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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:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lance G Hays, La Crescenta, CA (US);
Assignee:
Biphase Energy Company, Placentia, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
415 88 ;
Abstract
A rotary turbine apparatus which includes a separator having a rotating cylindrical wall receiving a stream of liquid and gas for separating gas from liquid, the liquid collecting in a rotating ring on the wall, and comprising a scoop having an inlet immersed in the rotating liquid ring to receive liquid from the ring; and barrier structure located proximate the scoop inlet to block gas entry to the scoop.