US 4,087,263 AGranted

Separator system for steam supplied apparatus

AssigneeE. Schonmann & Co., Ag.

InventorFredi Schonmann, Jr.

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Abstract

To provide only dry steam to a steam appliance, under controlled conditions, a housing block is formed with steam inlet and outlet flanges or the like, a filter being removably located in the housing immediately behind the inlet and a control valve located in the housing immediately behind the outlet; the housing forms a space between the filter and the control valve to dry admitted steam, including a condensate collecting region at the bottom thereof which terminates in an outwardly accessible drain opening. The drying chamber formed by the housing is separated or subdivided into compartments by at least one impact or deflection plate against which the steam is guided in order to separate the drying chamber into a pre-drying and a post-drying chamber and efficiently remove moisture and water droplets from the steam introduced into the system.

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Dependent claims

Control system for steam supplied apparatus, particularly to supply dry steam thereto from a supply comprising

a housing block (1) and defining therein a steam drying chamber (12, 13);
a steam inlet means (2) communicating with the interior of the housing;
a steam outlet means (3) communicating with the interior of the housing and providing for removal of dried steam therefrom;
a filter (8) removably located in the housing immediately behind the steam inlet means (2);
a control valve (9) removably located in the housing immediately in advance of the outlet means (3);
an impingement wall (20) subdividing the steam drying chamber into a pre-drying chamber (12) and a post-drying chamber (13), the pre-drying chamber being adjacent the filter (8) and the post-drying chamber being adjacent the valve (9);
means (21) forming a steam communication between the pre-drying and post-drying chambers (12, 13);
and a condensate collecting zone (15) located at the bottom portion of the housing including a condensate outlet duct (16) and in fluid communication with at least said pre-drying chamber.

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