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Plastic fill sheet for water cooling tower with air guiding sheet spacers

CA 1292425 C · Owner: Houx, James R. Jr. · Inventors: Kinney, Ohler L. Jr.; Houx, James R. Jr.

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A vacuum-formed fill sheet for water cooling towers is provided with structure for contact with adjacent sheets for maintaining proper spacing around a perimeter of the sheets as well as between interior cooling zones formed within the sheet. Top marginal edge portions of the sheets are formed in a corrugated pattern, with the peaks and valleys of adjacent sheets being inclined in opposite directions in order to maintain sheet spacing while enabling the film flow of water thereover to cooling zones below. Honeycomb structure formed along facing, side edge portions of adjacent sheets also assists in maintenance of the requisite sheet spacing while functioning to smoothly guide the air …

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  • Granted November 26, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 26, 2008.
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FiledAugust 22, 1988
GrantedNovember 26, 1991
Term endedNovember 26, 2008
Patent numberCA 1292425 C
Classification (IPC)B01J19/32

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1989199119931995199719992001200320052007Application filedAug 22, 1988Patent grantedNov 26, 1991Term endedNov 26, 2008

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