Apparatus for separating a water and steam mixture

Claim 1

AN ARRANGEMENT FOR SEPARATING STEAM AND WATER FROM A STEAM-LIQUID MIXTURE PASSING FROM BELOW THROUGH THE OPEN LIQUID SURFACE IN A PRESSURE TANK COMPRISING: A PRESSURE TANK CONTAINING A BODY OF LIQUID HAVING A SURFACE, A COMPARTMENT IN SAID TANK, A PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL CHIMNEYS EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE COMPARTMENT DELIVERING AN UPWARDLY DIRECTED STREAM OF A STEAM-LIQUID MIXTURE IN SAID PRESSURE TANK BENEATH SAID SURFACE, EACH OF SAID CHIMNEYS CONNECTED TO A TUBULAR MEMBER HAVING AN INWARDLY TAPERED INTERMEDIATE PORTION AND A RESTRICTED UPPER NECK PORTION, LIKE BELL-SHAPED TUBULAR ELEMENTS THEREABOVE, EACH NECK PORTION EXTENDING INTO THE LOWER END OF A CORRESPONDING LIKE BELL-SHAPED TUBULAR ELEMENT THEREABOVE, SAID TUBULAR ELEMENTS CONSTITUTING THE LOWER TIER OF AT LEAST THREE TIERS OF SPACED LIKE TUBULAR ELEMENTS. EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS HAVING A RELATIVELY WIDE LOWER ENTRANCE END AND A RELATIVELY NARROW NECK-LIKE UPPER OUTLET END, THE SAID TUBULAR ELEMENTS OF EACH TIER BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED THAT THE TUBULAR ELEMENT OF ONE TIER EXCEPT THE TOPMOST TIER PROJECTS INTO THE CORRESPONDING WIDE LOWER ENTRANCE END OF A TUBULAR ELEMENT