Emulsion treating means

Claim 1

AN EMULSION TREATER FOR PETROLEUM WELL STREAMS CONTAINING FOREIGN MATTER SUCH AS SAND INCLUDING, AN EMULSION TREATING VESSEL, UPRIGHT WALLS FORMING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING HEATING SPACE OPEN AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM IN THE VESSEL, HEATING MEANS IN THE HEATING SPACE, UPRIGHT WALLS DISPOSED LATERALLY OUTWARDLY OF THE HEATING SPACE WALLS AND DEFINING WITH SAID VESSEL A RETENTION CHAMBER SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY SURROUNDING THE HEATING SPACE, THE RETENTION CHAMBER WALLS AND THE HEATING SPACE WALLS DEFINING BETWEEN THEMSELVES A FLOW SPACE OPEN AT THE TOP AND BOTTOM ON EACH SIDE OF THE HEATING SPACE, THE FLOW SPACE EXTENDING FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF THE HEATING SPACE INTO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE EMULSION TREATER VESSEL, CONDUCTOR MEANS FOR CONDUCTING AT LEAST THE LIQUID PORTION OF THE WELL STREAM TO THE RETENTION CHAMBER, MEANS INCLUDING SAID CONDUCTOR MEANS COOPERATING WITH ALL SAID UPRIGHT WALLS FOR FLOWING EMULSION