Inlet structure for cooling towers

Claim 1

A COOLING TOWER COMPRISING: A CASING HAVING AN AIR INLET AND AN AIR OUTLET SPACED THEREFROM; A FILL ASSEMBLY WITHIN THE CASING BETWEEN SAID AIR INLET AND THE AIR OUTLET; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION MEANS OVERLYING THE FILL ASSEMBLY; A COLD WATER BASIN DISPOSED IN UNDERLYING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID FILL ASSEMBLY; FAN MEANS ON THE CASING OPERABLE TO FORCE AIR THROUGH THE FILL ASSEMBLY FROM SAID AIR INLET TO THE AIR OUTLET; AND A CELLULAR WALL MEMBER ON THE CASING WITHIN SAID CASING IN FULL SPANNING RELATIONSHIP TO SAID AIR INLET AND PROVIDED WITH A PAIR OF SPACED, OPPOSED MAJOR FACES, SAID WALL MEMBER BEING CONSTRUCTED OF ELONGATED, CORRUGATED STRIPS OF MATERIAL INTERCONNECTED AT ZONES CAUSING THE STRIPS TO DEFINE A MULTIPLICITY OF INDIVIDUAL, ELONGATED, GENERALLY PARALLE, OPEN END CELLS OF GREATER LONGITUDINAL LENGTH THAN TRANSVERSE WIDTH WITH THE OPEN ENDS OF THE CELLS LYING IN THE PLANES OF RESPECTIVE MAJOR FACES OF THE WALL MEMBER, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID MAJOR FACES OF THE WALL MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE WIDTH AND LENGTH DIMENSIONS OF THE WALL MEMBER, SAID STRIPS BEING LOCATED AT AN ANGLE TRANSVERSELY OF THE WALL MEMBER CAUSING THE LONGITUDINAL AXES OF THE CELLS TO BE INCLINED WITH RESPECT TO THE HORIZONTAL IN A DIRECTION DISPOSING THE OPEN ENDS OF THE CELLS FACING AWAY FROM THE FILL ASSEMBLY TO BE LOCATED ABOVE THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF RESPECTIVE CELLS, THE ANGLE OF INCLINATION OF EACH OF THE CELLS BEING SUFFICIENT TO DISPOSE THE STRIPS IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL OF WATER SPLASHING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE CASING TOWARD THE AIR INLET BUT WITHOUT PRODUCING A SUBSTANTIAL PRESSURE DROP IN THE AIR PASSING THROUGH THE CELLS OF SAID WALL MEMBER.