Gas and liquid contact apparatus – Contact devices – Wet baffle
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-11
2007-09-11
Bushey, Scott (Department: 1724)
Gas and liquid contact apparatus
Contact devices
Wet baffle
C261S114500, C277S315000, C277S631000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11175667
ABSTRACT:
A split ring seal having a structured split formed with first and second overlapping leaves, movable between a compressed state and an expanded state, and having a first bore through the first leaf and a second bore through the second leaf such that, in the compressed state, the first and second bores are mutually aligned. A method of installing one or more packing trays in a process tower comprising providing such a split ring seal carried by one or more packing trays, locking each split ring seal in its compressed state with a pin through the overlapping leaf bores, placing the packing trays in the process tower and removing the pin to allow the split ring seals to expand and seal to the process tower.
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Fleming Phillip Bradley
Hoyle Donald Clifton
Bushey Scott
Jaeger Products, Inc.
Leydig , Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
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