Apparatus for continuously separating liquids having different specific gravities

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY SEPARATING TWO LIQUIDS WITH DIFFERENT SPECIFIC GRAVITIES AND INSOLUBLE IN EACH OTHER, COMPRISING: A CONTAINER ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A LAYER OF A HEAVIER LIQUID AND A SUPERPOSED LAYER OF A LIGHTER LIQUID, SAID CONTAINER BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTILINEAR CONFIGURATION WHEN REVIEWED IN PLAN AND HAVING A VERTICAL CROSS SECTION CONSTITUTED BY TWO SUPERPOSED RHOMBOIDS HAVING ONE SIDE IN COMMON AND BEING SYMMETRICALLY ARRANGED WITH RESPECT TO SAID SIDE IN COMMON; SAID VERTICAL SECTION BEING OBTAINED BY PROVIDING THE CONTAINER WITH A HORIZONTAL FLAT BOTTOM AND TWO LONGITUDINAL V-SHAPED WALLS, EACH OF SAID LONGITUDINAL V-SHAPED WALLS BEING FORMED BY TWO FLAT SURFACES, NAMELY AN UPPER SURFACE AND A LOWER SURFACE, DISPOSED IN A V-SHAPE AND CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER ALONG A HORIZONTAL CONNECTION EDGE, THE FIRST OF SAID V-SHAPED WALLS HAVING ITS CONCAVITY TOWARDS THE INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER AND THE SECOND OF SAID V-SHAPED WALLS HAVING ITS CONCAVITY TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER; SAID CONTAINER INCLUDING MEANS DEFINING AT LEAST ONE NARROW HORIZONTAL RECTILINEAR SLOT FOR THE INLET OF A MIXTURE OF SAID LIGHTER LIQUID AND SAID HEAVIER LIQUID INTO SAID CONTAINER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF A RECTILINEAR PLANAR FILM, SAID SLOT BEING DISPOSED EXACTLY IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HORIZONTAL CONNECTION EDGE OF THE TWO FLAT SURFACES DISPOSED IN A V-SHAPE FORMING THE V-SHAPED WALL WHICH HAS ITS CONCAVITY TOWARDS THE INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID LIGHTER LIQUID FROM THE UPPERMOST PORTION OF THE V-SHAPED WALL WHICH HAS ITS CONCAVITY TOWARDS TH OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINERS; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID HEAVIER LIQUID FROM THE LOWERMOST PORTION OF SAID V-SHAPED WALL WHICH HAS ITS CONCAVITY TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER; AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING A CONSTANT RATIO BETWEEN THE PRESSURE ON THE FREE SURFACE OF THE LIGHTER LIQUID AND ON THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SAID TWO LAYERS OF LIQUIDS HAVING DIFFERENT SPECIFIC GRAVITIES, SO THAT THE PLANE OF SAID INTERFACE PASSES THROUGH BOTH OF SAID CONNECTION EDGES.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY SEPARATING TWO LIQUIDS WITH DIFFERENT SPECIFIC GRAVITIES AND INSOLUBLE IN EACH OTHER, COMPRISING: A CONTAINER ADAPTED TO CONTAIN A LAYER OF A HEAVIER LIQUID AND A SUPERPOSED LAYER OF A LIGHTER LIQUID, SAID CONTAINER BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY RECTILINEAR CONFIGURATION WHEN REVIEWED IN PLAN AND HAVING A VERTICAL CROSS SECTION CONSTITUTED BY TWO SUPERPOSED RHOMBOIDS HAVING ONE SIDE IN COMMON AND BEING SYMMETRICALLY ARRANGED WITH RESPECT TO SAID SIDE IN COMMON; SAID VERTICAL SECTION BEING OBTAINED BY PROVIDING THE CONTAINER WITH A HORIZONTAL FLAT BOTTOM AND TWO LONGITUDINAL V-SHAPED WALLS, EACH OF SAID LONGITUDINAL V-SHAPED WALLS BEING FORMED BY TWO FLAT SURFACES, NAMELY AN UPPER SURFACE AND A LOWER SURFACE, DISPOSED IN A V-SHAPE AND CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER ALONG A HORIZONTAL CONNECTION EDGE, THE FIRST OF SAID V-SHAPED WALLS HAVING ITS CONCAVITY TOWARDS THE INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER AND THE SECOND OF SAID V-SHAPED WALLS HAVING ITS CONCAVITY TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER; SAID CONTAINER INCLUDING MEANS DEFINING AT LEAST ONE NARROW HORIZONTAL RECTILINEAR SLOT FOR THE INLET OF A MIXTURE OF SAID LIGHTER LIQUID AND SAID HEAVIER LIQUID INTO SAID CONTAINER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF A RECTILINEAR PLANAR FILM, SAID SLOT BEING DISPOSED EXACTLY IN CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE HORIZONTAL CONNECTION EDGE OF THE TWO FLAT SURFACES DISPOSED IN A V-SHAPE FORMING THE V-SHAPED WALL WHICH HAS ITS CONCAVITY TOWARDS THE INSIDE OF THE CONTAINER; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID LIGHTER LIQUID FROM THE UPPERMOST PORTION OF THE V-SHAPED WALL WHICH HAS ITS CONCAVITY TOWARDS TH OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINERS; MEANS FOR WITHDRAWING SAID HEAVIER LIQUID FROM THE LOWERMOST PORTION OF SAID V-SHAPED WALL WHICH HAS ITS CONCAVITY TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER; AND MEANS FOR MAINTAINING A CONSTANT RATIO BETWEEN THE PRESSURE ON THE FREE SURFACE OF THE LIGHTER LIQUID AND ON THE INTERFACE BETWEEN SAID TWO LAYERS OF LIQUIDS HAVING DIFFERENT SPECIFIC GRAVITIES, SO THAT THE PLANE OF SAID INTERFACE PASSES THROUGH BOTH OF SAID CONNECTION EDGES.