Spray hood protector in a fluid-based cooling system
AssigneesEmerson Electric Co., AT&T Corp.
InventorsLennart Ståhl, John Francis Wallace, Jr., John Cardenas Parraz, Montford Henry Clark, David Winn
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Abstract
A spray hood device for containing a fluid spray leak in a fluid-based cooling system. A cover member surrounds a given component subject to a fluid spray leak, containing fluid sprays, preventing the fluid sprays from reaching equipment therebelow and minimizing fluid leakage damage.
Claims16
In an overhead fluid-based cooling system, a spray hood for preventing leaking of fluid sprays from at least one of a plurality of components at least one location along said fluid-based cooling system, said spray hood comprising:
- a cover member, said cover member surrounding a given component of said at least one of a plurality of components of said cooling system substantially horizontally and vertically, whereby a substantially horizontally or vertically directed fluid spray from said given component is contained by said cover member, wherein said cover member protects other components of said fluid-based cooling system from being damaged by said fluid spray.
In an overhead fluid-based cooling system, a spray hood device for preventing leaking of fluid sprays from at least one of a plurality of components at least one location along said fluid-based cooling system, said spray hood comprising:
- a box member, said box member surrounding a given component of said at least one of a plurality of components of said cooling system substantially horizontally and downwardly, whereby a substantially horizontally or downwardly directed fluid spray from said given component is contained by said box member;
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- a top member, said top member being attached to said box member and surrounding said given component of said at least one of a plurality of components substantially vertically, whereby a substantially vertically-directed fluid spray from said given component is contained by said top member, wherein said box member and said top member protect other components of said fluid-based system from being damaged by said fluid spray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.