Distribution channel for supplying washing liquid

Claim 1

A GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS COMPRISING A VENTURI SHAPED INLET CHANNEL, A GAS INLET AT ONE END OF SAID CHANNEL, A GAS OUTLET AT THE OTHER END OF SAID CHANNEL, SAID INLET CHANNEL HAVING CONVERGING SIDE WALLS AT SAID GAS INLET END, A CONSTRICTED THROAT DEFINED BY THE TERMINUS OF SAID CONVERGING SIDE WALLS, A WASHING LIQUID DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL ON THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CONVERGING SIDE WALLS, SAID DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL HAVING A PAIR OF DOWNWARDLY CONVERGING SIDE WALLS TERMINATING IN A TROUGH OF REDUCED WIDTH, LIQUID INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF UPWARDLY DIRECTED NOZZLES POSITIONED AT SPACED INTERVALS ALONG SAID CHANNEL IN SAID TROUGH, AND BAFFLE MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID NOZZLES TO DIRECT THE WASHING LIQUID LONGITUDINALLY OF THE CHANNEL IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID TROUGH A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED TO PREVENT SEDIMENTATION OF IMPURITIES CARRIED BY THE LIQUID, ONE OF SAID DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL SIDE WALLS DEFINING LIQUID OUTLET MEANS FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUID TO THE CONVERGING WALLS OF THE INLET CHANNEL SO THAT THE LIQUID FLOWS DOWN THE CONVERGING WALLS OF SAID INLET CHANNEL THEREBY PREVENTING ADHERENCE TO THE WALLS OF IMPURITIES ENTRAINED WITHIN THE GAS, THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR OF DOWNWARDLY CONVERGING WALLS ON SAID DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL BEING HIGHER THAN SAID LIQUID OUTLET MEANS, SAID WASHING LIQUID FLOWING DOWN SAID CONVERGING SIDE WALLS OF SAID INLET CHANNEL BEING ATOMIZED INTO IMPURITY LADEN GAS AT SAID CONSTRICTED THROAT THEREBY AGGLOMERATING THE IMPURITIES IN SAID GAS, A SEPARATION CHAMBER UNDERLYING SAID VENTURI SHAPED INLET CHANNEL ADAPTED TO SEPARATE THE ATOMIZED LIQUID AND AGGLOMERATED IMPURITIES FROM THE SAID GAS THEREBY CLEANING SAID GAS, AND LIQUID RECIRCULATING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE SEPARATION CHAMBER AND ADAPTED TO SUPPLY THE SEPARATED LIQUID TO SAID LIQUID INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL.