Patent ID: 7118819

Claim:
An assembly for separating a liquid component from a gas component in a liquid-gas mixture, said assembly comprising: a) an vertically axially elongated housing which is mounted on a manifold base, a first passage opening into said manifold base for introducing the liquid-gas mixture into said manifold base in a manner which creates an upwardly swirling stream of the liquid-gas mixture in the manifold base; b) a tubular member mounted in said housing, said tubular member opening into said manifold base so as to receive the upwardly swirling stream of the liquid-gas mixture from the manifold base; c) an annular space interposed between said tubular member and an inner wall of said housing, said annular space being operative to receive a separated liquid component of the mixture from said tubular member, and said annular space being provided with radial fins which null swirling flow patterns in the liquid component as the latter descends through said annular space and said annular space being operative to gravimetrically channel said separated liquid component downwardly therethrough; and d) a vent in said housing, said vent being operative to remove gas from the housing, which gas has been separated from the liquid-gas mixture in the housing.