Liquid dispersing plate
OwnerMichael W. Dininventor
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Abstract
A liquid dispersing device includes a relatively rigid thin perforated plate having a plurality of closely spaced minute openings or holes in the form of a fine mesh. A plurality of plates are mounted on brackets secured along a side wall of a structure in the path of liquid flowing over and downward from the upper end of the wall. The liquid passing through the holes is dispersed into fine droplets with minimum agglomeration. The angle of the plate and holes determine the direction in which the droplets are dispersed. Use of the perforated plates can eliminate the usual gutter and leader structures which remove rainwater from roofs of houses and can also provide more effective cooling when mounted along internal cooling tower walls.
Claims18
A liquid dispersing system disposed along a side wall of a structure, comprising:
- a source of liquid flowing downward from an upper end of said wall, a plurality of brackets mounted at spaced intervals along said wall below said upper end, said brackets including vertical portions secured to said wall and lateral portions extending outwardly from said wall, and
- a thin relatively rigid perforated plate having a plurality of closely spaced minute holes extending in rows along and across said plate and passing through said plate, the centers of all of the holes along adjacent rows being offset with-respect to each alternate row along and across said plate, said plate being secured to said outwardly extending bracket portions and extending outwardly from said wall in the path of said liquid flowing downward from said upper wall end, said holes being substantially smaller than substantially larger drops of said liquid impinging on said plate, said holes passing said liquid therethrough and dividing and dispersing said liquid drops into smaller droplets, said plate and brackets extending outwardly from said wall at an angle and said holes passing through said plate at an angle with respect to said plate, wherein the angle of said plate and the angle of said holes therethrough determine the direction in which said droplets are dispersed, and the dimensions of each of said holes along and across said plate are of substantially the same order of magnitude as the thickness of said plate.
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