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US 4,303,599 AGranted
Tower packing
AssigneeNorton Company
InventorsRalph F. Strigle, Jr., Kenneth E. Porter
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AssigneeNorton Company
InventorsRalph F. Strigle, Jr., Kenneth E. Porter
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A dumped packing for use in gas liquid contact apparatus is provided of the type where the packing comprises a perforated base member which curves around a notional axis to define a space which is partially enclosed by the base member. There is at least one oppositely directed curved bridging member carried by the base member, and preferably formed therefrom, which extends clear of the base member into the space. In the present invention the base member cooperates with the bridging member to bound a space having dimensions roughly equal when measured along lines at right angles to each other. In a preferred form the base member has the general shape of an ellipse and portions of the bridge member are cut therefrom to form fingers which extend into the interior of the space defined by the base member and the bridge member.
In a dumped packing for use in gas/liquid contact apparatus of the type where the packing comprises a perforated base member with free ends which curves around a notional axis to define a space which is at least partially enclosed by said base member, and at least one oppositely directed curved bridging member carried by said base member and extending clear of the base member into said space and defining the lower boundary thereof, the improvement wherein the base member is curved in the general shape of an ellipse which has an apex portion and open end portions, the apex portion having a shorter radius of curvature than the open end portions, and the height of the space (B FIG. 1), as measured from the apex of the base member to the bottom of the bridging member, being:
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