Smoke and fume eliminator

Claim 1

A SMOKE AND FUME ELIMINATOR COMPRISING AN ELONGATED CASING, PIPE MEANS FOR ADMITTING SMOKE AND FUMES TO ONE END OF THE CASING, A SHAFT EXTENDING THROUGH THE CASING AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF SUCTION FANS THEREON, POWER MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID SHAFT, WATER SPRAY HEADS EXTENDING INTO THE CASING BETWEEN THE FANS, DRAIN PIPE MEANS FOR REMOVING THE WATER FROM THE ELONGATED CASING, DISCHARGE FANS CARRIED BY SAID SHAFT, AND AN ELBOW OUTLET FIXED TO THE OTHER END OF THE CASING AND AGAINST WHICH THE SMOKE AND GASES ARE FINALLY EXHAUSTED BY THE DISCHARGE FANS TO RID THEM OF THEIR FINAL WATER BY CENTRIFUGAL ACTION, SAID ELBOW TURNED TO DRAIN WATER INTO SAID CASING, AND A SMOKE AND GAS INLET PIPE ENTERING THE CASING AT ONE SIDE THEREOF AND ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF, A SLIDE VALVE OVERLYING THE INLET PIPE ON THE CASING, A CONTROL VALVE FORMED OF TWO PARTS AND MOUNTED ON THE CASING OVER THE END THEREOF AND HINGABLE OUTWARDLY FROM ONE ANOTHER TO PERMIT AIR TO ENTER THE ELIMINATOR FROM THE END THEREOF ALONG WITH THE SMOKE AND FUME, SAID SLIDE VALVE HAVING A HANDLE EXTENDING THROUGH THE END OF THE CASING AND BETWEEN THE INNER EDGES OF THE VALVE PARTS AND MEANS ON SAID HANDLE SLIDABLE AND ROTABLE TO BE EXTENDED BETWEEN THE EDGES OF THE VALVE PARTS AND BEARING EFFECTIVE WIDTH TO CONTROL THE EXTENT OF OPENING OF THE VALVE PARTS, AND SPRING TENSION NORMALLY BIASING SAID VALVE PARTS TO THEIR CLOSED POSITIONS AND AGANINST THE ROTATABLE AND SLIDABLE MEANS ON THE INLET VALVE HANDLE.