.~ Gas separating means downstream of contacting means (55/257.1) {8}
FOR 149
.~.~ Overlapping vanes (55/257.3)
DEFINITION
Classification: 96/FOR.149
Overlapping vanes:
Foreign art collection including apparatus in which the nonliquid means comprises a plurality of surface means which effects an abrupt change in direction of the system fluid gas flow or guides said gas flow to cause the heavier constituents thereof to dropout and remain behind, while the lighter constituents (e.g., clean gas) flow on, at least a portion of each surface means being superposed with respect to the next adjacent in the direction of gas flow.