FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER FIXED TO THE UNDERSURFACE OF SAID CHAMBER BOTTOM BENEATH SAID APEX SLOTS AND SAID MANIFOLD TUBE FOR FLOW OF FLUID FROM SAID SLOTS AND SAID TUBE INTO SAID CONDUIT AND A COMMON PARTITION IN THE CONDUIT DIVIDING IT INTO TWO NON-COMMUNICATING SECTIONS, ONE OF WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH SAID BOTTOM SLOTS AND THE OTHER WHICH COMMUNICATES WITH SAID MANIFOLD TUBE.