Gas scrubber

Claim 1

IN A GAS SCRUBBER, A GENERALLY VERTICAL INLET PIPE THROUGH WHICH A GAS WHICH IS TO BE CLEANED IS ADAPTED TO FLOW DOWNWARDLY BEYOND THE BOTTOM END OF SAID INLET PIPE, A CONVERGING TUBE SURROUNDSING THE BOTTOM END OF SAID INLET PIPE AND HAVING AN ENDLESS CONVERGING SIDE WALL WHICH CONVERGES DOWNWARDLY TO AN ELEVATION LOWER THAN SAID BOTTOM END OF SAID INLET PIPE AND WHICH DEFINES AN ORIFICE ALIGNED WITH SAID INLET PIPE, A COMPARTMENT LOCATED OUTWARDLY OF SAID INLET PIPE OVER SAID CONVERGING TUBE FORMING AN ENCLOSURE FOR RECEIVING LIQUID, INLET MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH SAID COMPARTMENT FOR DIRECTING LIQUID INTO THE LATTER, SAID COMPARTMENT HAVING AN ELONGATED CONDUIT PROVIDING COMMUNICATION TO SAID CONVERGING TUBE, SAID CONDUIT HAVING SIDE WALLS WITH UPPER EDGES IN SAID COMPARTMENT, ONE OF WHICH HAS AN UPPER EDGE LOWER THAN THE UPPER EDGE OF THE REMAINING SIDE WALLS AND SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN SAID INLET MEANS SO TAHT THE LIQUID MUST OVERFLOW SAID ONE WALL BEFOE BEING FORMED INTO A SHEET WHICH IS DIVERTED DOWNWARDLY TO SAID CONVERGING SIDE WALL AND SAID ORIFICE SO AS TO MIX WITH AND CLEAN THE GAS WHICH ENTERS THROUGH SAID INLET PIPE.