Application of Joseph F. Sebald

SMITH, Judge.

The examiner and the Board of Appeals have allowed no claims in the application of Joseph F. Sebald, serial No. 323,625 for a “Vacuum Degasifier.” Appellant has not appealed the rejection of claims 6, 7, 8 and 12. The present appeal is from the rejection of claims 10, 11 and 13. Claim 13 is the principal claim, on which claims 10 and 11 are dependent.

We are here concerned with a degasi-fier which may be used to separate oxygen and other non-condensible gases from water. The degasifier disclosed in appellant’s specification consists essentially of three elements:

“(1) a tower…