Cooling tower fill assembly

In a cooling tower in which air flows through splash fill within the tower in cooling relationship with a liquid falling through said fill, an improved splash fill assembly comprising:

• (a) a plurality of column means extending generally vertically in said tower;
• (b) generally horizontal members connected to said column means;
• (c) a plurality of beam hanger clips supported by each horizontal member at spaced intervals therealong, each clip having a notch in its lowest terminal edge, said notch defining a vertical slot which merges into an enlarged opening that defines a pair of generally horizontal shelves aligned on opposite sides of such slot, the hanger clips on adjacent horizontal members having their notches generally aligned in series;
• (d) a fill hanger beam extending through each series of aligned notches, each beam having an enlarged upper end defining a pair of shoulders on its underside, the shoulders of each beam resting on the shelves of the aligned clips in its series, each beam having a passage at its lowest terminal edge defining a vertical slit which merges into an enlarged opening at the interior of said beam, said slit defining a pair of generally horizontal ledges aligned on opposite sides thereof;
• (e) a plurality of fill hanger grids each comprising generally parallel and horizontal strands which intersect and are attached to generally parallel and vertical strands so as to form a vertically extending generally parallelogram shaped lattice of holes, each grid having an enlargement attached at its upper end, each of said enlargements passing into the enlarged opening in one of said beams and being supported by said ledges of such beam so that such grid extends downwardly through said slots in said clips and said slit in said beam, the holes in adjacent grids being generally aligned;
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• (f) a plurality of generally horizontal splash fill members extending through said aligned holes in said grids and being supported on said generally horizontal strands.

In a cooling tower in which air flows through splash fill within the tower in cooling relationship with a liquid falling through said fill, an improved splash fill assembly comprising:

• (a) a plurality of posts extending generally vertically in said tower;
• (b) generally horizontal ties connected to said posts;
• (c) a plurality of unitary beam hanger clips each having an upper horizontal support arm attached to a tie at spaced intervals therealong, each clip having a downwardly extending body portion with a notch centered in its lowest terminal edge, said notch defining a vertical slot which merges into an enlarged semicircular opening that terminates in a pair of generally horizontal shelves aligned on opposite sides of such slot, the hanger clips on adjacent ties having their notches generally aligned in series;
• (d) a unitary fill hanger beam extending through each series of aligned notches, each beam having an enlarged upper end defining a first semicircular arc that terminates in a pair of shoulders on its underside, the shoulders of each beam resting on the shelves of the aligned clips in its series, each beam being hollow and having a passage extending completely therethrough at its lowest terminal edge, said passage defining a vertical slit which merges into an enlarged opening at the interior of said beam, said opening defining a second semicircular arc concentric with said first arc, said second arc terminating in generally horizontal ledges aligned on opposite sides of said slit;
• (e) a plurality of fill hanger grids each comprising generally parallel and horizontal strands which intersect and are attached to generally parallel and vertical strands so as to form a vertically extending generally parallelogram shaped lattice of holes, each grid having a pair of horizontal strands attached to its upper end, said pair of strands passing through the enlarged opening in one of said beams and each strand of said pair being supported on one of said ledges of such beam so that such grid extends downwardly through said slots in said clips and said slit in said beam, the holes in adjacent grids being generally aligned;
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• (f) a plurality of generally horizontal splash fill members extending through said aligned holes in said grids and being supported on said generally horizontal strands.