Clarence Wayne Miller

US Patent:

42619319, Apr 14, 1981

Filed:

Aug 3, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/063204

Inventors:

Elmer W. Rothrock - Hinsdale IL
Clarence D. Miller - Naperville IL

Assignee:

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company - Oak Brook IL

International Classification:

B01F 304

US Classification:

261109

Abstract:

A cooling tower self-supporting vertical shell essentially circular in horizontal section and wider at the base than at the top, said shell comprising a series of courses set one above the other with each adjacent upper course supported by the course beneath it, most of the courses from at least near the bottom to the shell top portion constituting a frusto-conical shell with vertical flutes, and the diameter of the bottom of each course being about equal to the diameter of the top of the course beneath it.