Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
248 words
Liquid cooling apparatus for projection of liquid drops in trajectories, particle sizes, velocities and volume rates effective for improved cooling of the liquid, said apparatus comprising a plurality of parallel disc-like spray members spaced from each other along a common axis of rotation and having peripheries from which liquid is to be sprayed, said axis of rotation being generally horizontal and perpendicular to said spray members, means for feeding liquid to be cooled to at least one surface of each spray member at a limited area spaced inwardly from its periphery and from which the rotation of the spray member causes the liquid to move centrifugally outwardly along said surface and frictionally in the direction of rotation of the surface, said one surface of the spray member having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced liquid guide vanes projecting axially therefrom and extending generally radially at only the outer portions of said surface between the limited area at which liquid is fed to the surface and the periphery of the spray member for engaging the liquid after it has been fed to said limited area and started to move outwardly along said surface, and a shield member having a splash shield surface extending parallel to said one spray member surface immediately adjacent said vanes over an area extending outwardly from said limited area at which liquid is fed to the spray member surface to that portion of the spray member periphery at which the liquid is projected from the spray member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
248 words
Liquid cooling apparatus for projection of liquid drops in trajectories, particle sizes, velocities and volume rates effective for improved cooling of the liquid, said apparatus comprising a plurality of parallel disc-like spray members spaced from each other along a common axis of rotation and having peripheries from which liquid is to be sprayed, said axis of rotation being generally horizontal and perpendicular to said spray members, means for feeding liquid to be cooled to at least one surface of each spray member at a limited area spaced inwardly from its periphery and from which the rotation of the spray member causes the liquid to move centrifugally outwardly along said surface and frictionally in the direction of rotation of the surface, said one surface of the spray member having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced liquid guide vanes projecting axially therefrom and extending generally radially at only the outer portions of said surface between the limited area at which liquid is fed to the surface and the periphery of the spray member for engaging the liquid after it has been fed to said limited area and started to move outwardly along said surface, and a shield member having a splash shield surface extending parallel to said one spray member surface immediately adjacent said vanes over an area extending outwardly from said limited area at which liquid is fed to the spray member surface to that portion of the spray member periphery at which the liquid is projected from the spray member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
Liquid cooling apparatus according to claim 1 in which the shield member is secured to the spray member for rotation of the spray member, vanes and shield member as a unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
Liquid cooling apparatus according to claim 2 in which the shield member is a flat annular member having an inner circular edge coaxial with said axis of rotation and having a radial location spaced outwardly from the limited area to which the liquid is fed and inwardly from the innermost edges of said radial vanes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
Liquid cooling apparatus according to claim 2 in which each vane has its own individual shield member consisting of a liquid retaining lip extending radially along the vane parallel to the spray member surface and forwardly in the direction of rotation of the spray member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
Liquid cooling apparatus according to claim 1 in which the shield member constitutes a stationary portion of the apparatus.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
49 words
Liquid cooling apparatus according to claim 5 in which the means for feeding liquid to the spray member surface includes a stationary conduit member projecting inwardly along the spray member from a location radially outside its periphery, and in which the shield member is carried by said conduit member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
112 words
Liquid cooling apparatus according to claim 1 in which the means for feeding liquid to the spray member surface includes a stationary conduit member projecting inwardly along the spray member from a location radially outside its periphery, said conduit member having a side wall parallel to the spray member surface, and said side wall having a discharge opening through which the liquid is projected axially onto the spray member surface, all portions of said conduit member, side wall and discharge opening being spaced axially from the spray member surface a distance providing clearance for said vanes for relative radial disassembly of at least the spray member and vanes from the conduit member.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
103 words
Liquid cooling apparatus according to claim 7 in which the conduit member has axially spaced side walls and a bottom wall, thereby providing an open-topped trough projecting radially inwardly along the spray member surface, and said discharge opening being defined by a notch open at the top of the side wall and having a lower edge serving as the bottom of the discharge opening at a location adapted for overflow of liquid through said notch axially against the limited area of the spray member surface, said open-topped trough and notch facilitating removal of undesired foreign objects from the liquid reaching the conduit member.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
73 words
Liquid cooling apparatus according to claim 1, having means for feeding liquid to both surfaces of at least some of the spray members, and such spray members having said guide vanes projecting axially in opposite directions from the respective spray member surfaces, with a corresponding shield member and splash shield surface extending parallel to each respective spray member surface immediately and axially adjacent said vanes at each opposite surface of such spray members.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
Liquid cooling apparatus according to claim 1 in which the guide vanes extend along the spray member surface at an acute angle to an actual radius of the spray member.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
Liquid cooling apparatus according to claim 10 in whiCh the vanes extend at an acute angle outwardly and forwardly in the direction of rotation from such actual radius.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
Liquid cooling apparatus according to claim 10 in which the vanes exttend at an acute angle outwardly and rearwardly from the direction of rotation from such actual radius.