Centrifugal separator with removable separator section

Claim 1

A CENTRIFUGAL SEPARATOR COMPRISING: (1) AN UPPER SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL HOUSING SECTION HAVING A TOP CLOSURE MEMBER AND AN OPEN BOTTOM; (2) A GAS INLET PORT THROUGH THE SIDEWALL OF SAID SUPPER HOUSING AND A CLEANED GAS OUTLET PORT THROUGH SAID TOP CLOSURE MEMBER; (3) A LOWER DETACHABLE SEPARATOR TUBE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: (A) A FLANGE-LIKE BOTTOM CLOSURE PLATE POSITIONED ACROSS THE OPEN BOTTOM OF SAID UPPER HOUSING AND HAVING A PERIPHERAL GASKET RETAINING EDGE PORTION AND A RING FORM OF GASKET RETAINING EDGE ENGAGING THE LOWER SIDE EDGE OF THE UPPER HOUSING AND PROVIDING A SEAL THEREWITH; (B) AT LEAST ONE VERTICAL SEPARATOR TUBE ATTACHED TO AND EXTENDING THROUGH SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE PLATE, SAID SEPARATOR TUBE HAVING AN OPEN UPPER END PORTION TERMINATING WITHIN SAID UPPER HOUSING NEAR THE TOP CLOSURE MEMBER AND AN OPEN LOWER END PORTION TERMINATING BELOW SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE PLATE; (C) AT LEAST ONE VERTICALLY ELONGATED SLOT IN THE WALL OF THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID SEPARATOR TUBE WITHIN THE UPPER HOUSING; (D) A CURVED VERTICAL VANE MEANS POSITIONED TANGENTIALLY FROM THE SIDE OF SAID UPPER PORTION OF THE SEPARATOR TUBE ADJACENT TO AND SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH SAID ELONGATED SLOT, SAID VANE MEANS BEING CARRIED BY SAID SEPARATOR TUBE ASSEMBLY; (4) A CLEANED GAS OFF-TAKE PIPE DEPENDING FROM THE TOP CLOSURE MEMBER OF SAID UPPER HOUSING, THE UPPER END OF SAID OFF-TAKE PIPE EXTENDING AXIALLY THROUGH THE SEPARATOR TUBE AND CONNECTING WITH SAID OUTLET PORT, THE LOWER END OF SAID OFF-TAKE PIPE BEING OPEN AND SPACED BELOW SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE PLATE AND ABOVE THE LOWER END OF THE SEPARATOR TUBE; AND (5) A QUICKLY RELEASABLE CLAMPING MEANS CONNECTING BETWEEN SAID UPPER HOUSING SECTION AND SAID LOWER DETACHABLE TUBE ASSEMBLY HOLDING SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE PLATE AGAINST THE LOWER PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SAID UPPER HOUSING SECTION, SAID CLAMPING MEANS INCLUDING LUG MEMBERS SPACED APART FROM ONE ANOTHER AND DISPOSED AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE PLATE AND PROJECT FROM THE EDGE THEREOF, CLAMPING MEMBERS SPACED AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID UPPER HOUSING AND EACH CLAMPING MEMBER BEING OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID LUG MEMBERS, EACH CLAMPING MEMBER HAVING A PIVOTED AND RETRACTABLE LOWER HOOK MEMBER WHICH RELEASABLY HOOKS OVER AND TIGHTLY ENGAGES THE END OF THE LUG MEMBER ASSOCIATED THEREWITH.