«2 United States Patent Bambara US 8,627,848 B2 Jan, 14, 2014 (10) Patent No. 4s) Date of Patent: (54) VANE INLET DEVICE, (75) Inventor: Charles J. Bambara, Short Hills, NI ws) (73) Assignee: The Chem-Pro Group LLC, Boonton, NI (US) (4) Notice: Subject to any diselaimer, the tem of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 USC. 15406) by 593 days. (21) Appl. Nos 127896,200 (22) ited: Oet.1, 2010 (5) Prior Publication Data US 20120080108. A1 Apr $,2012 G1) IneeL FIL 400 (2) US.CL (2006.01) 137/861 A; 13771 55/440, 55/4425 55/446: 366338 (58) Fleld of Classification Search usPC’ 137/172, $61 A, 101, 1; 98/260, 262: 55/440, 442, 443, 444,446, 462, 464, 'SS/DIG, 37; 261/108, 113. 114.1 366/386-338, 340, ‘Se application ile for complete search history. 66) References Cited US. PATENT DOCUMENTS peso A+ 958065 8 2911 Leblanc S19%% Keller SSD1G.37 ‘ssid 1980 Ketter $1985, Wenglare 71986. Michelson 1986. Mebwan 52002 McEwan Davies etal Keojan ea. 261 Polderman abot et Christiansen a sso aoviiaa 2 0s 20080000970 AL nina AL 2008016875) Al POREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS. wo 2005018780 A2 wo ao0snskso3 AL * cited by examiner 2005 ams Primary Examiner — Craig Schneider Assistant Examiner — Craig J Price (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Lerner, Davi, Litenberg, Krumbolz & Meatlik, LLP on ABSTRACT A vane inlet apparatus is provided for separating components ‘of feed stream. The apparatus includes a body having an ‘axis, a proximal end, and a distal end, The body ieliades an inlet and a plurality of vanes disposed along the axis, Each ‘vane includes anaperture sul thatthe apertures in successive vanes deerease in size toward the distal end ofthe apparatus. The vanes may be flat or curved. The sizes, shaped. and orientation ofthe vanes along the apparatus may be deter ‘mined according to the designs specifications of particular rajeet. The apparatus as well as the vanes and apertures are preferably cylindrically shaped to match the incoming feed steam erosssection. A method of constructing the Vane inlet ‘apparatus is also provided, 27 Claims, 14 Drawing SheetsU.S. Patent Jan, 14, 2014 Sheet 1 of 14 US 8,627,848 B2 FIc. 1US. Patent Jan, 14, 2014 Sheet 2 of 14 US 8,627,848 B2