Apparatus for treating a liquid with a gas

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TREATING A SERIES OF SEPARATE LIQUID SAMPLES WITH A GAS COMPRISING, AN UPRIGHT SAMPLER PLATE LYING IN A PLANE SLIGHTLY INCLINED FROM THE VERTICAL, SAID PLATE PRESENTING AN UPPER FACE SIDE AND HAVING A CENTRAL, NORMAL AXIS, SLIGHTLY INCLINED FROM THE HORIZONTAL, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID PLATE ABOUT SAID AXIS, SAID PLATE HAVING A SERIES OF CIRCULAR APERTURES LATERALLY SPACED FROM EACH OTHER AND ARRANGED IN A CIRCULAR ROW AROUND SAID AXIS, A SERIES OF OPEN TOP RECEPTACLES FOR HOLDING LIQUID SAMPLES, EACH OF SAID RECEPTACLES HAVING AN OUTER CIRCULAR WALL OF A LESSER DIAMETER THAN EACH OF SAID APERTURES, AN INNER WALL, AND A BOTTOM WALL, MEANS ON EACH OF SAID RECEPTACLES FOR REMOVABLY RETAINING EACH OF SAID RECEPTACLES IN A SEPARATE APERTURE OF SAID PLATE ON AN AXIS INCLINED SLIGHTLY TO THE HORIZONTAL WITH SAID OPEN TOP OF SAID RECEPTACLES LOCATED ON SAID UPPER FACE SIDE OF SAID PLATE AND THE REMAINDER OF SAID RECEPTACLES EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THROUGH SAID APERTURES WHEREBY THE LIQUID SAMPLES HELD IN EACH RECEPTACLE LIE PARTIALLY ON THE INNER SIDE WALL AND BOTTOM WALL THEREOF THEREBY PRESENTING A RELATIVELY LARGE LIQUID SURFACE AREA, GAS CHAMBER MEANS SURROUNDING SAID PLATE, MEANS FOR