Patent ID: 8343246

Claim:
A separator for separating a separating medium from a flowing fluid, comprising: an inflow; an outflow; and a plurality of separating elements, wherein a flow through the separator is conducted using the plurality of separating elements which deflect the flow at a plurality of deflecting points and include a plurality of media separators in a first region of the deflecting points, wherein the plurality of media separators are formed as a plurality of clearances in the first region on the plurality of separating elements, with the result that fractions of the fluid that do not fully follow the deflection enter the plurality of clearances as the separating medium and are separated to a separating side of the separating element, wherein the flowing fluid flows through the separator along at least two different paths, a first path and a second path, wherein the first path and the second path differ with respect to an orientation with respect to an acceleration due to gravity, and wherein a first separating element which conducts the flow along the first path is formed differently than a second separating element which conducts the flow along a second path.