Parallel plate deflection type separator

Claim 1

IN A SEPARATOR FOR THE SEPARATION OF FLUID PARTICLES FROM A GAS STREAM: A PAIR OF SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL PARTITION WALL MEMBERS DEFINING A FLOW PATH THEREBETWEEN FOR THE GAS STREAM; A SMOOTH CURVED ARCUATE PORTION IN EACH WALL MEMBER DEFINING A TURNING ZONE FOR THE GAS STREAM IN THE FLOW PATH BETWEEN A CONCAVE SURFACE OF AN ARCUATE PORTION OF ONE WALL OF SAID PAIR OF WALL MEMBERS AND A CONVEX SURFACE OF THE ARCUATE PORTION OF THE OTHER WALL OF SAID PAIR OF WALL MEMBERS; PLANAR PORTIONS IN EACH WALL MEMBER OF SAID PAIR EXTENDING FROM THE DOWNSTREAM END OF SAID ARCUATE PORTIONS, SAID PLANAR PORTIONS DEFINING A LINEAR GAS FLOW ZONE IN THE FLOW PATH; A SMOOTH BAFFLE SURFACE ON SAID PLANAR PORTION OF THE ONE WALL EXTENDING FROM THE CONCAVE SURFACE DEFINING THE TURNING ZONE AND LYING ON AN EXTENSION OF A TANGENT LINE FROM THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE CONCAVE SURFACE, SAID BAFFLE SURFACE LYING AT AN ANGLE TO THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF THE GAS STREAM BEFORE IT IS TURNED SO THAT THE FLUID PARTICLES WHICH ARE HEAVIER THAN THE GAS AND ARE TURNED LESS THAN THE GAS IMPINGE ON SAID BAFFLE SURFACE; A PLURALITY OF RIPPLES ON SAID ONE PARTITION WALL IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SAID SMOOTH BAFFLE SURFACE AND FORMED AS A CONTINUATION THEREOF, EACH RIPPLE HAVING A PEAK EXTENDING TOWARD THE GAS STREAM FLOW PATH, WHICH PEAK LIES ON A SIDE OF A STRAIGHT TANGENT LINE EXTENDED FROM SAID BAFFLE SURFACE AWAY FROM THE FLOW PATH, WITH THE VALLEYS BETWEEN THE PEAKS OF EACH RIPPLE FORMING DRAINAGE CHANNELS FOR THE MOISTURE SEPARATED ON SAID BAFFLE SURFACE; AND A GUIDE SURFACE FORMED ON THE CONVEX SURFACE OF THE CURVED PORTION OF THE OTHER WALL AND THE SURFACE OF THE CURVED PORTION OF THE OTHER WALL OPPOSITE THE BAFFLE SURFACE OF SAID ONE WALL.