Apparatus for Separating Water, Oil, and other Admixtures or Impurities from Steam or Gases.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th June, 1899-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1899
Apparatus for Separating Water, Oil, and other Admixtures or
Impurities from Steam or Gases.
I, CLEMENS KIESSELBACII, Mechanical Engineer, of Rath, near Düsseldorf,
Germany, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
This invention has for its object, to provide efficient and convenient means for
separating oil and other impurities from steam or gases in motion, but is applic-
able also for separating water from steam. The solid or liquid particles to be
separated from the steam or gas are held back so that they can be immediately
removed from the apparatus.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a vertical section of a strainer and
separator embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a partial section of the same at
right angles to Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the actual strainer.
The apparatus chiefly comprises two or more rows of grooved bars r, r or
channel bars placed at a suitable angle of inclination or vertically and preferably
of U shaped cross section. The rows or layers are placed one above the other
in such a manner, that the interstices of one row are covered by the channels of
the following row, so that the steam or gas which has passed through the first
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row will meet the channels or grooves of the second row and so on.
channel bars which form two or more strainers placed one above the other are
mounted in a casing 9 having on one side an inlet a and on the opposite side
an outlet b. Within the casing 7 a canal k surrounds the sets of channel bars
or the strainers on all sides, or a collecting chamber is formed on the outlet side
of the grooves, so as to receive the liquid particles which have been held back
by the channels or strainers.
A discharge pipe which may be provided with a cock or valve, or with an
automatic discharge device, is connected with the casing g so as to facilitate
the removal of the oil or other material strained off.
In order to keep the grooves of the strainers or channel bars clean and to pre-
vent them from being choked, they are constantly rinsed with water or other
The water not only serves to
liquid admitted through a water supply pipe n.
flush the grooves, but also to keep them moist and thereby to enhance their
capacity for keeping back impurities.
Instead of being arranged vertically as shown, the apparatus may be arranged
horizontally, and the coarser impurities held in suspension by the steam or gas
may be separated by an ordinary strainer s, for instance a perforated metal
plate, before reaching the channel bars.
The channel bars r may be mounted on a suitable sheet metal frame or stand
by means of rivets or bolts and may be connected by stays. The collecting
channel k is situated outside the direct influence of the steam or gas current,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Apparatus for separating water, oil and other admixtures or impurities
from steam or gases, comprising in its construction two or more rows of inclined
or upright channel bars or guide-channels, mounted in a casing between the
inlet and outlet opening of the same and terminating in a collecting chamber k
placed outside the direct steam or gas current, substantially as described.
2. An oil separator or purifier of the type described, provided with a device
for rinsing the grooves or channel bars with water or other liquid, substantially
as described and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 24th day of June 1899.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
Agents, 37 and 39, Essex Street, Strand, London.