Apparatus for treating a gaseous mixture

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF MIXTURE OF GASES AND SOLIDS INCLUDING A VERTICAL TREATING CHAMBER HAVING A MIXTURE INLET IN ITS SIDE NEAR THE BOTTOM AND A DRAIN IN ITS BOTTOM, THE UPPER ENS OF THE CHAMBER HAVING AN OPENING FOR THE DISCHARGE OF GASES AFTER THE MIXTURE HAS BEEN TREATED, A SERIES OF A BAFFLES AT SUCESSLVELY HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN SAID CHAMBER WITH THE BAFFLES ARRANGED TO PROVIDED A CIRCUITOUS PATH FOR THE MIXTURE AS IT TRAVELS UPWARDLY THROUGH THE CHAMBER, AND THE BAFFLES PROVIDING NARROW PASSAGEWAYS BETWEEN FREE EDGES OF THE BAFFLES AND THE ADJACENT WALLS OF THE CHAMBER, AND WATER SPRAYS AT SUCESSIVELY HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN THE CHAMBER LOCATED ON LEVELS WITH THE BAFFLES AND OPPOSITE SAID FREE EDGES OF THE BAFFLES SO AS TO PLACE A WATER CURTAIN DIRECTLY ACROSS THE PASSAGEWAYS AFFORDED BETWEEN THE BAFFLES AND THE ADJACENT WALLS OF THE CHAMBER.