Patent ID: 9591873
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: A23N,B01D,F26B

Claim:
1. A conduit array for operatively uniting an evaporator with a desolventizer/toaster (DT) in furtherance of scrubbing vapors from the DT in advance of passage of the vapors to the evaporator, the conduit array comprising: a. a first conduit array segment for receipt of vapors from an egress port of the DT, said first conduit array segment downwardly extending from the egress port at an acute angle; b. a second conduit array segment vertically extending from an egress portion of said first conduit array segment; c. a third conduit array segment extending from an egress portion of said second conduit array segment, said third conduit array segment characterized by an expanded diameter conduit portion and a truncated conical section therein and axially coextensive and coaxial with same so as to delimit an annular plenum within said expanded diameter conduit portion, said truncated conical section having an ingress diameter end in fluid communication with said egress end of said second conduit array segment and an egress diameter end opposite said ingress diameter end, said ingress diameter end being less than said egress diameter end; and, d. a fourth conduit array segment for operatively uniting said third conduit array segment with the evaporator.