Gas and liquid contact apparatus

Claim 1

IN A GAS AND LIQUID CONTACT APPARATUS, THE COMBINATION OF A PACKING MEAN FOR PASSING A GAS STREAM THROUGH SAID PACKING, LIQUID SUPPLY MEANS, AND MEANS FOR DISTRIBUTING THE LIQUID OVER SAID PACKING TO FLOW THERETHROUGH IN CONTACT WITH THE GAS STREAM PASSING THERETHROUGH, SAID DISTRIBUTING MEANS COMPRISING A SPRAYER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ABOVE SAID PACKING ADJACENT THE TOP THEREFORE, MEANS FOR ROTATABLY MOUNTING SAID SPRAYER, SAID SPRAYER INCLUDING A TUBULAR ARM HAVING A SLOT THEREIN EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH THEREOF AND PLACED IN THE LOWER PORTION THEREOF TO DISCHARGE LIQUID FROM THE ARM TOWARD THE PACKING, SAID LIQUID SUPPLY MEANS COMMUNICATING WITH THE INTERIOR OF SAID TUBULAR ARM, AND ADJUSTMENT MEANS FOR TAPERING THE WIDTH OF SAID SLOT TOWARD THE AXIS OF ROTATION OF THE SPRAYER WHEREBY THE LIQUID DISCHARGE FROM SAID SLOT IS UNIFORMLY DISTRIBURED OVER THE TOP OF THE PACKING, SAID ADJUSTMENT MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF BOLT MEANS SPACED FROM EACH OTHER LONGITUDINALLY OF THE ARM FOR ADJUSTING THE WIDTH OF THE SLOT.