Continuous flow separating and metering assembly

Claim 1

A SEPARATING AND METERING ASSEMBLY FOR SEPARATING LIQUIDS AND GASES AND METERING THE LIQUIDS, SAID ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A VESSEL ADAPTED TO HOLD LIQUID, A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL PARTITION SECURD TO AND EXTENDING ACROSS THE INTERIOR OF THE VESSEL DIVIDING THE VESSEL INTO UPPER AND LOWER SEPARATING AND METERING CONTAINERS, A GAS OUTLET IN AN UPPER PART OF EACH CONTAINER, AN OUTLET FLOW LINE CONNECTED TO EACH CONTAINER AT A POINT ON A LOWER PORTION OF THE CONTAINER, AN INLET FLOW LINE CONNECTED TO EACH CONTAINER AT A POINT ABOVE THE CONNECTION OF THE OUTLET FLOW LINE TO THE CONTAINER, AND FLOW CONTROL MEANS ALTERNATELY DIRECTING FLUID TO ONE CONTAINER THROUGH THE INLET FLOW LINE CONNECTED TO SAID CONTAINER WHILE DRAINING A MEASURED VOLUME OF LIQUID FROM THE OTHER CONTAINER THROUGH THE OUTLET FLOW LINE CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER CONTAINER.