Separator structure

Abstract

Abstract THE DEVICE OF THE PRESENT INVENTION IS A COMPACT SEPARATOR STRUCTURE FOR REMOVING CONTAMINANTS FROM CONTAMINANT LADEN GASES OR VAPORS AND COMBINES AN ORIFICE ENTRY, A FAN CHAMBER AND A CYLINDRICAL FORAMINOUS FILTRATION COLUMN OR ZONE SURROUNDING THE FAN CHAMBER AND THROUGH WHICH GASES AND/OR LIQUIDS OR MIXTURES THEREOF ARE SPIRALLY ENTRAINED TO EXHAUST IN A VELOXITY REDUCTION CHAMBER DEFINED BY THE FAN CHAMBER AND THE OUTER CASE AND THROUGH AN EXHAUST PORT. THE ENTRY AND EXHAUST OPENINGS ARE IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT AND THE AXIS OF THE FAN OR BLOWER IS COAXIAL THEREWITH AND THE FORAMINOUS CYLINDRICAL FILTRATION CHAMBER IS CONCENTRICALLY DISPOSED IN RESPECT TO THE AXIS OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE ENTIRE DEVICE IS ENCASED AS BETWEEN THE ENTRY AND EXHAUST OPENINGS WITH A GRAVITY SUMP PROVIDED AT THE BASE OF THE FILTRATION COLUMN. FLOW DIRECTORS ASSIST THE SPIRALLING FLOW OF GASES, VAPORS, LIQUIDS AND/OR MIXTURES THEREOF AND A GATHERING HOOD MAY BE ATTACHED TO GUIDE CONTAMINANTS AND/OR GASES, VAPORS, LIQUIDS AND MIXTURES THEREOF TO THE ENTRY OF THE STRUCTURE. SPRAY NOZZLES MAY BE INTERPOSED TO PROVIDE ADDITIVE VAPORS TO GASES, LIQUIDS AND/OR MIXTURES THEREOF PRIOR TO ENTRY.

Inventors

• 👤 Authur C Schouw

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