Apparatus for mixing and separating substances of different mass-inertia

Claim 1

A DUST-FROM GAS SEPARATOR APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING DUST ENTRAINED IN A RAW GAS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A CONDUIT VESSEL DEFINING A CYLINDRICAL VESSEL SPACE HAVING AN INLET AT ONE END AND AN OUTLET AT THE OTHER END, SAID INLET AND OUTLET DEFINING THEREBETWEEN A PRIMARY FLOW AXIS FOR FLUID THROUGH SAID VESSEL SPACE; DUCT MEANS FOR INTRODUCING SAID RAW GAS CONTAINING SAID DUST INTO SAID INLET ALONG SAID PRIMARY FLOW AXIS, A PLURALITY OF NOZZLES DISPOSED AROUND SAID VESSEL AND TERMINATING AT THE INNER WALL SURFACE THEREOF, SAID NOZZLES EACH HAVING A DIRECTION GENERALLY TANGENTIAL TO THE VESSEL WALL AND INCLINED RELATIVE TO SAID PRIMARY FLOW AXIS FOR INJECTING GASESOUS FLUID INTO SAID VESSEL ALONG A MAIN HELICAL FLOW PATH IN DIRECTIONS AROUND SAID PRIMARY FLOW AXIS, SAID NOZZLE DIRECTIONS EACH HAVING A COMPONENT ALONG SAID AXIS TOWARD SAID INLET SO THAT SAID MAIN HELICAL FLOW PATH SUPERIMPOSES UPON THE PRIMARY FLOW OF A ROTATIONAL SECOND-