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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:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerald Dean Erdman, Reading, PA (US);
Assignee:
Minerals Technologies Inc., Bethlehem, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/04 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for improving contact between a liquid and a reactant gas by moving the liquid in a serpentine path that moves horizontally and vertically through individual chambers or stations in an elongated tank or reactor and introducing a reactant gas into the liquid in one or more of the stations or chambers as the liquid moves through the tank or reactor.