Centrifugal filter

Claim 1

A CENTRIFUGAL FILTER FOR REMOVING LIQUID PARTICLES FROM AEROSOLS WHICH COMPRISES A CHAMBER INCLUDING AN INLET, A LIQUID OUTLET AND GAS OUTLETS, A MOTOR CONNECTED TO SAID CHAMBER AND HAVING A DRIVEN SHAFT EXTENDING INTO THE CHAMBER, A PLURALITY OF SPACED IMPELLERS HAVING DRIVE CONNECTIONS WITH SAID SHAFT, EACH IMPELLERS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF PLANAR DISKS, SAID IMPELLERS EACH COMPRISING A PLURALTIY OF AEROSOLS INLER PASSAGES SPACED FROM SAID DRIVEN SHAFT AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID DISKS, ANNULLAR SPACERS COAXIAL WITH AND INTERLEAVED WITH THE DISKS OF SAID IMPELLERS AND FORMING WITH SAID DISKS A PLURALITY OF MINUTE PLANAR PASSAGES EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ANNULAR SPACERS RADIALLY OF SAID DISKS, A PLURALITY OF BAFFLE MEANS FORMING A SERIES OF ADJACENT CHAMBER SECTIONS, EACH OF SAID BAFFLE MEANS COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL PORTION ABUTTING THE INTERIOR WALL OF SAID CHAMBER, EACH SAID BAFFLE MEANS COMPRISING A FURTHER PORTION ADAPTED FOR THE RECEPTION OF AEROSOLS AND EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM SAID CYLINDER PORTION TOWARD SAID DRIVE SHAFT BETWEEN ADJACENT ONES OF SAID IMPELLERS, EACH OF SAID BAFFLE MEANS HAVING A DEPENDING SKIRT ATTACHED TO SAID FURTHER PORTION OUTWARDLY OF THE PERIPHERY OF THE NEXT ADJACENT DOWNSTREAM IMPELLER, SAID FURTHER PORTION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR AND PROVIDED WITH MEANS FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF AEROSOLS FROM SAID FURTHER PORTION TO SAID PLURALITY OF PASSAGES IN ONE OF SAID ADJACENT ONE OF SAID IMPELLERS, SAID LAST-NAMED MEANS COMPRISING AN ORIFICE IN SAID FURTHER PORTION ADJACENT THE ENDS OF SAID LAST-NAMED PLURALITY OF PASSAGES, AND LIQUID DRAIN MEANS IN SAID BAFFLE MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ORIFICES, SAID LIQUID DRAIN MEANS BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID INTERIOR WALL.