Dust separator

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING DUST PARTICLES FROM A GASEOUS STREAM COMPRISING A CASING HAVING ADIRTY GAS INLET AND A DUST PARTICLE OUTLET OPPOSITE SAID GAS INLET, SAID CASING INCLUDING OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SIDE WALLS BOUNDING THE GAS FLOW PATH FROM SAID DIRTY GAS INLET, SAID SIDE WALLS CONVERGING TOWARD EACH OTHER IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID DUST PARTICLE OUTLET TO FORM A DIMINISHING FLOW AREA OF THE GASES AND SOLIDS PASSING THERETHROUGH, A PLURALITY OF LOUVERS IN SAID OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SIDE WALLS, SAID LOUVERS BEING DISPOSED SO THAT GAS FLOWING FROM SAID GAS FLOW PATH IS ABRUPTLY CHANGED IN ITS DIRECTION OF FLOW AS IT PASSES THROUGH SAID LOUVERS, AND A FLAT, GAS IMPERVIOUS PARTITION PLATE EXTENDING SOLELY INTERMEDIATE SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LOUVERED PORTION OF SSAID OPPOSITELY DISPOSED SIDE WALLS PARALLEL TO AND ALONG THE INITIAL DIRECTION OF SAID GAS FLOW PATH TOWARD SAID DUST PARTICLE OUTLET TO PREVENT DUST PARTICLES ARRESTED FROM THE GAS BY THE LOUVERS IN THE SIDE WALL OPPOSITE THERETO AND TO SERVE AS A MEANS FOR CHANNELING THE DUST PARTICLES TO SAID DUST PARTICLE OUTLET.