Hydrocarbon seep detection separator

Claim 1

A SEPERATOR FOR GAS AND LIQUID CAPABLE OF MAINTAINING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT VOLUME OF GAS AND LIQUID, SAID SEPARATOR COMPRISING: A CLOSED VESSEL; A FLOAT CONTROLLED VALVE DISPOSED IN THE LOWER WALL OF THE VESSEL, SAID FLOAT CONTROLLED VALVE BEING CONNECTED TO AN OUTLET OPENING; AN ACTUATING ROD ATTACHED TO A FLOAT MEMBER AND EXTENDING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS THEREFROM, ONE END OF SAID ACTUATING ROD BEING ATTACHED TO SAID FLOAT CONTROLLED VALVE, SAID FLOAT MEMBER HAVING AN OVERALL DIMENSION OF AT LEAST ONE-HALF OF THE INTERIOR DIMENSION OF SAID VESSEL; TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSITE INLETS DISPOSED IN THE UPPER WALL OF THE VESSEL, SAID INLETS BEING COUPLED TO A SINGLE SUPPLY CONDUIT, SAID INLETS BEING DISPOSED TO DISTRIBUTE THE FLUID ADMITTED TO SAID VESSEL IN THE AREA BETWEEN SAID FLOAT MEMBER AND THE INERIOR WALL OF SAID VESSEL; A GAS COLLECTING CHAMBER DISPOSED ON THE UPPER WALL OF SAID VESSEL AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE UPPER INTERIOR PORTION OF SAID VESSEL, SAID GAS COLLECTING CHAMBER HAVING AN OUTLET FORMED THEREIN; THE OTHER END OF SAID ACTUATING ROD BEARING AGAINST A FLEXIBLE PARTITION DISPOSED IN A WALL OF SAID GAS COLLECTING CHAMBER, AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH DISPOSED ON THE OUTSIDE OF SAID VESSEL ADJACENT SAID FLEXIBLE PARTITION AND ADAPTED TO BE ACTUATED BY MOVEMENT THEREOF; SAID SWITCH BEING COUPLED TO AN ELECTRICALLY OPERATED VALVE TO CONTROL THE OPENING AND CLOSING THEREOF; SAID ELECTRICAL OPERATED VALVE BEING IN SAID SUPPLY CONDUIT TO CONTROL THE ADMISSION OF FLUID TO SAID VESSEL THROUGH SAID DUAL INLETS.