Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for supplying liquid to an elongated liquid reservoir

US4862713A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Eduard Kusters Maschinefabrik GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Johannes Kutz · Tönisvorst, DE
Walter Keller · Willich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 11, 1988
Grant date	Sep 5, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/85938
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for supplying liquid to an elongated liquid reservoir in a uniform manner over the length of reservoir comprises a trough, extending transversely over the width of a continuous fabric web, into which a liquid is poured from above, and a feed pipe extending longitudinally along the trough. Short, identically formed, curved tubes are uniformly distributed over the length of the feed pipe and arranged to extend transversely therefrom. The liquid is supplied over the length of the liquid reservoir from the short tubes disposed at a plurality of sites along the reservoir. The cross sectional area of the feed pipe may be significantly greater than the total cross sectional of all of the curved tubes to prevent a significant pressure drop.

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