Device for absorbing gases by liquids, especially for use in connection with the production of hydrochloric acid

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR ABSORBING GASES BY LIQUIDS, WHICH COMPRISES IN COMBINATION: A PLURALITY OF FIRST HOLLOW BODIES SPACED FROM AND ARRANGED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER, EACH OF SAID FIRST HOLLOW BODIES HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL BORE THERETHROUGH WITH A RELATIVELY SMALL INLET AND OUTLET SECTION AND A RELATIVELY WIDE INTERMEDIATE SECTION AND HAVING ITS OUTER TOP SURFACE PROVIDED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR GROOVE FOR ACCUMULATING ABSORBING LIQUID PASSING THEREOVER; A PLURALITY OF SECOND HOLLOW BODIES HAVING AN OUTER DIAMETER MATERIALLY SMALLER THAN THE OUTER DIAMETER OF SAID FIRST HOLLOW BODIES AND BEING ARRANGED BETWEEN AND IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID FIRST HOLLOW BODIES, EACH OF SAID SECOND HOLLOW BODIES HAVING AN AXIAL BORE OPEN AT ONE END AND CLOSED AT THE OTHER END AND ALSO HAVING A PLURALITY OF RADIAL BORES COMMUNICATING WITH SAID AXIAL BORE ADJACENT SAID CLOSED END AND ALSO CUMMUNICATING WITH SAID RELATIVELY WIDE INTERMEDIATE SECTION OF THE RESPECTIVE FIRST HOLLOW BODY; SAID FIRST AND SECOND HOLLOW BODIES FORMING WITH EACH OTHER A COLUMN WITH A PASSAGE THERETHROUGH COMPOSED OF SAID VERTICAL BORES OF SAID FIRST HOLLOW BODIES AND SAID AXIAL AND RADIAL BORES OF SAID SECOND HOLLOW BODIES FOR PASSING COOLING LIQUID THERETHROUGH, AND A PIPE SURROUNDING THE COLUMN FORMED BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND HOLLOW BODIES IN SPACED ARRANGEMENT THERETO SO AS TO FORM WITH SAID COLUMN A CYLINDRICAL PASSAGE OF ALTERNATELY VARYING RELATIVELY WIDE AND NARROW ANNULAR CORSS-SECTIONS, SAID PIPE HAVING AN OPENING AT EACH END THEREOF FOR RESPECTIVELY ADMITTING ABSORBING LIQUID AND THE GAS TO BE ABSORBED.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR ABSORBING GASES BY LIQUIDS, WHICH COMPRISES IN COMBINATION: A PLURALITY OF FIRST HOLLOW BODIES SPACED FROM AND ARRANGED IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH EACH OTHER, EACH OF SAID FIRST HOLLOW BODIES HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL BORE THERETHROUGH WITH A RELATIVELY SMALL INLET AND OUTLET SECTION AND A RELATIVELY WIDE INTERMEDIATE SECTION AND HAVING ITS OUTER TOP SURFACE PROVIDED WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY CIRCULAR GROOVE FOR ACCUMULATING ABSORBING LIQUID PASSING THEREOVER; A PLURALITY OF SECOND HOLLOW BODIES HAVING AN OUTER DIAMETER MATERIALLY SMALLER THAN THE OUTER DIAMETER OF SAID FIRST HOLLOW BODIES AND BEING ARRANGED BETWEEN AND IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID FIRST HOLLOW BODIES, EACH OF SAID SECOND HOLLOW BODIES HAVING AN AXIAL BORE OPEN AT ONE END AND CLOSED AT THE OTHER END AND ALSO HAVING A PLURALITY OF RADIAL BORES COMMUNICATING WITH SAID AXIAL BORE ADJACENT SAID CLOSED END AND ALSO CUMMUNICATING WITH SAID RELATIVELY WIDE INTERMEDIATE SECTION OF THE RESPECTIVE FIRST HOLLOW BODY; SAID FIRST AND SECOND HOLLOW BODIES FORMING WITH EACH OTHER A COLUMN WITH A PASSAGE THERETHROUGH COMPOSED OF SAID VERTICAL BORES OF SAID FIRST HOLLOW BODIES AND SAID AXIAL AND RADIAL BORES OF SAID SECOND HOLLOW BODIES FOR PASSING COOLING LIQUID THERETHROUGH, AND A PIPE SURROUNDING THE COLUMN FORMED BY SAID FIRST AND SECOND HOLLOW BODIES IN SPACED ARRANGEMENT THERETO SO AS TO FORM WITH SAID COLUMN A CYLINDRICAL PASSAGE OF ALTERNATELY VARYING RELATIVELY WIDE AND NARROW ANNULAR CORSS-SECTIONS, SAID PIPE HAVING AN OPENING AT EACH END THEREOF FOR RESPECTIVELY ADMITTING ABSORBING LIQUID AND THE GAS TO BE ABSORBED.