Dust collector apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING CONTAMINANT PARTICLES FROM A DIRTY GAS STREAM SOURCE COMPRISING: (A) AT LEAST TWO COLLECTOR SECTIONS POSITIONED DOWNSTREAM SAID DIRTY GAS STREAM SOURCE, SAID COLLECTOR SECTIONS INCLUDING DIRTY GAS INLETS AND A CLEAN GAS OUTLET WITH GAS PERVIOUS FILTER FABRIC COLLECTOR MEMBERS POSITIONED THEREBETWEEN; (B) DUCT MEANS CONNECTING SAID DIRTY GAS STREAM SOURCE TO SAID DIRTY GAS INLETS OF SAID COLLECTOR SECTIONS; (C) SINGLE BLOWER MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID DUCT MEANS TO MOVE A DIRTY GAS STREAM THROUGH SAID COLLECTOR SECTIONS; AND, (D) SINGLE VALVE MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID DUCT MEANS UPSTREAM SAID COLLECTOR SECTIONS, SAID VALVE MEANS INCLUDING A CASING HAVING DISPOSED IN THE PERIPHERAL WALL THEREOF DIRTY GAS INLET PORT MEANS COMMUNICABLY CONNECTED ON ONE SIDE OF SAID BLOWER MEANS TO RECEIVE DIRTY GAS FROM SAID DIRTY GAS STREAM SOURCE, SAID CASING ALSO HAVING DISPOSED IN THE PERIPHERAL WALL THEREOF SPACED DIRTY GAS OUTLET PORTS CONNECTED TO EACH OF THE DIRTY GAS INLETS OF SAID COLLECTOR SECTIONS TO DELIVER DIRTY GAS TO SAID SECTIONS, AND SAID CASING FURTHER HAVING DISPOSED IN THE PERIPHERAL WALL THEREOF SPACED REVERSE CLEANING PORTS COMMUNICABLY CONNECTED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID BLOWER MEANS; (E) SAID VALVE MEANS FURTHER INCLUDING VALVE ACTUATING MEANS AND A SINGLE ROTOR AND VALVE GATE MEMBER CONNECTED THERETO SO AS TO BE ROTATABLY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CASING TO SELECTIVELY OPEN AND CLOSE SAID DIRTY GAS INLET PORTS, DIRTY GAS OUTLET PORTS, AND REVERSE CLEANING PORTS WHEREBY A DIRTY GAS STREAM CAN BE DELIVERED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO SAID SECTIONS AND WHEREBY AT LEAST ONE COLLECTOR SECTION CAN BE TREATING SAID DIRTY GAS STREAM WHILE ANOTHER COLLECTOR SECTION PASSES THROUGH A REVERSE CLEANING CYCLE.