Gas and liquid contact device

Claim 1

A GAS AND LIQUID CONTACT DEVICE COMPRISING, A VESSEL ENCLOSING THE COMBINATION OF HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED DIAPHRAGM PLATE MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SLOTS THEREIN, A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF CHIMNEYS HAVING LOWER OPENINGS SPACED FROM SAID DIAPHRAGM PLATE MEANS AND SEVERALLY EMBRACING AND OVERLAPPING DIFFERENT ONES OF SAID SLOTS, A PLURALITY OF LIQUID SPRAY JETS SEVERALLY SO DISPOSED BENEATH SAID SLOTS AS TO SEVERALLY PROJECT SPRAYS OF LIQUID INTO DIFFERENT SLOTS, MEANS FOR INJECTING GAS FOR CONTACT WITH SAID LIQUID BELOW SAID DIAPHRAGM PLATE MEANS, MEANS FOR SEPARATING THE GAS FROM SAID LIQUID AND BEING DISPOSED ABOVE SAID CHIMNEYS, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID UNDER PRESSURE TO SAID LIQUID SPRAY JETS, AND MEANS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID OVER SAID DIAPHRAGM PLATE MEANS SO THAT THE LOWER OPENINGS OF SAID CHIMNEYS ARE MAINTAINED IMMERSED IN A POOL OF LIQUID SUPPORTED BY SAID DIAPHRAGM PLATE MEANS, AND MEANS CONSTITUTING AN INLET FOR LIQUID MOUNTED AND ADAPTED TO DELIVER LIQUID OVER AND ONTO SAID HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED DIAPHRAGM PLATE MEANS, AND WHEREIN SAID DIAPHRAGM PLATE MEANS HAS AN UPSTANDING PERIPHERAL OUTFLOW RIM EXTENDING AROUND A PART OF ITS PERIPHERY AND ADAPTED TO RETAIN ON SAID DIAPHRAGM PLATE A SHALLOW POOL OF LIQUID FLOWING THEREOVER, AND WHEREIN THE LOWER OPENINGS OF SAID CHIMNEYS ARE SO MOUNTED AND SPACED FROM SAID DIAPHRAGM PLATE MEANS AS TO BE ENTIRELY IMMERSED IN SAID SHALLOW POOL OF LIQUID SO FLOWING OVER SAID DIAPHRAGM PLATE MEANS.