Batch deodorizer

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THE METHOD OF STIRPPING VOLATILE MATERIALS FROM LIQUIDS COMPRISING CHARGING A BATCH OF LIQUID INTO A COLUMN HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPACED LIQUID-VAPOR CONTACT DEVICES DISPOSED THEREIN, SAID LIQUID SUBSTANTIALLY COVERING SAID PLURAILIY OF LIQUID-VAPOR CONTACT DEVICES, PASSING A CONTINOUS FLOW OF VAPOR INTO THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID COLUMN WHEREBY SAID VAPORS AND SAID LIQUID ARE CAUSED TO FLOW UPWARD THROUGH SAID PLURALITY OF LIQUIDVAPOR CONTACT DEVICES, SAID VAPORS COLLECTING AND FORMING A HEAD BENEATH THE UPPER CLOSURE OF EACH OF SAID LIQUID-VAPOR CONTACT DEVICES AND SAID VAPORS FLOWING FROM SAID HEAD WITH ENTRAINED LIQUIDS THROUGH A RISER TUBE WHICH PROJECTS DOWNWARDLY FROM THE UPPER CLOSURE OF EACH OF SAID CONTACT DEVICES WHEREBY LIQUID FLOWING FROM THE UPPER MOST LIQUID-VAPOR CONTACT DEVICE FLOWS TO THE SIDE AND DOWN THROUGH AN ANNULAR SPACE SURROUNDING SAID PLURALITY OF LIQUID-VAPOR CONTACT DEVICES AND IS CONTINUALLY RECYCLED THROUGH SAID CONTACT DEVICES WHEREBY SAID LIQUID IS CONTINUALLY CONTACTED WITH VAPORS AND THE VOLATILE MATERIALS OF THE LIQUID ARE STRIPPED FROM SAID LIQUID AND PASS UPWARDS AND OUTWARDS THROUGH AN EXHAUST SYSTEM AT THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID COLUMN.