Fluid distributing means for packed chambers

Claim 1

IN A FLUID-SOLIDS CONTACTING CHAMBER HAVING SPACED PACKED SECTIONS, THE COMBINATION OF PERFORATE DISTRIBUTOR PIPE MEANS EXTENDING LATERALLY INTO THE UNPACKED SPACE BETWEEN PACKED SECTIONS OF THE CHAMBER, THE PERFORATIONS OF SAID PIPE MEANS BEING POSITIONED IN HALF PORTION THEREOF AND IN A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY SPACED OPPOSING TWO-ROW ARANGEMENT HAVING THE PERFORATIONS IN SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL POSITIONS, WHEREBY FLUID DISTRIBUTION THEREFROM IS JETTED GENERALLY LATERALLY IN OPPOSITING DIRECTIONS, AND SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL IMPERFOATE BAFFLE MEANS POSITIONED IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME HORIZONTAL PLANE AS THE AXIS OF SAID PIPE MEANS AND HAVING SLOTTED OPEN PORTIONS TO ALLOW ROOM FOR THE LATTER, SAID SLOTTED PORTIONS CORRESPONDING WITH THE CONFIGURATION OF SAID PIPE MEANS AND BEING SIZED TO PROVIDE ON EACH SIDE THEREOF NARROW FLUID PASSAGEWAYS ALONG EACH OF THE LONGITUDINAL EDGES OF SAID PIPE MEANS, WHEREBY A FLUID STREAM PASSING GENERALLY VERTICALLY THROUGH SAID CONTACTING CHAMBER WILL BE CHANNELED THROUGH THE SLOTTED PORTIONS OF SAID BAFFLE MEANS ALONG EACH SIDE OF SAID PIPE MEANS AND INTO THE PATHS OF THE FLUID STREAMS JETTED FROM SAID PIPE MEANS.