Looking for breakthrough ideas for innovation challenges? Try Patsnap Eureka!

Cooling tower support grid

a technology for supporting grids and cooling towers, applied in the direction of structural elements, building components, fuel gas production, etc., can solve the problems of dislodging of splash bars, and achieve the effect of convenient rapid installation and quick installation

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-09-21
INT COOLING TOWER
View PDF23 Cites 5 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a cooling tower support grid with a simplified design that eliminates the need for separate clips and splash bars. The grid includes a lattice frame with integrally formed clips and splash bars, and the clips can be used with a variety of splash bar configurations. The clips have a resilient finger that engages with a flow-through aperture on the splash bar. The positioning of the clips can be varied to suit different splash bar configurations. The support grid is easy to install and can be rapidly suspended in a cooling tower. The invention also provides a splash bar with a \"C\" channel that can be used in face to face relation or joined in end to end relation to create a splash bar of suitable width for different cooling tower dimensions. The male and female members of the splash bar have engagement members and locking recesses that provide a secure locking engagement."

Problems solved by technology

There is a tendency for splash bars to become dislodged due to impingement by water from above, forced air flow from below and vibration caused by fans used to circulate air within the cooling tower.

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Image

Smart Image Click on the blue labels to locate them in the text.
Viewing Examples
Smart Image
  • Cooling tower support grid
  • Cooling tower support grid
  • Cooling tower support grid

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

Embodiment Construction

[0030]The preferred embodiment, a cooling tower support grid generally identified by reference numeral 10, will now be described with reference to FIGS. 1 through 9.

Structure and Relationship of Parts

[0031]Referring to FIG. 1, there is provided a cooling tower support grid 10 which includes a lattice frame 12 that has a first series of parallel bars 14 which intersect with a second series of parallel bars 16 to form a plurality of openings 18. Splash bar retaining clips 20 are integrally formed as part of lattice frame 12. Retaining clips 20 extend in opposed relation into each of openings 18. Each clip 20 extends from one of first series of bars 14 above and immediately adjacent to one of second series of bars 16. Referring to FIG. 7, each clip 20 has a lower retainer lip 22 and a resilient finger 24 which is angled upwardly and terminates in a downwardly bent portion 26.

[0032]Referring to FIG. 8, an upper peripheral edge 28 of lattice frame 12 has an integrally formed hook 30 wher...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

PUM

PropertyMeasurementUnit
forceaaaaaaaaaa
surface areaaaaaaaaaaa
moldableaaaaaaaaaa
Login to View More

Abstract

A cooling tower support grid includes a lattice frame having a first series of bars which intersect a second series of bars to form a plurality of openings. Splash bar retaining clips are integrally formed as part of the lattice frame extending in opposed relation into each of the openings. This eliminates the need to handle separate retaining clips and, thereby, simplifies the installation process.

Description

[0001]This application is a Reissue of application Ser. No. 09 / 902,090, filed Jul. 10, 2001, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,708,960 on Mar. 23, 2004.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a cooling tower support grid for supporting splash bars.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Cooling tower support grids are used to support splash bars which span across a cooling tower, so that the splash bars do not sag. The splash bars are offset both vertically and horizontally, so that water droplets falling vertically from near the top of the cooling tower will invariably strike one or more of the splash bars during descent. Large water droplets are broken into smaller water droplets upon striking one of the splash bars. As many water droplets strike the splash bars, a thin film of water tends to form on each splash bar which increases the surface area of water exposed to air.[0004]There is a tendency for splash bars to become dislodged due to impingement by water from above...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to View More

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to View More
Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B01F3/04F28F25/08
CPCF28F25/082F28F2275/085Y10S261/11
Inventor OLSON, LLOYDPAPADOPOULOS, NICOLAOS
Owner INT COOLING TOWER
Who we serve
  • R&D Engineer
  • R&D Manager
  • IP Professional
Why Patsnap Eureka
  • Industry Leading Data Capabilities
  • Powerful AI technology
  • Patent DNA Extraction
Social media
Patsnap Eureka Blog
Learn More
PatSnap group products

Browse by: Latest US Patents, China's latest patents, Technical Efficacy Thesaurus, Application Domain, Technology Topic, Popular Technical Reports.

© 2024 PatSnap. All rights reserved.Legal|Privacy policy|Modern Slavery Act Transparency Statement|Sitemap|About US| Contact US: help@patsnap.com