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US3890103A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Anti-pollution exhaust apparatus

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1972-08-23
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Granted: 1975-06-17
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Expires: 1992-08-23
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Abstract

Abstract Apparatus for eliminating harmful or poisonous contaminants from exhausting gas is provided by making the exhausting gas enter into an exhausting chimney near a bottom thereof, the chimney having a diameter increasing proportionally with height. Dust is eliminated by the centrifugal force of a helically swirling ascending gas flow along an inner wall of the chimney. The dust with mist is ionized by corona discharge within the tower. The ionized dust is collected and then washed away by a fluid flow.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jinemon Konishi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 09:39
CPC Classifications
B; B03; B03C; B03C3/00; B03C3/34; B03C3/74; B03C3/78; B03C3/017; B03C3/02; B03C3/04; B03C3/10; B03C3/14; B03C3/15; C; C01; C01B; C01B17/00; C01B17/69; C01B17/74

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim 230 words
A POLLUTION-REDUCING EXHAUST APPARATUS COMPRISING: A. A VERTICALLY ORIENTED CONDUIT HAVING A FRUSTO-CONICAL INNER SURFACE WITH AN INSIDE DIAMETER LARGER AT AN UPPER END THAN AT A LOWER END, B. AN INLET NEAR THE LOWER END OF THE CONDUIT FOR ALLOWING HOT, CONTAMINANT BEARING GAS TO FLOW FROM A SOURCE OF THE GAS INTO THE CONDUIT, C. A FIRST ELECRICAL POLE AXIALLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE CONDUIT FOR IONIZING THE CONTAMINANTS, D. A SECOND ELECTRICAL POLE MOUNTED ON THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CONDUIT FOR COLLECTING THE IONIZED CONTAMINANTS, E. A SOURCE OF LIQUID, F. A SOURCE OF COMPRESSED AIR, G. A FIRST SPRAYING MEANS POSITIONED ON THE TOP OF THE FIRST ELECTRICAL POLE, BUT ELECTRICALLY INSULATED THEREFROM, AND CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE OF LIQUID AND TO THE SOUCRE OF COMPRESSED AIR FOR SPRAYING AN AIR-LIQUID FOAM INTO THE HOT GAS, THE FIRST SPRAYING MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST ROTATABLY MOUNTED ROTATOR AND A PLURALITY OF ARMS EXTENDING RACDIALLY FROM THE ROTATOR, EACH ARM CONTAINING A SERIES OF HOLES ON ONE LATERAL SIDE FOR PRODUCING ROTATION OF THE ARMS AND ROTATOR AS THE AIR-LIUID FORM IS SPRAYED FROM THE HOLES, AND H. A SECOND SPRAYING MEANS LOCATED NEAR THE UPPER END OF THE CONDUIT, CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE OF LIQUID AND DIRECTED TOWARD THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CONDUIT FOR WASHING THE SECOND ELECTRICAL POLE AND THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CONDUIT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 230 words
A POLLUTION-REDUCING EXHAUST APPARATUS COMPRISING: A. A VERTICALLY ORIENTED CONDUIT HAVING A FRUSTO-CONICAL INNER SURFACE WITH AN INSIDE DIAMETER LARGER AT AN UPPER END THAN AT A LOWER END, B. AN INLET NEAR THE LOWER END OF THE CONDUIT FOR ALLOWING HOT, CONTAMINANT BEARING GAS TO FLOW FROM A SOURCE OF THE GAS INTO THE CONDUIT, C. A FIRST ELECRICAL POLE AXIALLY MOUNTED WITHIN THE CONDUIT FOR IONIZING THE CONTAMINANTS, D. A SECOND ELECTRICAL POLE MOUNTED ON THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CONDUIT FOR COLLECTING THE IONIZED CONTAMINANTS, E. A SOURCE OF LIQUID, F. A SOURCE OF COMPRESSED AIR, G. A FIRST SPRAYING MEANS POSITIONED ON THE TOP OF THE FIRST ELECTRICAL POLE, BUT ELECTRICALLY INSULATED THEREFROM, AND CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE OF LIQUID AND TO THE SOUCRE OF COMPRESSED AIR FOR SPRAYING AN AIR-LIQUID FOAM INTO THE HOT GAS, THE FIRST SPRAYING MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST ROTATABLY MOUNTED ROTATOR AND A PLURALITY OF ARMS EXTENDING RACDIALLY FROM THE ROTATOR, EACH ARM CONTAINING A SERIES OF HOLES ON ONE LATERAL SIDE FOR PRODUCING ROTATION OF THE ARMS AND ROTATOR AS THE AIR-LIUID FORM IS SPRAYED FROM THE HOLES, AND H. A SECOND SPRAYING MEANS LOCATED NEAR THE UPPER END OF THE CONDUIT, CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE OF LIQUID AND DIRECTED TOWARD THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CONDUIT FOR WASHING THE SECOND ELECTRICAL POLE AND THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CONDUIT.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 40 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first electrical pole further comprises a plurality of electrical discharge chips mounted on the first pole and spaced equidistant from the second pole for facilitating corona discharge between the first and second pole.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 32 words
The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an umbrella positioned between the first electrical pole and the first spraying means for reducing the contact of sprayed liquid with the first electrical pole.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 70 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first spraying means further comprises a second rotatably mounted rotator and a plurality of arms extending radially from the second rotator, each arm containing a series of holes on an opposite side for producing rotation of the second rotator and arms in an opposite direction from that of the first rotator and arms as the air liquid foam is sprayed from the holes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 38 words
The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the first spraying means further comprises a net constructed of a catalytic material, rotatably mounted on the first pole and surrounding the first spraying means for catalytically reacting with the hot gas.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 35 words
The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a collecting tank for receiving the contaminants after they have been entrained in the liquid, the collecting tank including materials for chemically reducing and filtering the liquid received.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 16 words
The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the liquid includes neutralization agents for neutralizing the entrained contaminants.

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