Fluid separator

Claim 1

A FLUID SEPARATOR COMPRISING CASING MEANS DEFINING A CHAMBER AND PROVIDING A SET OF FACES OPPOSED RELATIVELY TO AN AXIS, AN ACTUATOR MOVABLE ALONG SAID AXIS AND A PLURALITY OF NORMALLY FLAT RESILIENT STRIP MEMBERS, SAID STRIP MEMBERS HAVING FIRST PORTIONS SECURED TO SAID MEANS ADJACENT SAID FACES, RESPECTIVELY, AND SECOND PORTIONS SECURED TO SAID ACTUATOR, SAID FIRST AND SECOND PORTIONS OF EACH STRIP MEMBER BEING SPACED APART BY A THIRD AND INTERMEDIATE PORTION WHICH IS FREE AND MAINTAINED IN BOWED SHAPE, EACH STRIP MEMBER BEING FORMED AT EACH OF VARIOUS PORTIONS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION OF A MATERIAL HAVING A DIFFERENT SPECIFIC RESISTANCE TO BENDING STRESS, EACH OF SAID STRIP MEMBERS BEING BENT BACK UPON ITSELF AND BEING OF SUFFICIENT LENGTH SO IT FORMS TWO GENERALLY OPPOSED PORTIONS, ONE LYING AGAINST THE CORRESPONDING FACE WHEREBY EACH OF THE STRIP MEMBERS EXERTS A FORCE ON THE FACE WITH WHICH IT COOPERATES AND SAID STRIP MEMBERS POSITION THE ACTUATOR ON THE AXIS FOR MOVEMENT THEREALONG BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION WHEREIN SAID STRIP MEMBERS LIE AGAINST THE CORRESPONDING FACES TO A PREDETERMINED EXTENT AND A SECOND POSITION WHEREIN SAID STRIP MEMBERS LIE AGAINST SAID FACES TO A LESSER EXTENT, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID FACES HAVING AN ORIFICE OPENING INTO SAID CHAMBER AND POSITIONED TO BE CLOSED BY THE CORRESPONDING STRIP MEMBER WHEN SAID ACTUATOR IS IN SAID FIRST POSITION AND TO BE EXPOSED WHEN SAID ACTUATOR IS IN SAID SECOND POSITION.