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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lewis Illingworth, Kesington, NH (US);
David Reinfeld, Englewood, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Vortex HC, LLC, Englewood, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 4/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 4/514 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a separation apparatus that combines the effects of a cylindrical vortex and a series of partial toroidal vortices. The toroidal vortex and cylindrical vortex fluid flows combined provide better separation than either fluid flow alone. Moreover, the present invention may be constructed such that an arbitrary number of partial toroidal vortices, in series, having relatively small radii are formed thereby allowing any level of separation to be achieved.