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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
May. 04, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip John Dickinson, Auckland, NZ;
David Wixey, Auckland, NZ;
Assignee:
Fisher & Paykel Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/04 ;
Abstract
A water chamber has a horizontally orientated gas inlet with an elongate flow tube extending into the water chamber from the inner periphery of the gases inlet. An inlet end of the elongate flow tube covers the inlet and an outlet end of the flow tube is spaced from the wall of the chamber. In use the flow tube receives gases supplied to the gases inlet, the gases pass through the flow tube and exit the flow tube at the outlet end distant from the wall.