Cooling apparatus
US5216898A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 14, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB05B7/0433
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Cooling assemblies of the cooling apparatus each include an air atomizing spray nozzle located within a heated cooling chamber. An outer conduit interconnects the spray nozzle of each assembly and a source of cooling water. An inner conduit within the outer conduit interconnects the spray nozzle and a source of compressed air. Water passing through the outer conduit cools both it and the inner conduit. The outer conduit includes a flexible section that interconnects rigid sections and allows the latter to freely undergo differential expansive and contractive movement. Generally conical spray patterns produced by the spray nozzles form a circular array within the cooling chamber. Adjacent ones of the spray patterns abut each other and another nozzle spray pattern produced by a spray nozzle located generally centrally of the array and of the cooling chamber.
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