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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth J McNulty, Atkinson, NH (US);
Neil Yeoman, Merrick, NY (US);
Chang Li-Hsieh, Carlisle, MA (US);
Assignee:
Koch Engineering Company, Inc., Wichita, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
261 94 ; 261D / ;
Abstract
A saddle-type random packing element for use in a vapor-liquid tower which packing comprises an arcuate body having generally parallel, upright flanges on either side, the arcuate body having a plurality of alternating, generally parallel, inner and outer arched rib elements extending transversely between the flanges. The method of manufacture of the packing element comprises slitting a flat metal sheet to form rib elements, bending the sheet to form the upright flanges, the arched rib elements and then into the arcuate shape of the packing.