Composite fluid separator

• US 7,156,241 B2
• Filed: 02/14/2003
• Issued: 01/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: B M Filters, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gary David Hanks
• Inventors: Hanks, Gary David
• Primary Examiner(s): Upton; Christopher
• Application Number:
  US10/505,034
• Publication Number:
  US 20050161397A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,418 Days
• Field of Search: 210/519, 210/521, 210/522, 210/532.1, 210/538, 210/540, 210/DIG.5
• US Class Current: 210/519
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 17/0208 by sedimentation
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 17/0211 with baffles
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 17/0214 with removal of one of the phases
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 17/045 with coalescers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 210/05 Coalescer

Abstract

A composite fluid separator for isolting a first liquid from a second liquid having a different specific gravity. A housing (52) encloses a separation chamber (53). An inlet port (60) delivers the composite fluid into the sump (65) of the chamber. A plurality of stacked baffles (30) is positioned between the inlet and outlet ports, composed of individual inclined separation flow plates (25). The baffles create a flow path in which the fluid flows over each of the plates as it travels upward in the separation chamber toward the outlet port (50).

Claims

1. A composite fluid separator, comprising:

a chamber with a top and bottom surface, a wall surrounding the periphery of said chamber;

an inlet port in said top surface of said chamber;

an outlet port on said chamber;

a spiral plate, said spiral plate having an outer edge in sealing engagement with said wall of said chamber and said spiral plate formed in an upright funnel shape; and

a center spillway, extending from said inlet port to said bottom surface of said chamber.

2. A composite fluid separator, comprising:

a separation chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port;

a spiral plate, said spiral plate having an outer edge in sealing engagement with the wall of said separation chamber and said spiral plate formed in an upright funnel shape; and

a center spillway extending from said inlet port to the bottom surface of said separation chamber.

3. The composite fluid separator of claim 2 wherein said center spillway extends from said inlet port through the center of said spiral plate.

4. A composite fluid separator, comprising:

a chamber with a top and bottom surface, a wall forming the periphery of said chamber;

an inlet port in said bottom surface of said chamber;

an outlet port on said chamber; and

a spiral plate positioned internally of said chamber and extending substantially between said top and said bottom surface, said spiral plate having an outer edge in sealing engagement with said wall of said chamber and said spiral plate formed in an upright funnel shape, said separator further having a center support member attached to said bottom surface of said chamber and extending through the center of said spiral plate.

5. The composite fluid separator of claim 4 wherein said outlet port is on said top surface of said chamber.