Corrugated sheet member with a reinforcing edge extending lengthwise of the corrugations

Abstract

Abstract A contact body element for use in forming fill or decking for a gas and liquid contact apparatus, such as a cooling tower; a method for use of the contact body element in such an apparatus, and an improved fastening member for maintaining the contact body elements in desired assembled operative orientation in the apparatus. The novel fill comprises a thin sheet of fibrous or plastic material. The sheet may be corrugated and the corrugations may run askew to a longitudinal axis of the sheet. A reinforcing ply is secured to the sheet, said ply formed by folding a portion of the sheet over on itself and/or by securing a separate strip to the sheet. The reinforcing ply is positioned along the sheet edge. In use, according to the novel method, these corrugated reinforced sheets have sufficient strength and rigidity, so that they may be shipped in a nested stacked package to a point of desired use, where they are assembled in a cooling tower by arranging the fill sheets to run with the corrugations spacing the sheets to provide for a plurality of spaced fluid flow channels. Fastening means may be provided for maintaining the assembled fill in desired operative orientation. The fasteners comprise an elongate skewer like member formed of sheet metal with a separable point at one end and tail pieces at the other end subject to being bent out of the plane of the skewer, after the skewer is inserted through the assembled fill sheets.

Inventors

• 👤 G Meek

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