Device for collecting used steam

A device for collecting used steam from a steam-power operated apparatus and the like comprising:

• a low pressure tank connected to said steam-power operated apparatus for receiving said used steam;
• a collecting tank for receiving said used steam from said low pressure tank and condensate of said used steam provided downstream of said low pressure tank, said collecting tank having a top and a bottom;
• a condensate recycling pipe having a first end connected to said collecting tank adjacent to said bottom and a second end directed toward said top;
• a suction chamber provided in said collecting tank adjacent to said top and having a top inlet and a bottom outlet, a nozzle provided at said top inlet and connected to said second end of said condensate recycling pipe in order to inject the recycled condensate through said suction chamber;
• a pump connected to said condensate recycling pipe for pumping said condensate from said collecting tank into said condensate recycling pipe;
• a suction pipe having a first end connected to said low pressure tank and a second end connected to said suction chamber adjacent to said nozzle;
• whereby said used steam in said low pressure tank is suctioned by being entrained by the injected recycled condensate, a vacuum is created in said low pressure tank, and the flow of said used steam is accelerated.