Patent ID: 6238110
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B01D,B04C,G03D

Abstract:
An apparatus for the preparation of a bath for processing photographic material, comprising a tank adapted for holding the bath, a container for holding a feedstock fluid and a separator in fluid communication with said container by first fluid conduit means and in fluid communication with said tank by second fluid conduit means, said separator comprising a fluid inlet port communicated with said first fluid conduit means, a liquid outlet communicated with said second fluid conduit, a vent opening, means for skimming excess foam away from said separator and flow diversion means adapted for engaging a stream of feedstock fluid introduced through said inlet port and for guiding the stream along a curved path in order to separate the fluid into gas and liquid by a cyclone action and for conveying the liquid through a laminar flow regimen into a collection region, communicated to said liquid outlet.