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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1976
Otho E Ulrich, Three Rivers, MI (US);
Armstrong Machine Works, Three Rivers, MI (US);
Abstract
A condensate controller comprising an inverted bucket steam trap having a blow-thru tube for continuously discharging non-condensable gas, flash steam and perhaps a limited amount of live steam, at a controlled rate. The condensate controller has a chamber located below and isolated from the compartment in which the inverted bucket is located. The chamber receives the incoming condensate and vapor from the inlet pipe so that the condensate level in the inlet pipe can be lowered and so that pressure surges in the inlet pipe can be cushioned and absorbed. The blow-thru pipe has a concavo-convex deflector for improving the separation of liquid from the vapor that flows through the blow-thru conduit.