Means for removing non-condensible gases from boiler feedwater in a power plant

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A CONDENSER INCLUDING MEANS FOR REMOVING NONCONDENSIBLE GASES FROM THE BOILER FEEDWATER IN A BOILER FEEDWATER SYSTEM OF A POWER PLANT; SAID POWER PLANT INCLUDING A TURBINE HAVING MEANS FOR DISCHARGING EXHAUST, SAID CONDENSER SPACED RELATIVE SAID TURBINE TO RECEIVE EXHAUST THEREFROM; CONDENSING MEANS DISPOSED IN THE CONDENSER AND TO CONDENSE A PORTION OF THE EXHAUST FROM SAID TURBINE, A COLLECTING MEANS DISPOSED BENEATH SAID CONDENSING MEANS AND SPACED RELATIVE SAID CONDENSING MEANS TO RECEIVE THE PORTION OF EXHAUST CONDENSED BY SAID CONDENSING MEANS; SAID MEANS FOR REMOVING NONCONDENSIBLE GASES COMPRISING A MEMBER HAVING UPPER AND LOWER ENDS, THE UPPER END OF SAID MEANS FOR REMOVING NON-CONDENSIBLE GASES CONNECTED TO SAID COLLECTING MEANS TO RECEIVE CONDENSED EXHAUST THEREFROM, SEALING MEANS IN SAID CONDENSER AND CONNECTED TO THE LOWER END OF THE MEANS FOR REMOVING NON-CONDENSIBLE GASES TO CAUSE THE PORTION OF SAID EXHAUST NOT CONDENSED BY SAID CONDENSING MEANS TO PASS THROUGH SAID MEANS FOR REMOVING NON-CONDENSIBLE GASES AND IN RELATION TO THE PORTION OF THE EXHAUST CONDENSED BY SAID CONDENSING MEANS TO REMOVE NON-CONDENSIBLES THEREFROM, A STORAGE MEANS IN THE CONDENSER AND BENEATH SAID MEANS FOR REMOVING NON-CONDENSIBLE GASES TO COLLECT FEEDWATER FROM SAID MEANS FOR REMOVING NON-CONDENSIBLE GASES, AND PUMPING MEANS CONNECTED TO THE STORAGE MEANS TO PASS FEEDWATER TO THE BOILER FEEDWATER SYSTEM.