Bubble tray and cap assembly for fluid contact apparatus
AssigneeChepos Zavody Chemicho a Potravinarskeho Strojirenstvi, Generalni Reditelstvi
InventorsVlastimil Braun, Oto Vitek
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Abstract
A tray member for a fluid contact apparatus has elongated slots. An elongated cap covers either a single slot or two or more aligned slots. Each cap has opposite lengthwise extending side portions above the upper surface of the tray member and is provided with spacedly arranged recesses along the lengthwise extending edges of said side portions. The recesses along one of the two edges are staggered with respect to the recesses along the other edge. Each recess is formed by a downwardly bent part of the respective side portion.
Claims5
A bubble tray and cap assembly for fluid contact apparatus for effecting intimate contact between a rising gaseous and/or vaporous phase and a descending liquid phase, comprising
- A. a tray member having a plurality of elongated slots arranged in axially parallel spaced relationship adjacent each other
- B. a plurality of elongated caps covering said slots, and mounted therein to be reciprocally movable transverse to the plane of said tray,
- a. each cap having opposite lengthwise extending said portions above the upper surface of said tray member,
- 1. each of said portions having alternating parts downwardly bent forming a row of longitudinally spaced recesses, the recesses along one of said side portions being staggered with respect to the recesses along the edge of the other side portion, said recesses forming passages for said heavier descending liquid phase, said downwardly bent part constituting longitudinally spaced individual depending members spaced from the edge of said slots to deflect said liquid phase downwardly.
- 2. each of said depending members having a first portion extending downwardly through the respective slot and in a plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the slot,
- 3. abutment means secured to said depending members and spaced from the underside of said tray member so as to engage said underside and limit the upward movement of the respective cap when lifted by said rising phase, and
- b. said caps being arranged within said slots so that the lengthwise extending edges along one side of one of said caps and the downwardly bent parts along the opposite side of the next adjacent one of said caps lie along common lines transverse to the elongated axis of said slots to cause flow of said liquid phase from the one extending edge into the recess of the next adjacent cap and downwardly in the passage defined by said depending respective member.
A bubble tray and cap assembly for fluid contact apparatus for effecting intimate contact between a rising gaseous and/or vaporour phase and a descending liquid phase, comprising
- A. a tray member having a plurality of elongated slots arranged in axially parallel spaced relationship adjacent each other, and each of said slots being defined by edge portions of said tray member and each of said edge portions has a lengthwise extending tray edge and a row of longitudinally spaced recesses opening into said tray edge, the tray recesses along one tray edge being staggered with respect to the tray recesses along the other tray edge, said tray recesses forming additional passages for said heavier descending phase and being formed by downwardly displaced tongues of said edge portions,
- B. an elongated cap mounted in each of said slots and reciprocally movable transverse to the plane of the tray,
- a. each cap having opposite lengthwise extending said portions above the upper surface of said tray member,
- 1. each of said side portions having alternating parts downwardly bent forming a row of longitudinally spaced recesses, the recesses along one of said side portions being staggered with respect to the recesses along the edge of the other side portion, said recesses forming passages for said heavier descending liquid phase, said downwardly bent part constituting longitudinally spaced individual depending members spaced from the edge of said slots to deflect said liquid phase downwardly,
- 2. abutment means secured to said depending members and spaced from the underside of said tray member so as to engage said underside and limit the upward movement of the respective cap when lifted by said rising phase, and
- b. said caps being arranged within said slots so that the lengthwise extending edges along one side of one of said caps and the downwardly bent parts along the opposite side of the next adjacent one of said caps lie along common lines transverse to the elongated axis of said slots to cause flow of said liquid phase from the one extending edge into the recess of the next adjacent cap and downwardly in the passage defined by said respective depending member.
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