Apparatus for treating air

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS FOR TREATING AIR, THE COMBINATION OF A CASING, MEANS FOR PASSING AN AIR STREAM THROUGH THE CASING, MEANS FOR PLACING THE AIR STREAM IN CONTACT WITH A WATER SPRAY AND A BLADED ELIMINATOR FOR REMOVING ENTRAINED WATER PARTICLES FROM THE AIR STREAM, MEANS FOR ROTABLY MOUNTING THE SAID ELIMINATOR, SAID ELIMINATOR COMPRISING A CYLINDRICAL SLEEVE HAVING ATTACHED THERETO FIRST AND SECOND PARALLEL ANNULAR PLANAR MEMBERS IN SPACED RELATION TO FORM AN ANNULAR TROUGH HAVING THE OPEN END THEREOF EXTENDING OUTWARDLY, A PLURALITY OF BLADES RADIALLY EXTENDING INTO SAID TROUGH, SAID BLADE MEMBERS HAVING A CORRUGATED CROSS-SECTION, AT LEAST ONE SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING A CENTER PORTION WITH A CORRESPONDING CORRUGATED CROSS-SECTION TO SAID BLADES AND BEING ATTACHED TO A BLADE, SAID SUPPORT MEMBER HAVING AT LEAST ONE END PORTION WITH A TAB, SAID TAB HAVING A PLANAR SURFACE WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY INTERSECTS THE PLANE OF AN ADJACENT ANNULAR MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY IN AN AREA ADJACENT THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF THE ANNULAR MEMBER, AND A WELDED BEAD EXTENDING AROUND THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF EACH ANNULAR MEMBER WHEREBY THE TABS OF EACH SUPPORT MEMBER ATTACHED TO A BLADE IS CONNECTED TO AN ADJACENT ANNULAR MEMBER.