Water spray cooler

US4394142A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by The Secretary of The Interior · US

Inventors

• Edward D. Thimons · Bethel Park, US
• Kenneth S. Heller · Newton, US
• John F. McCoy, III · North Chelmsford, US
• Austin Whillier · Johannesburg, ZA

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 1981
• Grant date: Jul 19, 1983
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2001

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E21F3/00
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A water spray cooler with a pair of water collecting mesh structures and having a water spraying nozzle assembly disposed therebetween. Air entering the cooler is directed through the mesh structures and towards a cooler outlet port. The entering air is cooled as it passes through a cool water spray from the nozzle assembly and through the mesh structures which have collected water.