Method and apparatus for collecting contaminants from gases

Claim 1

A METHOD OF SEPARATING CONTAMINANTS FROM GAS, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF ACCELERATING SAID GAS INTO A PAIR OF CONVERGING, HIGH VELOCITY GAS STREAMS FOR DISCHARGE ADJACENT THE UPPER LEVEL OF A LIQUID BATH OF CONTAMINANT CONTAINING LIQUID MEDIUM, INTRODUCING SAID LIQUID MEDIUM IN SAID HIGH VELOCITY GAS STREAMS TO WET THE CONTAMINANTS THEREIN, DISCHARGING SAID HIGH VELOCITY GAS STREAMS INTO AN EXPANSION AREA ABOVE SAID BATH WHEREBY THE GAS VELOCITY IS REDUCED AND THE LIQUID MEDIUM SEPARATED FROM THE GAS, POSITIONING SAID DISCHARGING GAS STREAMS IN CONVERGING DIRECTIONS TO DIRECTLY INTERSECT AND IMPINGE UPON ONE ANOTHER ABOVE SAID LIQUID BATH AND GUIDING SAID LIQUID MEDIUM INTO SAID GAS STREAMS TO FORM A PAIR OF LIQUIDGASEOUS ENVELOPES AROUND SAID DISCHARGING GAS WHEREBY SAID ENVELOPES DIRECTLY IMPINGE AND INTERSECT ONE ANOTHER.