Liquid redistributor for towers

Claim 1

A LIQUID REDISTRIBUTION ELEMENT FOR USE IN TOWERS FOR ABSORPTION, STRIPPING, DISTILLATION, EXTRACTION AND THE LIKE, SAID ELEMENT HAVING A RELATIVELY NARROW AND SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ANNULAR SECTION, A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY AND DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING PROJECTIONS HAVING CONCAVE SIDE EDGES EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM SAID ANNULAR SECTION, A SIDE OF EACH PROJECTION BEING COEXTENSIVE WITH THE SIDE EDGE OF THE NEXT ADJACENT PROJECTION IN A CONTINUOUS CURVE TO PROVIDE AN OPEN SPACE BETWEEN ADJACENT PROJECTIONS EXTENDING FROM SAID ANNULAR SECTION, EACH OF SAID PROJECTIONS TAPERING SHARPLY TO A POINT AT ONE RADIAL EXTEREMITY THEREOF THE CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT BEING SUCH THAT LIQUID REACHING SAID ANNULAR SECTION WILL NOT BE RETAINED THEREUPON BUT WILL BE DIVERTED IMMEDIATELY TO A DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING PROJECTION AND BY REASON OF SURFACE TENSION WILL FLOW DOWN SAID PROJECTION AND BE DISCHARGED AT THE RADIAL EXTREMITY THEREOF.