Gas separator

Claim 1

IN A SUBMERSIBLE GAS SEPARATOR UNIT HAVING A VERTICALLY DISPOSED CYLINDRICAL HOUSING ADAPTED TO BE RECEIVED IN SPACED RELATION TO AN EMBRACING WELL CASING, MEANS FOR CONNECTING THERETO A MOTOR AND A PUMP, A BOTTOM CLOSURE MEANS FORMING WITH SAID HOUSING A RESERVOIR PORTION, MEANS DEFINING A PLURALITY OF INLET OPENINGS ADJACENT THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING AT AN ELEVATION ABOVE SAID RESERVOIR PORTION, SLEEVE DEFINING MEANS IN SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING FORMING A DELIVERY PASSAGE FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL HOUSING TO THE INLET OF SAID PUMP AND FURTHER FORMING WITH SAID HOUSING AN OUTER CHAMBER BETWEEN SAID SLEEVE AND SAID HOUSING, MEANS DEFINING A CROSS-OVER HOUSING HAVING AN INLET THERETO DISPOSED WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR AND FACING GENERALLY VERTICALLY UPWARDLY IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID FIRST NAMED HOUSING INLET THEREABOVE, AND SAID CROSS-OVER HOUSING HAVING AN OUTLET MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE LOWER TERMINAL OF SAID SLEEVE AND A SECOND PUMP HAVING AN IMPELLER POSITIONED ABOVE SAID BOTTOM CLOSURE AND WITHIN SAID CROSS-OVER HOUSING, SAID INLET MEANS LEADING DOWNWARDLY AND CENTRALLY INTO SAID IMPELLER, SAID CROSS-OVER HOUSING OUTLET MEANS BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PERIPHERAL OUTLET FROM SAID IMPELLER AND THE LOWER TERMINAL OF SAID SLEEVE TO THUS FORM AN INTAKE TO SAID FIRST NAMED PUMP, WITH CROSS-OVER HOUSING BEING EFFECTIVE TO CAUSE A REVERSAL IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF FLUID AS SAID FLUID IS PUMPED FROM SAID RESERVOIR TO THE INLET TO SAID SLEEVE.