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Granted Patent B2
US 9,400,144 · App. 14/163,579 · Granted Jul 26, 2016

Modular counterflow fill hanging system apparatus and method

Inventors: Randall W. Powell (Louisburg, KS); Duane Krehbiel (Overland Park, KS); Jeff McMillan (Overland Park, KS); Paul Hink (Shawnee, KS); Eldon F. Mockry (Lenexa, KS)
Assignee: SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc.
F28F25/08Y10T29/4935
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Patent No.
US 9,400,144
App. No.
14/163,579
Granted
Jul 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat exchange fill apparatus for use with a cooling tower that employs a support frame assembly. The heat exchange fill apparatus has a media fill pack that includes a fill pack media modules wherein a stake, prevents the modules from shifting with respect to one another. The modules are installed in a cooling tower of the like via a hanging fill support.

Claims (17)

1. A hanging fill support bracket for use in a cooling tower, comprising:

a first side having a first upper portion and a first lower portion;

a second side opposing said first side that has a second upper portion and a second lower portion;

a top connected to said first and second sides that extends between said first and second upper portions;

a shaft having a first end and a second end that extends between the first lower portion and the second lower portion, wherein said shaft is retained by each said first and second lower portion;

an attachment loop that engages said shaft wherein said attachment loop comprises:

a curved top portion;

a first side connected to said top portion and extending therefrom;

a second side opposing said first side connected to said top portion and extending therefrom; and

a bottom portion wherein said bottom portion comprises a first flap extending from said first side and a second flap extending from said second side, wherein said flaps extend in opposing direction and overlap one another.

2. The hanging fill support bracket according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first bore on said first lower portion; and

a second bore on said second lower portion,

wherein said shaft is retained within said first bore and said second bore.

3. The hanging fill support bracket according to claim 2 , further comprising a first pin that extends through said first end of said shaft and retains said shaft in said first bore.

4. The hanging fill support bracket according to claim 3 , further comprising a second pin that extends through said second end of said shaft and retains said shaft in said second bore.

5. The hanging fill support bracket according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment loop includes a support cable attached thereto.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2014
From: POWELL, RANDALL W.; KREHBIEL, DUANE; MCMILLEN, JEFF; HINK, PAUL W.; MOCKRY, ELDON F.
To: SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 033582/0479 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61780542 · Mar 13, 2013
Related Publication 20140262140A1 · Sep 18, 2014