Gas dispersoid separator

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING THE SEPARATION OF A GAS DISPERSOID FROM ITS GASEOUS SUSPENSION MEDIUM, COMPRISING: HOUSING MEANS; FIRST MEANS DEFINING AN INLET PASSAGEWAY FOR COMMUNICATING A GAS DISPERSOID IN A GASEOUS SUSPENSION MEDIUM INTO SAID HOUSING; CONDENSER MEANS IN SAID HOUSING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID INLET PASSAGEWAY FOR COALESCING AND AGGLOMERATING SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE DISPERSOID PARTICLES PASSING THERETHROUGH INTO LARGER CONGLOMERATE PARTICLES, SAID CONDENSER MEANS INCLUDING A BED OF CONDENSING MEDIUM ADAPTED TO FUNCTION IN A CONDITION IN WHICH IT IS SATURATED WITH THE DISPERSOID MATERIAL; NOZZLE MEANS IN SAID HOUSING DOWNSTREAM OF AND BELOW SAID CONDENSER MEANS FOR ACCELERATING THE LARGER CONGLOMERATE PARTICLE AND GASEOUS MEDIUM FLOW IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION FROM SAID CONDENSER MEANS; DEFLECTING MEANS IN SAID HOUSING FOR SUBSTANTIALLY REVERSING THE FLOW OF GASEOUS MEDIUM FROM SAID NOZZLE MEANS TO AN UPWARD DIRECTION TO CAUSE AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE LARGER CONGLOMERATE PARTICLES THEREIN TO BE CARRIED OUT OF THE FLOW STREAM BY THE INFLUENCE OF INERTIA ADDED BY GRAVITY; FILTER MEANS IN SAID HOUSING DOWNSTREAM OF SAID DEFLECTION MEANS FOR SORBING DISPERSOID PARTICLES REMAINING IN THE GASEOUS MEDIUM, SAID FILTER MEANS INCLUDING A BED OF SORBENT FILTERING MEDIUM ADAPTED TO FUNCTION IN A CONDITION IN WHICH IT IS UNSATURATED WITH THE DISPERSOID MATERIAL; SECOND MEANS DEFINING A PASSAGEWAY IN SAID HOUSING FOR COMMUNICATING THE FLOW OF GASEOUS MEDIUM FROM SAID DEFLECTING MEANS TO SAID FILTER MEANS; AND THIRD MEANS DEFINING A PASSAGEWAY FOR COMMUNICATING SAID SEPARATED GASEOUS MEDIUM FROM SAID FILTER MEANS OUT OF SAID HOUSING.