Sloped film fill assembly cooling tower

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A TOWER FOR CONTACTING LIQUID AND GAS COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE UPRIGHT SIDE WALL HAVING A GAS INLET OPENING MEANS FOR SUPPLYING GRAVITATING LIQUID TO THE UPPER PORTION PF THE TOWER A GAS OUTLET OPENING FILM FILL MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID TOWER HAVING OPPOSED UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES SAID FILM FILL MEANS HAVING A PRINCIPAL PLANE INCLINED AT AN ANGLE OF BETWEEN ABOUT 20* AND 70* TO THE VERTICAL AND ALSO DISPOSED TO INTERST A GAS PATH EXTENING BETWEEN SAID GAS INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS SAID UPPER SURFACE BEING DISPOSED BELOW SAID LIQUID SUPPLY MEANS TO INTEREST LIQUID GRAVITATING THEREFROM AND LOWER SURFACE BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID GAS INLET OPENING AND SAID UPPER SURFACE BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID GAS OUTLET OPENING A MAJOR PORTION OF SAID FILM FILL MEANS BEING AT THE SAME ELEVATION AS SAID GAS INLET OPENING SAID FILM FILL MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SHEETS MOUNTED SO THAT ADJACENT SHEETS ARE SUFFICIENTLY SPACED APART FOR THE PASSAGE OF GAS ALONG SAID PATH AND OF LIQUID GRAVITATING FROM SAID LIQUID SUPPLY MEANS SAID FILM FILL MEANS BEING FORMED TO SPREAD LIQUID GRAVITATING ONTO SAID UPPER SURFACE INTO A THINNER MORE UNIFORM FILM AT SAID LOWER SURFACE AND SPASH-TYPE FILL DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FILM FILL MEANS AND SAID LIQUID SUPPLY MEANS TO PROVIDE INCREASED LIQUID DISTRIBUTION ONTO THE FILM FILL MEANS SAID SHEETS BEING ESSENTIALLY VERTICALLY DISPOSED TO PROVIDE AN ESSENTIALLY VERTICAL PATH TO THE LIQUID.