Vapor purification and drying apparatus

Claim 1

IN A VESSEL HAVING A VAPOR SPACE, OUTLET MEANS FROM SAID VAPOR SPACE, INLET MEANS SPACED FROM SAID OUTLET MEANS TO INTRODUCE A VAPOR AND LIQUID MIXTURE TO SAID VAPOR SPACE; A VAPOR-LIQUID SEPARATING AND DRYING APPARATUS BEING SAID INLET AND OUTLET MEAN COMPRISING AN UPPER SECOND STAGE SEPARATION MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED FORAMINOUS SECTIONS EXTENDING IN THEIR LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION ACROSS THE VAPOR SPACE, SAID SECTIONS IN THEIR TRANSVERSE DIRECTION BEING CONTIGUOUS WITH EACH OTHER AND INCLINED RELATIVE TO THE HORIZONTAL AND TO EACH OTHER TO PROVIDE A CHEVRON SHAPED PATTERN ACROSS THE CHAMBER; TROUGH MEANS DISPOSED BENEATH LOWERMOST PORTIONS OF SAID SECTIONS, DRAIN MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID TROUGH MEANS TO CONVEY LIQUID FROM SAID VAPOR SPACE; AND A LOWER FIRST STAGE SEPARATION MEANS BELOW AND SPACED FROM SAID UPPER SECOND STAGE SEPARATION MEANS BUT INTERMEDIATE SAID INLET AND OUTLET MEANS COMPRISING A FORAMINOUS MESH ENCLOSURE ENCOMPASSING AND DEFINING A VERTICALLY EXTENDING FLOW PASSAGEWAY, MEANS BAFFLING SAID ENCLOSURE WITHIN SAID VAPOR SPACE TO OBTAIN A TRANSVERSE VAPOR-LIQUID FLOW THROUGH SAID ENCLOSURE TO SAID PASSAGEWAY WHEREBY THE LIQUID CONTENT IN THE FLOW IS REDUCED TO MOISTURE IN THE FORM OF FINE VAPOR-BORN SPRAY.