Rotating eliminator

Claim 1

IN A COMBINED AIR WASHER AND ELIMINATOR, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A CASING HAVING AN AIR INLET AT ONE END AND AN AIR OUTLET AT THE OTHER END, MOTOR DRIVEN FAN MEANS FOR MOVING THE AIR STREAM TO BE TREATED THROUGH SAID CASING BETWEEN SAID INLET AND OUTLET, A WASHER CHAMBER LOCATED WITHIN SAID CASING AND INCLUDING WATER SPRAY MEAND FOR EFFECTING CONSTACT WITH THE AIR, AN ELIMINATOR CHAMBER LOCATED WITHIN SAID CASING ON THE DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF SAID WASHER CHAMBER, A ROTATABLE SHAFT MOUNTED BLADED ELIMINATOR ASSEMBLY LOCATED WITHIN SAID ELIMINATOR CHAMBER, SAID ELIMINATOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY EXTENDING BLADES WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY PLANAR BETWEEN THE AIR INLET AND OULET EDGES THEROF FOR PRODUCING A CENTRIFUGALLY INDUCED HELICAL OUTWARD FLOW PATH OF LIQUID DROPLETS SEPARATED OUT OF THE AIR STREAM, A WINDMILL MOUNTED ON THE SHAFT WHICH MOUNTS SAID ELIMINATOR ASSEMBLY, SAID WINDMILL BEING DRIVEN BY THE AIR STREAM PASSED THROUGH SAID WASHER AND ELIMINATOR CHAMBER AND BEING PROVIDED WITH BLADES HAVING ADJUSTABLE PITCH, AND ADJUSTABLE SPEED GOVERNOR MEANS ON SAID WINDMILL FOR CHANGING THE PITCH OF SAID WINDMILL BLADES, SAID SPEED GOVERNOR MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO A CHANGE IN A PARAMETER RELATED TO USE OF THE AIR DISCHARGED FROM SAID ELIMINATOR ASSEMBLY FOR EFFECTING A CORRESPONDING ADJUSTMENT IN THE SETTING OF SAID SPEED GOVERNOR MEANS THEREBY TO EFFECT A CORRESPONDING CHANGE IN THE SPEED OF SAID WINDMILL AND ELIMINATOR ASSEMBLY AND HENCE A CORRESPONDING CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE REMOVED FROM SAID AIR STREAM.