Dielectric interrupter

Claim 1

A COMPACT DIELECTRIC INTERRUPTER FOR ELECTRICALLY INTERRUPTING THE CONTINUITY OF A FLOWING LIQUID AMALGAM STREAM COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A VERTICALLY DISPOSED HOLOW BODY COMPOSED OF A DIELECTRIC MATERIAL, AN INLET HEADER AT THE TOP AND AN OUTLET HEADER AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID BODY, EACH OF WHICH HEADER IS COMPOSED OF METAL, METALLIC TIE-RODS MEANS HOLDING SAID HEADERS IN PLACE WITH SAID HOLLOW BODY THEREBETWEEN, INSULATING MEANS ELECTRICALLY INSULATING SAID TIE-ROD MEANS FROM AT LEAST ONE OF SAID HEADERS, A PERFORATED DISTRIBUTOR PLATE MOUNTED WITHIN THE TOP OF SAID BODY AND SPACED FROM SAID INLET HEADER SO AS TO DEFINE A CHAMBER THERABOVE, TUBULAR VENTING AND OVERFLOW MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID OUTLET HEADER WITHIN THE BOTTOM OF SAID HOLLOW BODY, AND MEANS FOR DIVIDING AND BREAKING SAID LIDQUID AMALGAM STREAM ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AS IT PASSES THROUGH SAID PERFORATED DISTRIBUTOR PLATE OF SAID HOLLOW BODY INTO A PLURALITY OF STREAMS OF DISCRETE DROPLETS, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF NOZZLES SUPPORTED WITHIN THE PERFORATIONS OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR PLATE, EACH OF SAID NOZZLES HAVING A STRAIGHT TUBULAR SECTION WHEN THE WALL PORTION OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR PLATE AND AN EXTENDING TIP PORTION JUTTING BELOW SAID DISTRIBUTOR PLATE CHARACTERIZED BY A PRONOUNCED TAPER AND CONICALLIKE CONFIGURATION WHICH TAPER TOGETHER WITH THE ORIFICE IN EACH OF SAID NOZZLES GREATLY FACILITATES DIVIDING AND BREAKING SAID LIQUID AMALGAM STREAM INTO DISCRETE DROPLETS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BELOW THE TIPS OF SAID NOZZLES AS SAID STREAM PASSES THROUGH SAID ORIFICES.