Separator for removing oil and water from compressed air system

Claim 1

A SEPARATOR FOR REMOVING OIL AND WATER FROM A COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM COMPRISING A CASING HAVING SIDE, END, TOP AND BOTTOM WALLS FORMING A SEPARATING CHAMBER HAVING AN AIR INLET AND AN AIR OUTLET IN THE RESPECTIVE OPPOSITE END WALLS THEREOF NEAR THE TOP, FIRST AND SECOND CONTINUOUS SOLID WALLED, PARALLEL BAFFLES EXTENDING VERTICALLY DOWNWARDLY FROM THE TOP WALL, A BAFFLE EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM WALL AND HAVING CONTINUOUS SOLID WALLED FRONT AND REAR SURFACES INCLINED TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER IN THE UPWARD DIRECTION AND TERMINATING IN A NARROW END SURFACE DISPOSED CLOSE TO THE TOP WALL, THE UPWARDLY EXTENDING BAFFLE BEING DISPOSED SO THAT ITS FRONT AND REAR INCLINED SURFACES MAKE ACUTE ANGLES WITH THE SURFACES OF THE RESPECTIVE DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING BAFFLES, THE LOWER END OF THE SECOND VERTICAL BAFFLE IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF AIR THROUGH THE CASING EXTENDING CLOSE TO THE REAR SURFACE, IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF AIR THROUGH THE CASING OF THE UPWARDLY EXTENDING BAFFLE, THE OPPOSITE SURFACES OF THE UPWARDLY EXTENDING BAFFLE CONVERGING IN THE DIRECTION OF AIR FLOW THROUGH THE CASING WITH THE RESPECTIVE ADJACENT SURFACES OF THE DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING BAFFLE MEMBERS, WHEREBY CHAMBERS FOR THE PASSAGE OF AIR THROUGH THE CASING ARE PROVIDED WHICH CONVERGE IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF AIR THROUGH THE CASING, THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE UPWARDLY EXTENDING BAFFLE BEING JOINED TO THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE SEPARATING CHAMBER BY CONCAVE SURFACES TO ASSIST IN REVERSING THE DIRECTION OF AIR FLOW AROUND THE ENDS OF THE VERTICALLY EXTENDING BAFFLES, SAID CONCAVE SURFACES BEING DISPOSED BELOW THE ENDS OF THE RESPECTIVE BAFFLES EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE TOP WALL, MEANS FOR DRAINING AWAY THE OIL AND WATER SEPARATED FROM THE AIR DURING ITS MOVEMENT THROUGH THE SEPARATING CHAMBER, SAID MEANS CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF SMALL OPENINGS EXTENDING FROM THE BOTTOM THEREOF THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE SEPARATING CHAMBER, AND MEANS FOR COLLECTING OIL AND WATER PASSING THROUGH SAID OPENINGS.