Patent · US Expired

Cooling tower

US4106244A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 16, 1972
Grant dateAug 15, 1978
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Expiry dateAug 16, 1992

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S261/11
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A cooling tower with a non-self-supporting envelope which is supported by a net of cables and by pulling elements extending from a portion of a supporting post which portion protrudes upwardly beyond the outlet opening of the cooling tower mantle, in which annular means surround the outlet opening of the mantle and are connected to the supporting post by elements extending in a spoke-like manner from the supporting post and at least partially subjected to pull only.

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