SIMPLE. See the holes? It's two compartments, with a flapper valve which closes up against the upper carb section as the turbo spools up. Flow is through carb into the upper section, out to turbo (front tube), back from turbo, into the lower section (rear tube). They become two separate compartments after the flapper closes.
The one I have is an old Accel/ "Roto master" (Turbo sonic) unit which works the same way. They originally had a special passenger side exhaust manifold onto which the turbo bolted