US 7,610,770 B2Granted

Cooling tower seal joint

AssigneeBaltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.

InventorJoseph C. Lagasse

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Abstract

An assembly for connecting two vertically aligned cooling tower modules is provided. The assembly includes a lower module with a top structural edge and an upper module with a bottom structural edge. The top structural edge of the lower module includes an outer structural component and an inner sealing component. The bottom structural edge of the upper module includes an outer structural component and an inner sealing component. The outer structural component of the lower module has a generally flat surface that supports the bottom generally flat surface of the outer structural component of the top module. The inner sealing component of the top structural edge of the lower module includes a generally flat surface that abuts the inner generally flat surface of the outer structural component of the top structural edge of the lower module. The bottom generally flat surface of the inner sealing component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module is adjacent the top generally flat surface of the inner sealing component of the top structural edge of the lower module and a sealing component extends between such opposed flat surfaces.

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Dependent claims

An assembly for connecting two evaporative cooling modules, the assembly comprising

a lower module having evaporative cooling components and a top structural edge,
an upper module having evaporative cooling components and a bottom structural edge,
the top structural edge of the lower module comprising an outer structural component and an inner sealing component,
the outer structural component of the top structural edge of the lower module having an inner generally flat surface and top generally flat surface,
the inner sealing component of the top structural edge of the lower module having an outer generally flat surface that abuts the inner generally flat surface of the outer structural component of the top structural edge of the lower module,
the inner sealing component of the top structural edge of the lower module having a top generally flat surface,
the bottom structural edge of the upper module comprising an outer structural component and an inner sealing component,
the outer structural component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module having an inner generally flat surface and a bottom generally flat surface,
the bottom generally flat surface of the outer structural component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module being adjacent and supported by the top generally flat surface of the outer structural component of the top structural edge of the lower module,
the inner sealing component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module having an outer generally flat surface that abuts the inner generally flat surface of the outer structural component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module,
the inner sealing component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module having a bottom generally flat surface,
and the bottom generally flat surface of the inner sealing component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module being adjacent the top generally flat surface of the inner sealing component of the top structural edge of the lower module.

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An evaporative cooling assembly for connecting two modules, the assembly comprising

a lower module having a top structural edge,
an upper module having a bottom structural edge,
the top structural edge of the lower module comprising an outer structural component and an inner sealing component,
the outer structural component of the top structural edge of the lower module having an inner generally flat surface and a top generally flat surface wherein the inner generally flat surface and the top generally flat surface of the outer structural component of the top structural edge of the lower module are generally perpendicular,
the inner sealing component of the top structural edge of the lower module having an outer generally flat surface that abuts the inner generally flat surface of the outer structural component of the top structural edge of the lower module,
the inner sealing component of the top structural edge of the lower module having a top generally flat surface,
the bottom structural edge of the upper module comprising an outer structural component and an inner sealing component,
the outer structural component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module having an inner generally flat surface and a bottom generally flat surface,
the inner generally flat surface and the bottom generally flat surface of the outer structural edge of the upper module are generally perpendicular,
the bottom generally flat surface of the outer structural component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module being adjacent and supported by the top generally flat surface of the outer structural component of the top structural edge of the lower module,
the inner sealing component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module having an outer generally flat surface that abuts the inner generally flat surface of the bottom structural edge of the upper module,
the inner sealing component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module having a bottom generally flat surface,
and the bottom generally flat surface of the inner sealing component of the bottom structural edge of the upper module being adjacent the top generally flat surface of the inner sealing component of the top structural edge of the lower module.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/800,307Filed 4 May 2007
Published: US 2008/0272559 A16 Nov 2008
Granted: 3 Nov 2009
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

F28C 1/14
Direct-contact trickle coolers, e.g. cooling towers: comprising also a non-direct contact heat exchange
F28F 9/002
Casings in the form of plate-like arrangements; Frames enclosing a heat exchange core: with fastening means for other structures
F28F 2230/00
Sealing means
Y02B 30/70
Energy efficient heating, ventilation or air conditioning [HVAC]: efficient control or regulation technologies, e.g. for control of refrigerant…

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