Arrangement for separating in a solid state constituents from a gas mixture

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR SEPARATING OUT IMPURITIES IN A SOLID STATE FROM A GAS MIXTURE COMPRISING: (A) A HEAT-CONDUCTING SUPPORT STRUCTURE INCLUDING (1) A CENTRAL HEAT-CONDUCTING ROD-LIKE MEMBER HAVING ONE END ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF COLD, (3) HEAT-CONDUCTING MEAMS CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID ROD-LIKE MEMBER, (3) A PLURALITY OF HEAT-CONDUCTING RODS SURROUNDING SAID ROD-LIKE MEMBER IN SPACED GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP THERWITH, EACH OF SAID RODS HAVING ONE END CONNECTED TO SAID HEAT-CONDUCTING MEANS, SAID RODS BEING SPACED AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID HEAT-CONDUCTING MEANS; (B) A FIRST GAS PERMEABLE GAUZE LAYER CLOSELY SURROUNDING AND IN CONTACT WITH THE EXTERIOR OF SAID HEATCONDUCTING SUPPORT STRUCTURE; (C) A SECOND GAS PERMEABLE GAUZE LAYER FOLDED IN ZIGZAG FORM AND CLOSELY SURROUDING SAID FIRST GAUZE LAYER, EACH OF SAID GAUZE LAYER HAVING OPENINGS THERETHROUGH WITH THE OPENINGS IN SAID SECOND LAYER BEING WIDER THAN THE OPENINGS IN SAID FIRST LAYER; AND (D) MEANS FORMING A BATH OF LIQUID GAS, SAID GAS PERMEABLE GAUZE LAYERS AND THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID RODS EXTENDING INTO SAID BATH, WHEREBY, WHEN SAID ROD-LIKE MEMBER IS CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF COLD AND A GAS MIXTURE IS PASSED THROUGH SAID SECOND GAUAZE LAYER AND SAID FIRST GAUZE LAYER IN SUCCESSION, THE IMPURITIES IN THE GAS MIXTURE WILL BE SOLIDIFIED AND DEPOSITED IN A CONSTANTLY INCREASING LAYER OF SNOW ON SAID GAUZE LAYERS IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF THE FLOW OF SAID MIXTURE.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR SEPARATING OUT IMPURITIES IN A SOLID STATE FROM A GAS MIXTURE COMPRISING: (A) A HEAT-CONDUCTING SUPPORT STRUCTURE INCLUDING (1) A CENTRAL HEAT-CONDUCTING ROD-LIKE MEMBER HAVING ONE END ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF COLD, (3) HEAT-CONDUCTING MEAMS CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID ROD-LIKE MEMBER, (3) A PLURALITY OF HEAT-CONDUCTING RODS SURROUNDING SAID ROD-LIKE MEMBER IN SPACED GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP THERWITH, EACH OF SAID RODS HAVING ONE END CONNECTED TO SAID HEAT-CONDUCTING MEANS, SAID RODS BEING SPACED AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID HEAT-CONDUCTING MEANS; (B) A FIRST GAS PERMEABLE GAUZE LAYER CLOSELY SURROUNDING AND IN CONTACT WITH THE EXTERIOR OF SAID HEATCONDUCTING SUPPORT STRUCTURE; (C) A SECOND GAS PERMEABLE GAUZE LAYER FOLDED IN ZIGZAG FORM AND CLOSELY SURROUDING SAID FIRST GAUZE LAYER, EACH OF SAID GAUZE LAYER HAVING OPENINGS THERETHROUGH WITH THE OPENINGS IN SAID SECOND LAYER BEING WIDER THAN THE OPENINGS IN SAID FIRST LAYER; AND (D) MEANS FORMING A BATH OF LIQUID GAS, SAID GAS PERMEABLE GAUZE LAYERS AND THE OTHER ENDS OF SAID RODS EXTENDING INTO SAID BATH, WHEREBY, WHEN SAID ROD-LIKE MEMBER IS CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF COLD AND A GAS MIXTURE IS PASSED THROUGH SAID SECOND GAUAZE LAYER AND SAID FIRST GAUZE LAYER IN SUCCESSION, THE IMPURITIES IN THE GAS MIXTURE WILL BE SOLIDIFIED AND DEPOSITED IN A CONSTANTLY INCREASING LAYER OF SNOW ON SAID GAUZE LAYERS IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF THE FLOW OF SAID MIXTURE.