Gas washing systems providing high velocity spray pattern of liquid droplets

Claim 1

A MULTIPLE DISK CENTRIFUGAL GAS WASHER WHICH COMPRISES A CENTRAL SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT SPACED DISKS AFFIXED TO SAID SHAFT WITH TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE AXIS OF THE SHAFT, MEANS FOR ROTATING THE SHAFT AT HIGH SPEED, A HOUSING SURROUNDING THE SHAFT AND DISKS BUT SPACED THEREFROM TO DEFINE A PATH FOR FLOW OF THE GAS OVER THE PERIPHERAL EDGES OF SAID DISKS, MEANS FOR FLOWING GAS INTO SAID HOUSING, ALONG SAID PATH AND OUT OF THE HOUSING, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING WASH LIQUID TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM SURFACES OF SAID DISKS, GENERALLY RADIALLY DIRECTED VANE MEANS ON EACH OF SAID SURFACES OF SAID DISKS EXTENDING FROM NEAR SAID SHAFT TO ADJACENT THE PERIPHERIES OF SAID DISKS AND DIFFERING IN FORM BETWEEN CERTAIN OF SAID SURFACES FOR BREAKING UP THE LIQUID INTO DROPLETS AND FOR ACCELERATING AND SLINGING SAID DROPLETS FROM SAID DISKS SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE PLANE THEREOF AT SUFFICIENTLY HIGH SPEEDS TO CAUSE NEARLY ALL SAID DROPLETS TO TRAVERSE SAID FLOW OF GAS AND TO REACH SAID HOUSING.