Apparatus for cooling liquid and collection assembly therefor
OwnerHarold D. Curtisinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus has a housing with at least one gutter, a body of fill material disposed in the housing, a liquid distribution system disposed in the housing and positioned above the fill material, a fan positioned below the body of fill material for blowing air upward through the fill material, a liquid collection assembly positioned between the fill material and the fan for collecting the liquid gravitating through the fill material. The liquid collection assembly has at least one troughless, open sided surface element angled so gravity is utilized to capture the down flowing liquid to provide a barrier between the fill media and the fan and to carry the liquid down the surface element and into the at least one gutter.
Claims23
An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having at least one gutter;
- a body of fill material disposed in the housing;
- a liquid distribution system disposed in the housing and positioned above the fill material for distributing liquid on top of the fill material so the liquid gravitates downward through the fill material;
- a fan positioned below the body of fill material for blowing air upward through the fill material;
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- a liquid collection assembly positioned between the fill material and the fan for collecting the liquid gravitating through the fill material while allowing air to pass up to the fill material, the liquid collection assembly having at least one troughless, open sided surface element angled so gravity is utilized to capture the down flowing liquid to provide a barrier between the fill media and the fan and to carry the liquid down the surface element and into the at least one gutter.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having at least one gutter;
- a liquid distribution system disposed in the housing;
- a fan positioned below the liquid distribution system for blowing air upward toward the liquid distribution system;
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- a liquid collection assembly positioned between the liquid distribution system and the fan for collecting the liquid passing from the liquid distribution system while allowing air to pass through the liquid collection assembly and up toward the liquid distribution system, the liquid collection assembly having at least one troughless, open sided surface element angled so gravity is utilized to capture the down flowing liquid to provide a barrier between the liquid distribution system and the fan and to carry the liquid down the surface element and into the at least one gutter.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing having at least one gutter;
- a liquid distribution system disposed in the housing;
- a fan positioned below the liquid distribution system for blowing air upward toward the liquid distribution system;
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- a liquid collection assembly positioned between the liquid distribution system and the fan for collecting the liquid passing from the liquid distribution system while allowing air to pass through the liquid collection assembly and up toward the liquid distribution system, the liquid collection assembly having a plurality of troughs arranged in a single layer forming an inverted V, each surface element vertically offset from an adjacent surface element to capture the down flowing liquid to provide a barrier between the liquid distribution system and the fan and to carry the liquid into the at least one gutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.