Wet dust separator

Claim 1

A DUST SEPARATOR FOR SEPARATING DUST PARTICLES FROM A GASEOUS STREAM COMPRISING: LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING CYCLONIC DUST CONCENTRATING CHAMBER MEANS INCLUDING A SUBSTANTIALLY FRUSTO-CONICAL LIKE SECTION AT ONE END THEREOF TAPERING OUTWARDLY FROM THE APEX TO THE BASE OF SAID SECTION; GAS INLET MEANS IN THE FORM OF A LONGITUDINAL SLOT PERIPHERALLY DISPOSED ALONG THE SIDE WALL OF SAID FRUSTO-CONICAL LIKE SECTION OF SAID CHAMBER MEANS, SAID SLOT EXTENDING ALONG A PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF SAID SECTION BETWEEN APEX AND BASE TO OPEN ADJACENT AN INNER SIDE WALL OF SAID SECTION TO DELIVER DIRTY GAS TANGENTIALLY INTO SAID CHAMBER MEANS TO VORTEX SUCH DIRTY GAS AND CONCENTRATE THE DUST CONTENT ALONG THE INNER SIDE WALL OF SAID CHAMBER MEANS WITH THE CLEAN GAS STREAM PASSING ALONG THE INNER PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER MEANS ADJACENT THE CENTRAL LONGITUDINAL AXIAL THEREOF; LIQUID INLET MEANS REMOVED FROM SAID GAS INLET MEANS AND DIRECTED TOWARD THE DIRTY GAS FLOW PATH FROM A POSITION ADJACENT TO APEX OF SAID FRUSTOCONICAL LIKE SECTION AND UPSTREAM OF SAID GAS INLET MEANS TO COOPERATE WITH THE DIRTY GAS PASSING THROUGH SAID GAS INLET MEANS SO THAT AS SUCH GAS ENTERS THE GAS INLET MEANS IT ENTRAINS THE LIQUID THEREWITH TO PROVIDE A SHEET OF LIQUID CONCENTRATED ALONG THE SIDE WALL OF SAID CHAMBER MEANS TO FORM A LIQUID CURTAIN OVER SAID GAS INLET MEANS THROUGH WHICH SUBSEQUENT DIRTY GAS ENTERING INTO SAID CHAMBER MEANS MUST FLOW; SAID FRUUSTO-CONICAL LIKE SECTION INCLUDING A LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING FIRST STRAIGHTAWAY PORTION LYING IN A FLAT, LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING PLANE ADJACENT SAID GAS INLE MEANS FOR TANGENTIAL INTRODUCTION OF GAS THEREINTO, A SUCCESSIVE LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING FIRST CENTRIFUGING CURVED PORTION, A SUCCESSIVE LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING SECONE STRAIGHTAWAY PORTION LYING IN A FLAT, LONGITUDINALLYEXTENDING PLANE TO TAPER OUTWARDLY FROM THE APEX TO THE BASE OF SAID SECTION, AND A SUCCESSIVE LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING SECOND CENTRIFUGING CURVED PORTION, SUCH PORTIONS COOPERATING WITH SAID GAS INLET MEANS TO IMPART A TURBULENCE TO SAID LIQUID CURTAIN FORMED OVER SAID GAS INLET MEANS; AND OUTLET MEANS IN SAID CHAMBER MEANS DOWNSTREAM OF SAID INLET MEANS, SAID OUTLET MEANS INCLUDING A CLEAN GAS OUTLET TO RECEIVE THE CLEAN GAS STREAM PASSED ALONG THE INNER PORTION OF SAID CHAMBER MEANS ADJACENT THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF AND A GAS-LIQUID OUTLET TO RECEIVE THE GAS-LIQUID CONCENTRATED ALONG THE SIDE WALL OF SAID CHAMBER MEANS.