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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:
Mar. 12, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles W Albritton, Hermitage, PA (US);
Charles D Reagle, Mercer, PA (US);
Assignee:
FL Industries Inc., Livingston, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
553851 ; 55440 ; 55443 ; 55467 ;
Abstract
A louver assembly, which acts as a water-removing inertial separator, is located in the air intake of an enclosure maintained at negative pressure. The louver includes a number of spaced vanes, each formed without discontinuities by simple bending into a stair-step-like configuration when viewed end-on. Air enters the enclosure by passing between adjacent vanes, experiencing changes of direction of between 70 degrees and 90 degrees at the vane's surfaces to separate water therefrom.