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A separation device designed to effect substantially continuous separation and/or fractionation operations as in, for example, ion exchange or other solid-fluid contacting systems. Also disclosed and claimed is a method for effecting such continuous treatment of plural fluid streams. The device is c

A separation device designed to effect substantially continuous separation and/or fractionation operations as in, for example, ion exchange or other solid-fluid contacting systems. Also disclosed and claimed is a method for effecting such continuous treatment of plural fluid streams. The device is characterized by its construction to permit treatment of plural streams simultaneously and continuously. Fixed inlet and outlet nipples are provided for introducing and removing the fluid streams, and the inlet and outlet nipples are operatively interconnected by a rotating member which is internally divided into a plurality of working sections. By virtue of the rotatable construction of that member and its plural working sections, discrete fluid streams may be treated separately, yet simultaneously. Furthermore, the device of this invention is such that fluid flow in either of two directions may take place through each of the working sections dependent only upon predetermined process parameters.

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An advanced separation device for the treatment of a fluid stream, said device comprising: a feed box defining a plurality of feed box sections and including means for introducing a fluid stream into each one of said feed box sections; an upper timing crown fixed to said feed box downstream of said

An advanced separation device for the treatment of a fluid stream, said device comprising: a feed box defining a plurality of feed box sections and including means for introducing a fluid stream into each one of said feed box sections; an upper timing crown fixed to said feed box downstream of said means for introducing and comprising a plurality of feed slots formed therethrough, each one of said feed slots being in fluid communicating relation to a corresponding one of said feed box sections; an upper distribution crown movably disposed in substantially congruent relation to said upper timing crown and downstream thereof, said upper distribution crown comprising a plurality of upper distribution slots formed therethrough, at least one of said plurality of feed slots being disposable into fluid communicating relation with at least one of said upper distribution slots; a distribution box defining a plurality of distribution compartments fixed to said upper distribution crown downstream thereof whereby each one of said distribution compartments is in fluid communicating relation to a corresponding one of said upper distribution slots, said distribution box further comprising an outlet means for each of said distribution compartments downstream of said upper distribution crown; a separator body defining a plurality of working compartments and including means for receiving a fluid stream into each one of said working compartments, said separator body being disposed downstream of said distribution box and each one of said means for receiving being connected in fluid communicating relation to a corresponding one of said outlet means, said separator body further comprising a discharge means for each of said working compartments downstream of said means for receiving; a collection box defining a plurality of collection compartments and including means for collecting a fluid stream into each one of said collection compartments, said collection box being disposed downstream of said separator body and each of said means for collecting being disposed in fluid communicating relation to a corresponding one of said discharge means; a lower distribution crown fixed to said collection box downstream of said means for collecting and comprising a plurality of lower distribution slots formed therethrough, each one of said lower distribution slots being in fluid communicating relation to a corresponding one of said collection compartments; a lower timing crown disposed downstream of said lower distribution crown in substantially congruent, immobile relation thereto and comprising a plurality of discharge slots formed therethrough, at least one of said plurality of discharge slots being in fluid communicating relation to at least one of said lower distribution slots; a discharge box defining a plurality of discharge sections fixed to said lower timing crown downstream of said lower distribution crown whereby each one of said discharge sections is in fluid communicating relation to a corresponding one of said discharge slots, said discharge box further comprising means for withdrawing a treated fluid stream from each one of said discharge sections; and drive means operatively connected to said device whereby said upper distribution crown, said distribution box, said separator body, said collection box and said lower distribution crown may be rotated with respect to said feed box and said upper timing crown and with respect to said lower timing crown and said discharge box.