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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1980
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert R Edison, Olympia Fields, IL (US);
Thorpe Dresser, Markham, IL (US);
Assignee:
Atlantic Richfield Company, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208132 ; 122 / ; 1222 / ; 1224 / ; 138 40 ; 196110 ; 196116 ; 196125 ; 196133 ; 422204 ; 422224 ; 585922 ;
Abstract
Improved method and apparatus for distributing a fluid, e.g., a liquid-vapor mixture, through a conduit, e.g., a tube in a direct fired heater, involving at least one reduction means located inside the conduit to abruptly reduce the inside cross-sectional area of the conduit available for flow of the fluid, provided that the inside cross-sectional area of the conduit is substantially the same both before and after the reduction means.