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Apparatus for distributing falling liquid in thin films

Assignee: Dow Chemical Co
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Filing: 1954-10-04
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Granted: 1957-05-21
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Expires: 1974-10-04
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Douglas E Lake

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 21:07
CPC Classifications
F; F28; F28F; F28F25/00; F28F25/02; F28F25/08; F28F25/087; B; B01; B01D; B01D3/00; B01D3/008; B01J; B01J19/00; B01J19/32; B01J2219/00; B01J2219/32; B01J2219/322; B01J2219/32203; B01J2219/3221; B01J2219/32213; B01J2219/32255; B01J2219/32265; B01J2219/32272; B01J2219/32275; B01J2219/324; B01J2219/32408; B01J2219/32425; B01J2219/32458

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 84 words
AN EXTENDED SURFACE ELEMENT FOR GAS-LIQUID CONTACT APPARATUS, TRICKLE FILTERS AND THE LIKE, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A THIN SHEET OF MATERIAL INERT TO THE FLUIDS WITH WHICH IT IS INTENDED TO SERVE ADAPTED TO STAND VERTICALLY ON ONE OF ITS LONGITUNDINALEDGES, HAVING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL CORRUGATIONS LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED AND WITH SMOOTHLY INTERCONNECTED ALTERNATE TROUGHS AND RIDGES COVERING MOST OF THE AREA OF THE SHEET; A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SHORT CORRUGATIONS DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF THE SHET ALONG EACH OF ITS TWO LONGITUDINAL MARGINS AND
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 84 words
AN EXTENDED SURFACE ELEMENT FOR GAS-LIQUID CONTACT APPARATUS, TRICKLE FILTERS AND THE LIKE, CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A THIN SHEET OF MATERIAL INERT TO THE FLUIDS WITH WHICH IT IS INTENDED TO SERVE ADAPTED TO STAND VERTICALLY ON ONE OF ITS LONGITUNDINALEDGES, HAVING A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL CORRUGATIONS LONGITUDINALLY DISPOSED AND WITH SMOOTHLY INTERCONNECTED ALTERNATE TROUGHS AND RIDGES COVERING MOST OF THE AREA OF THE SHEET; A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SHORT CORRUGATIONS DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF THE SHET ALONG EACH OF ITS TWO LONGITUDINAL MARGINS AND

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