Gas separator/filter apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS ADAPTED TO BE USED WITH A CONDUIT THROUGH WHICH A GAS FLOWS UNDER PRESSURE FOR REMOVAL OF A LIQUID CONTAMINANT FROM THE GAS STREAM, COMPRISING AN UPSTANDING CONTAINER WITH A LIQUID COLLECTING SUMP AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF, AN INLET PIPE FOR THE GAS EXTENDING THROUGH A SIDE WALL OF THE CONTAINER ABOVE SAID SUMP, AN OUTLET PIPE FOR THE GAS EXTENDING THROUGH A WALL OF THE CONTAINER, AN UPRIGHT BAFFLE IN THE CONTAINER NEAR SAID INLET FOR DIRECTING THE ENTERING GAS STREAM UPWARDLY, DEFLECTING MEANS ABOVE SAID BAFFLE FOR REDIRECTING THE UPWARDLY DIRECTED STREAM FIRST DOWNWARDLY ABOUT THE BAFFLE TOWARD SAID SUMP AND THEN UPWARDLY AGAIN TOWARD THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CONTAINER IN A LOOP TO DISLODGE LIQUID CONTAMINANT DROPLETS DOWNWARDLY OUT OF THE STREAM AND INTO SAID SUMP, AN UPRIGHT FILTER CARTRIDGE IN THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CONTAINER DOWNSTREAM OF THE BAFFLE AND OF THE DEFLECTING MEANS, SAID CARTRIDGE HAVING LIQUID REPELLENT POROUS MEDIA ADAPTED TO BLOCK THE REMAINING LIQUID CONTAMINANT IN THE STREAM BUT PAS THE GAS THERETHROUGH AND DOWNWARDLY TOWARD SAID OUTLET PIPE, AND A CHAMBER BELOW SAID FILTER CARTRIDGE RECEIVING GAS PASSED DOWNWARDLY AND THROUGH SAID MEDIA AND CONNECTED TO SAID OUTLET PIPE.