Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
241 words
AN ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR HAVING A CASING, VERTICAL ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT COLLECTING ELECTRODES DISPOSED IN AT LEAST ONE ROW IN SAID CASING WITH THEIR VERTICAL EDGES DISPOSED FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY IN THE DIRECTION OF GAS FLOW THROUGH SAID CASING, AND EMISSION ELECTRODES DISPOSED IN A PARALLEL ROW ADJACENT SAID ONE ROW, A SUPPORTIN BEAM ABOVE SAID ROW OF COLLECTING ELECTRODES, UPPER SUSPENSION MEANS ON SAID COLLECTING ELECTRODES SUSPENDING SAID ELECTRODES ON SAID BEAM, AT LEAST ONE RAPPING BAR UNDERLYING SAID COLLECTING ELECTRODES, LOWER SUSPENSION MEANS ON SAID COLLECTING ELECTRODES SUSPENDING SAID RAPPING BAR THEREON, AND MEANS TO HAMMER SAID RAPPING BAR TO DISPLACE SAID COLLECTING ELECTRODES EDGEWISE AND DISOLDGE THE DUST PARTICLES ADHERED THERETO, SAID SUPPORTING BEAM HAVING AN OPEN-TOP GROOVE THEREIN SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF THE BEAM FORMED BY A TRANSVERSE WEB AND UPSTANDING SIDEWALLS ON OPPOSITE EDGES OF SAID WEB, ONE OF SAID SIDEWALLS HAVING A FREE UPPER EDGE PARALLEL TO SAID WEB, SAID UPPER SUSPENSION MEANS COMPRISING AN UPSTANDING SUSPENSION IRON ON EACH ELECTRODE HAVING A WIDTH LESS THE WIDTH OF THE ELECTRODE BETWEEN THE VERTICAL EDGES, SAID WEB HAVING A SERIES OF SPACED LONGITUDINAL SLOTS THEREIN, EACH SLOT CORRESPONDING TO THE CROSS SECTION OF AN IRON ASSOCIATED THEREWITH TO SLIDABLY RECEIVE THE IRON THERETHROUGH, EACH OF SAID IRONS ABOVE SAID WEB HAVING A TRANSVERSE PASSAGEWAY, SAID UPPER SUSPENSION MEANS FOR EACH ELECTRODE COMPRISING A PIN IN SAID PASSAGEWAY HAVING A LENGTH SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
241 words
AN ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR HAVING A CASING, VERTICAL ELONGATED SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT COLLECTING ELECTRODES DISPOSED IN AT LEAST ONE ROW IN SAID CASING WITH THEIR VERTICAL EDGES DISPOSED FORWARDLY AND REARWARDLY IN THE DIRECTION OF GAS FLOW THROUGH SAID CASING, AND EMISSION ELECTRODES DISPOSED IN A PARALLEL ROW ADJACENT SAID ONE ROW, A SUPPORTIN BEAM ABOVE SAID ROW OF COLLECTING ELECTRODES, UPPER SUSPENSION MEANS ON SAID COLLECTING ELECTRODES SUSPENDING SAID ELECTRODES ON SAID BEAM, AT LEAST ONE RAPPING BAR UNDERLYING SAID COLLECTING ELECTRODES, LOWER SUSPENSION MEANS ON SAID COLLECTING ELECTRODES SUSPENDING SAID RAPPING BAR THEREON, AND MEANS TO HAMMER SAID RAPPING BAR TO DISPLACE SAID COLLECTING ELECTRODES EDGEWISE AND DISOLDGE THE DUST PARTICLES ADHERED THERETO, SAID SUPPORTING BEAM HAVING AN OPEN-TOP GROOVE THEREIN SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF THE BEAM FORMED BY A TRANSVERSE WEB AND UPSTANDING SIDEWALLS ON OPPOSITE EDGES OF SAID WEB, ONE OF SAID SIDEWALLS HAVING A FREE UPPER EDGE PARALLEL TO SAID WEB, SAID UPPER SUSPENSION MEANS COMPRISING AN UPSTANDING SUSPENSION IRON ON EACH ELECTRODE HAVING A WIDTH LESS THE WIDTH OF THE ELECTRODE BETWEEN THE VERTICAL EDGES, SAID WEB HAVING A SERIES OF SPACED LONGITUDINAL SLOTS THEREIN, EACH SLOT CORRESPONDING TO THE CROSS SECTION OF AN IRON ASSOCIATED THEREWITH TO SLIDABLY RECEIVE THE IRON THERETHROUGH, EACH OF SAID IRONS ABOVE SAID WEB HAVING A TRANSVERSE PASSAGEWAY, SAID UPPER SUSPENSION MEANS FOR EACH ELECTRODE COMPRISING A PIN IN SAID PASSAGEWAY HAVING A LENGTH SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
88 words
A precipitator according to claim 1 wherein said passageway in said suspension iron is offset from the vertical center line of the collecting electrode toward one of said vertical edges, the lower suspension means comprising iron elements depending downwardly from said collecting electrodes into engagement with said rapping bar, said rapping bar having a recess therein to receive said depending iron element and to bear against said element and maintain said collecting electrode in a vertical position against the pressure produced by the off-center position of said iron.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
63 words
A precipitator according to claim 2 including additional guide irons mounted on the top and bottom respectively or said collecting electrode adjacent the other of said vertical edges, the upper guide iron projecting upwardly through said supporting beam and the lower guide iron depending downwardly through said rapping rod, said beam and said rod having longitudinal slots therein for receiving said guide irons.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
71 words
A precipitator according to claim 1 wherein the other sidewall of said supporting beam extends upwardly above the level of said free upper edge of the one sidewall and terminates in an inturned support flange overlying said web in spaced parallel relation thereto and securely mounted to the casing in the upper part thereof, said beam being formed by bending to provide rounded corners on the lowermost surface of said web.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
65 words
An electrostatic precipitator according to claim 4 wherein said emission electrodes are mounted in a frame parallel to said row of said collecting electrodes, said frame being positioned below the level of said horizontal web so that the frame mounting the emission electrodes confronts the rounded corners of said web to reduce the risk of flashover between said emission electrodes and the collecting electrode mounting.