Gas purifier

Claim 1

GAS PURIFYING APPARATUS FOR THE CONTINUOUS REGENERATION OF SOLID ADSORBENTS DURING THE FLOW OF GAS THROUGH SAID ADSORBENT COMPRISING: AN UPRIGHT CYLINDRICAL HOUSING, A CLOSED TOP AND A CLOSED BOTTOM SECURED TO SAID HOUSING, GAS FLOW OPENINGS IN SAID TOP AND BOTTOM PROVIDING A PURIFIED GAS OUTLET AT ONE END OF THE HOUSING AND A CONTAMINATED GAS INLET AT THE OTHER END OF THE HOUSING, AT LEAST ONE SHELF POSITIONED WITHIN SAID HOUSING, SAID SHELF HAVING A GAS PERMEABLE SCREEN, SOLID ADSORBENTS COVERING THE SCREEN OF SAID SHELF, A HEADER FOR SPRAYING A REGENERANT FOR THE ADSORBENTS ONTO THE TOP SHELF, REGENERANT INLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HEADER, A TOP HOOD FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID HEADER AND EXTENDING ABOVE SAID HEADER TO INCLUDE A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING, A BOTTOM TRAY FIXED RELATIVE TO SAID HOOD AND POSITIONED BENEATH THE LOWERMOST SHELF, SAID TRAY BEING AT LEAST COEXTENSIVE TO THE AREA OF THE HOOD AND HEADER WHEN PROJECTED DOWNWARDLY ON SAID TRAY, SAID TRAY COLLECTING REGENERANT SPRAYED FROM SAID HEADER, REGENERANT OUTLET MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID BOTTOM TRAY FOR REMOVAL OF SAID REGENERANT, ROTATION MEANS PROVIDING RELATIVE ANGULAR MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID SHELF AND SAID HEADER SO THAT REGENERANT IS CONTINUOUSLY SPRAYED FROM SAID HEADER PROGRESSIVELY OVER ALL SAID ADSORBENTS ON SAID RELATIVELY MOVING SHELF TO REGENERATE SAID ADSORBENTS, SAID HOOD, SAID TRAY, SAID ROTATION MEANS, SAID INLET AND SAID OUTLET BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO CAUSE REGENERANT TO PASS THROUGH THE PORTION OF THE HOUSING BETWEEN THE TRAY AND THE HOOD AND AT THE SAME TIME TO CAUSE THE GAS TO FLOW PRIMARILY THROUGH THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE HOUSING, SAID HOOD AND SAID TRAY BEING SO CONSTRUCTED AND ARRANGED TO SUBSTANTIALLY PREVENT ENTRAINMENT OF REGENERANT IN THE THE GAS.