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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1982
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hubertus J Schuurmans, Amsterdam, NL;
Andre T Peer, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
55238 ; 55347 ; 55348 ; 55391 ; 55396 ; 55398 ; 55424 ; 55457 ; 261 / ;
Abstract
Mixtures of gas and liquid are treated and separated within a housing containing one apparatus or a column containing a plurality of apparatuses where each apparatus contains a tubular wall defining an inner space and a surrounding outer space, inlet means for supplying a mixture of liquid and gas into the inner space, swirl-imparting means within the inner space for imparting a rotary motion to separate the mixture of liquid and gas and outlet means for separately discharging the liquid and gas.