Means for separating fluids from each other

Claim 1

IN A SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF A SERIES OF SAMPLE LIQUIDS FOR ANALYSIS WHEREIN THE SAMPLE LIQUIDS ARE TRANSMITTED ONE AFTER THE OTHER IN THE FORM OF A STREAM IN A TUBULAR PASSAGEWAY LEADING TO AN ANALYZER AND ARE TREATED FOR ANALYSIS WHILE IN TRANSIT TO THE ANALYZER, MEANS FOR PUMPING SAID LIQUID SAMPLES AND A REAGENT THROUGH SAID TUBULAR PASSAGEWAY FOR TRANSMISSION OF THE TREATED LIQUID SAMPLES TO THE ANALYZER AND FOR INTRODUCING AIR INTO SAID TUBULAR PASSAGEWAY BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE SAMPLES TO KEEP THEM SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER AS THEY FLOW IN SAID PASSAGEWAY AND FOR INTRODUCING AIR INTO EACH LIQUID SAMPLE AS IT FLOWS IN SAID PASSAGEWAY FOR DIVIDING EACH LIQUID SAMPLE OF THE FLOWING STREAM INTO SEGMENTS SEPARATED FROM EACH OTHER BY INTERVENING SEGMENTS OF AIR; MEANS FOR THEREAFTER REMOVING SAID AIR FROM SAID TUBULAR PASSAGEWAY BEFORE THE TREATED LIQUID SAMPLES ENTER THE ANALYZER, SAID AIR REMOVING MEANS COMPRISING A TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING AN INLET CONNECTED DIRECTLY WITH SAID TUBULAR PASSAGEWAY AT A POINT UPSTREAM FROM THE ANALYZER AND DOWNSTREAM FROM THE POINT OF ADMISSION OF THE LIQUID SAMPLES AND SAID AIR, SAID TUBULAR MEMBER EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM SAID TUBULAR PASSAGEWAY WHEREBY THE AIR IN SAID TUBULAR PASSAGEWAY RISES DIRECTLY THEREFROM INTO THE INLET OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER WHILE THE LIQUID SAMPLES FLOW IN SUCCESSION IN SAID TUBULAR PASSAGEWAY PAST SAID INLET OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBER THEREBELOW FOR TRANSMISSION OF THE TREATED LIQUID SAMPLES, IN SUCCESSION AND DEVOID OF AIR, TO THE ANALYZER, AND MEANS INCLUDED IN SAID PUMPING MEANS FOR INDUCING THE FLOW OF AIR FROM SAID TUBULAR MEMBER DURING THE FLOW OF AIR AND THE LIQUID SAMPLES IN SAID TUBULAR PASSAGEWAY.