Apparatus for spraying trickler plates with cooling water

Claim 1

Apparatus for spraying trickler plates with cooling water, which comprises: a plurality of parallelly disposed trickler plates, each of which has a surface pattern formed in the upper surface thereof for uniform distribution of the water to be cooled; and means for distributing water to be cooled, said water distribution means including at least one water distribution channel extending above and parallel to said trickler plates, and at least one water spray channel disposed below said water distribution channel and transversely to said trickler plates, said water spray channel being formed by lugs, each of which at least partially surrounds the periphery of an opening formed in the upper portion of a respective trickler plate and extends outwardly from a surface thereof to bridge the spacing between adjacent trickler plates, said distribution channel having formed in the lower surface thereof at least one opening positioned at the intersection of said distribution channel and said spray channel, said spray channel having an open upper surface to receive water distributed by said distribution channel and gravitating through said distribution channel opening, said spray channel having a plurality of outlet openings formed in at least one lateral side thereof and directed tangentially toward said trickler plates, each outlet opening being positioned in close proximity to the upper surface of a corresponding trickler plate to provide said surface with said water to be cooled.