Gas quencher

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR QUENCHING A HOT SOLIDS-LADEN GAS STREAM DERIVED FROM A GAS SOURCE SUCH AS A FURNACE OR THE LIKE WHICH COMPRISES A FIRST VERTICAL CONDUIT, SAID FIRST CONDUIT EXTENDING DOWNWARDS FROM SAID GAS SOURCE, WHEREBY SAID HOT SOLIDS-LADEN GAS STREAM FLOWS VERTICALLY DOWNWARDS THROUGH SAID FRIST CONDUIT, A SECOND VERTICAL CONDUIT, SAID SECOND CONDUIT BEING COAXIALLY ALIGNED WITHIN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FIRST CONDUIT AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDS TO A LOWER TERMINUS BELOW THE LOWER END OF SAID FIRST CONDUIT, AN INVERTED FRUSTO-CONICAL BAFFLE, SAID BAFFLE EXTENDING INWARDS AND DOWNWARDS FROM THE INNER WALL OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT AND TERMINATING AT A CENTRAL OPENING, A THIRD VERTICAL CONDUIT, SAID THIRD CONDUIT BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL WITH AND EXTERNAL TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FIRST CONDUIT, WITH THE UPPER END OF SAID THIRD CONDUIT TERMINATING AT A VERTICAL ELEVATION ABOVE THE UPPER END OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT, AN ANNULAR BAFFLE, SAID ANNULAR BAFFLE EXTENDING OUTWARDS FROM THE OUTER WALL OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT TO THE LOWER END OF SAID THIRD CONDUIT, SAID FIRST CONDUIT TERMINATING ABOVE SAID ANNULAR BAFFLE, CENTRALLY DISPOSED MEANS WITHIN SAID FIRST CONDUIT AND ABOVE SAID SECOND CONDUIT TO SPRAY WATER DOWNWARDS AND OUTWARDS INTO SAID GAS STREAM ABOVE SAID SECOND CONDUIT, WHEREBY A PORTION OF THE SPRAYED WATER DESCENDS INTO THE ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN SAID SECOND CONDUIT AND SAID FIRST CONDUIT AND THEREBY FILLD THE ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN SAID SECOND CONDUIT AND SAID THIRD CONDUIT AND ABOVE SAID ANNULAR BAFFLE, AND WHEREBY EXCESS WATER FLOWS INWARDS OVER THE UPPER END OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT, AND DOWNWARDS AS A LIQUID FILM ON THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID INVERTED FRUSTOCONICAL BAFFLE, AND IS PROJECTED INTO THE ACCELERATED GAS STREAM AT THE CENTRAL OPENING OF SAID BAFFLE, A LOWER TERMINAL LIQUID RETENTION CHAMBER AT THE BOTTOM TERMINUS OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT, AND A FOURTH CONDUIT, SAID FOURTH CONDUIT EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT AND BETWEEN SAID LOWER TERMINAL LIQUID RETENTION CHAMBER AND SAID ANNULAR BAFFLE, TO MEANS FOR DISPOSAL OF QUENCHED GAS AND EXCESS WATER.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR QUENCHING A HOT SOLIDS-LADEN GAS STREAM DERIVED FROM A GAS SOURCE SUCH AS A FURNACE OR THE LIKE WHICH COMPRISES A FIRST VERTICAL CONDUIT, SAID FIRST CONDUIT EXTENDING DOWNWARDS FROM SAID GAS SOURCE, WHEREBY SAID HOT SOLIDS-LADEN GAS STREAM FLOWS VERTICALLY DOWNWARDS THROUGH SAID FRIST CONDUIT, A SECOND VERTICAL CONDUIT, SAID SECOND CONDUIT BEING COAXIALLY ALIGNED WITHIN THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FIRST CONDUIT AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDS TO A LOWER TERMINUS BELOW THE LOWER END OF SAID FIRST CONDUIT, AN INVERTED FRUSTO-CONICAL BAFFLE, SAID BAFFLE EXTENDING INWARDS AND DOWNWARDS FROM THE INNER WALL OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT AND TERMINATING AT A CENTRAL OPENING, A THIRD VERTICAL CONDUIT, SAID THIRD CONDUIT BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL WITH AND EXTERNAL TO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID FIRST CONDUIT, WITH THE UPPER END OF SAID THIRD CONDUIT TERMINATING AT A VERTICAL ELEVATION ABOVE THE UPPER END OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT, AN ANNULAR BAFFLE, SAID ANNULAR BAFFLE EXTENDING OUTWARDS FROM THE OUTER WALL OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT TO THE LOWER END OF SAID THIRD CONDUIT, SAID FIRST CONDUIT TERMINATING ABOVE SAID ANNULAR BAFFLE, CENTRALLY DISPOSED MEANS WITHIN SAID FIRST CONDUIT AND ABOVE SAID SECOND CONDUIT TO SPRAY WATER DOWNWARDS AND OUTWARDS INTO SAID GAS STREAM ABOVE SAID SECOND CONDUIT, WHEREBY A PORTION OF THE SPRAYED WATER DESCENDS INTO THE ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN SAID SECOND CONDUIT AND SAID FIRST CONDUIT AND THEREBY FILLD THE ANNULAR SPACE BETWEEN SAID SECOND CONDUIT AND SAID THIRD CONDUIT AND ABOVE SAID ANNULAR BAFFLE, AND WHEREBY EXCESS WATER FLOWS INWARDS OVER THE UPPER END OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT, AND DOWNWARDS AS A LIQUID FILM ON THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID INVERTED FRUSTOCONICAL BAFFLE, AND IS PROJECTED INTO THE ACCELERATED GAS STREAM AT THE CENTRAL OPENING OF SAID BAFFLE, A LOWER TERMINAL LIQUID RETENTION CHAMBER AT THE BOTTOM TERMINUS OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT, AND A FOURTH CONDUIT, SAID FOURTH CONDUIT EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY FROM THE LOWER END OF SAID SECOND CONDUIT AND BETWEEN SAID LOWER TERMINAL LIQUID RETENTION CHAMBER AND SAID ANNULAR BAFFLE, TO MEANS FOR DISPOSAL OF QUENCHED GAS AND EXCESS WATER.