Patent ID: 6641633
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
A separator for removing liquid and particulate matter from an air streams; the separator comprising a housing defining a separator chamber and having an entrance and an exit; said separator chamber having a side wall, a top, and a bottom; and a separator plate positioned within said housing; said separator plate comprising:a mounting portion securable to the housing to position the separator plate in the housing; a domed potion having an outer periphery which is spaced from the chamber side wall; said domed portion having a lower surface and an upper surface; a baffle extending downwardly from said plate, said baffle defining an wall which encompasses the periphery of said domed portion and, in combination with said domed portion, defines an expansion chamber; said baffle having first and second ends positioned to define an entrance into said expansion chamber; said entrance being positioned to be aligned with said separator chamber entrance such air entering said separator chamber enters said expansion chamber; an opening in said plate on a side of said baffle opposite said domed portion; said plate including a filter media in said opening; said air passing through said filter media prior to exiting said separator chamber.