Fuel heater and separator

Claim 1

A HEAT EXCHANGER AND SEPARATOR FOR USE IN A FLUID SYSTEM TO REMOVE MATERIALS OF HIGHER SPECIFIC GRAVITY FROM THE FLUID PASSING THROUGH THE HEAT EXCHANGER AND SEPARATOR AND FOR HEATING THE FLUID FLOWING THERETHROUGH, SAID HEAT EXCHANGER AND SEPARATOR COMPRISING: (1) A FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER, (2) A SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER OF LARGER DIAMETER AND SURROUNDING SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER AND HAVING THE ENDS THEREOF CLOSED, THE ARRAMGEMENT BEING SUCH THAT A CHAMBER IS FORMED, BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS, (3) MEANS FORMING A PLURALITY OF PASSAGEWAYS THROUGH ON END OF SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER WITHIN THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER, (4) MEANS FORMING A PASSAGEWAY THROUGH THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER WITHIN THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID FIRST TUBULAR MEMBER, (5) MEANS FORMING AN OPENING IN THE MEDIAL PORTION WALL OF SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER, (6) VALVE MEANS LOCATED IN SAID OPENING, SAID VALVE MEANS BEING MOVABLE BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS TO PERMIT THE REMOVAL OF THE HIGHER SPECIFIC GRAVITY MATERIAL FROM SAID CHAMBER WHEN IN THE OPEN POSITION AND, WHEN IN THE CLOSED POSITION, TO PREVENT FLOW THROUGH SAID OPENING, (7) BAFFLE MEANS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER INCLUDING, (A) A PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL BAFFLE MEMBERS EXTENDING ALONG SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, (B) A FIRST PAIR OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL BAFFLE MEMBERS TERMINATING BELOW AND SPACED APART FROM THE ENDS OF SAID PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL BAFFLE MEMBERS, (C) A SECOND PAIR OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL BAFFLE MEMBERS POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID FIRST PAIR OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL BAFFLE MEMBERS AND HAVING THE ENDS THEREOF SPACED APART FROM SAID LONGITUDINAL BAFFLE MEMBERS, AND (D) A SECOND LONGITUDINAL BAFFLE MEMBER EXTENDING ALONG SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS AND BETWEEN SAID SECOND PAIR OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL BAFFLE MEMBERS AND DISPOSED APPROXIMATELY 90* FROM SAID PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL BAFFLE MEMBERS, (8) A PAIR OF INLET MEANS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS, EACH OF SAID INLET MEANS BEING LOCATED BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID SECOND TUBULAR MEMBER AND SAID FIRST PAIR OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL BAFFLE MEMBERS, SAID INLET MEANS BEING ARRANGED TO PERMIT THE ENTRANCE OF FLUID INTO SAID CHAMBER, AND (9) OUTLET MEANS IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS, SAID OUTLET MEANS BEING LOCATED OVR SAID SECOND LONGITUDINAL BAFFLE MEMBER AND BETWEEN SAID SECOND PAIR OF CIRCUMFERENTIAL BAFFLE MEMBERS.