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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. 14, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wadie F Gohara, Barberton, OH (US);
Norman D Nelson, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ; B01D / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
96297 ; 96326 ; 96370 ; 95224 ; 261109 ; 261113 ; 261117 ; 261D / ; 261D / ; 55413 ; 55418 ;
Abstract
An improvement in a center inlet type scrubber that retrofit the scrubber with a perforated tray made up of rectangular or partially rectangular sections supported on beam supports in the annulus of the scrubber. The supports can be modified to form turning vanes or additional turning vanes can be employed. One or more perforated trays may be installed in the annulus to help correct the problem.