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US3192691A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Gas, oil and water separator

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1960-11-28
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Granted: 1965-07-06
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Expires: 1980-11-28
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Spencer C Ely

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 12:58
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D19/00; B01D19/0042; B01D19/0052; B01D19/0057

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 188 words
AN OIL, WATER AND GAS SEPARATOR HAVING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED CYLINDRICAL HOUSING AND A FLUID INLET CONDUIT IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING AND AN OUTLET CONDUIT IN THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF, A CYLINDRICAL FLUID RECEIVING ELEMENT SUPPORTED CONCENTRICALLY OF SAID HOUSING AND HAVING SAID INLET CONDUIT CONNECTED TO ONE SIDE AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, A BAFFLE TANGENTIALLY DISPOSED ACROSS THE INLET OPENING OF SAID INLET CONDUIT IN SAID ELEMENT DIRECTING THE FLUIDS IN A CIRCULAR MOTION THEREIN, A SERIES OF VERTICALY ELONGATED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED OPENINGS IN SAID ELEMENT, EACH AVING A BAFFLE COEXTENSIVE THEREWITH EXTENDING TANGENTIALY INTO SAID ELEMENT IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID FLUIDS FOR IMPEDING THE CIRCULAR MOTION OF LIQUIDS THEREIN, A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY DISPOSED OPENINGS IN THE TOP OF SAID ELEMENT, A BAFFLE FOR EACH RADIAL OPENING DEPENDING INTO SAID ELEMENT IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION WHEREBY TO CONDUCT SAID FLUIDS CLOCKWISE UPWARDLY THEREIN, AND A FILTER CHAMBER HAVING A FLITERING MATERIAL THEREIN EXTENDING COMPLETELY ACROSS SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID ELEMENT AND SAID OUTLET CONDUIT WHEREBY TO FILTER OUT LIQUIDS REMAINING IN THE FLUIDS PRIOR TO THEIR ENTERING SAID OUTLET CONDUIT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 188 words
AN OIL, WATER AND GAS SEPARATOR HAVING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED CYLINDRICAL HOUSING AND A FLUID INLET CONDUIT IN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID HOUSING AND AN OUTLET CONDUIT IN THE UPPER PORTION THEREOF, A CYLINDRICAL FLUID RECEIVING ELEMENT SUPPORTED CONCENTRICALLY OF SAID HOUSING AND HAVING SAID INLET CONDUIT CONNECTED TO ONE SIDE AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, A BAFFLE TANGENTIALLY DISPOSED ACROSS THE INLET OPENING OF SAID INLET CONDUIT IN SAID ELEMENT DIRECTING THE FLUIDS IN A CIRCULAR MOTION THEREIN, A SERIES OF VERTICALY ELONGATED CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED OPENINGS IN SAID ELEMENT, EACH AVING A BAFFLE COEXTENSIVE THEREWITH EXTENDING TANGENTIALY INTO SAID ELEMENT IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF SAID FLUIDS FOR IMPEDING THE CIRCULAR MOTION OF LIQUIDS THEREIN, A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY DISPOSED OPENINGS IN THE TOP OF SAID ELEMENT, A BAFFLE FOR EACH RADIAL OPENING DEPENDING INTO SAID ELEMENT IN A COUNTER-CLOCKWISE DIRECTION WHEREBY TO CONDUCT SAID FLUIDS CLOCKWISE UPWARDLY THEREIN, AND A FILTER CHAMBER HAVING A FLITERING MATERIAL THEREIN EXTENDING COMPLETELY ACROSS SAID HOUSING BETWEEN SAID ELEMENT AND SAID OUTLET CONDUIT WHEREBY TO FILTER OUT LIQUIDS REMAINING IN THE FLUIDS PRIOR TO THEIR ENTERING SAID OUTLET CONDUIT.

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