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An in-line trap for removing water and/or oil vapor from a compressed airline which includes a manifold having spaced coaxial inlet and outlet openings and a hollow base suspended from the manifold. A first cartridge extends between the manifold inlet and the enclosed volume within the hollow base,

An in-line trap for removing water and/or oil vapor from a compressed airline which includes a manifold having spaced coaxial inlet and outlet openings and a hollow base suspended from the manifold. A first cartridge extends between the manifold inlet and the enclosed volume within the hollow base, and includes a wire fiber pad adapted to coalesce water and/or oil vapor in air passing therethrough into droplets which are then entrained by the air and carried into the base volume. Within the base, a plate having parallel louvers or vanes upwardly struck therefrom in a direction opposed to air travel is supported with respect to the base bottom wall by a honeycomb spacer which forms a dead air space beneath the louver plate. The louvers function to trap vapor droplets which fall by gravity from the air entering the base volume. A second cartridge, which includes spirally wound fiber and wire mesh materials, directs compressed air from within the base volume to the manifold outlet and simultaneously functions to remove any remaining vapor therefrom.

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An in-line trap for removing vapor from a compressed airline or the like comprising a manifold including spaced means defining an inlet and an outlet, and means between said spaced means for directing incoming air downwardly from said inlet and receiving air directed upwardly toward said outlet, enc

An in-line trap for removing vapor from a compressed airline or the like comprising a manifold including spaced means defining an inlet and an outlet, and means between said spaced means for directing incoming air downwardly from said inlet and receiving air directed upwardly toward said outlet, enclosure means defining an enclosed volume suspended beneath and spaced from said manifold, first means mounted and extending between said inlet and said enclosure means for directing incoming air downwardly into said enclosed volume, said first means including means adapted to promote coalescence of vapor in air passing therethrough into droplets, second means mounted and extending between said enclosure means and said outlet for directing air from said enclosed volume to said outlet, and means disposed within said enclosed volume to capture vapor droplets in air entering said enclosed volume, said capture means comprising a porous structure positioned to occupy a lower portion of said enclosed volume and having passages for admitting water droplets, said passages cooperating with said enclosure means and with each other for substantially preventing air flow through said porous structure so as to define a zone of substantially zero air movement, cross-sectional dimension to air flow in said enclosure means being substantially greater than within said first means, such that air velocity is reduced within said enclosure means and vapor droplets fall by gravity and centrifugal force toward said zone.