Spacer assembly for use in electrostatic precipitator
US5529608A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 1985 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB03C3/86
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to an improved spacer assembly for use in an electrostatic precipitator. The electrostatic precipitator collects solid particles carried by a flue gas from a source of combustion. The precipitator includes a plurality of spaced parallel plates for collecting the above mentioned particles by electrostatic attraction of the particles to the plates. Each of the plates has a plurality of stiffeners extending outward from the respective plate. Each stiffener is opposite a like stiffener on the opposed plate. A plurality of spacer assemblies is positioned between opposed plates to hold the plates in a flat attitude and to maintain adjacent surfaces of opposed plates equidistantly spaced from one another. Each of the spacer assemblies includes a spacer having opposite ends abutting a pair of opposed parallel plates adjacent to the respective stiffeners of the plates. An upright is connected to the spacer. A second spacer assembly is connected to the first mentioned spacer assembly and is locked thereto. The second spacer assembly includes a spacer extending between the parallel plates. Several spacer assemblies are thus locked together resulting in a pluralit…
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