Abstract: A toroidal manifold sparger having a hollow toroid member with an upper portion and a lower portion and having a plurality of first openings substantially evenly spaced along the lower portion thereof and all oriented perpendicular to the upper portion in a first and vertically downward direction, a plurality of second openings substantially evenly spaced along the lower portion of the toroid member and all oriented in a second direction, the first openings and the second openings being spaced apart from each other, each of the openings having a trajectory such that the trajectory of all of the first openings is parallel to each other and in a downward direction, and the second openings having a trajectory that radially inwardly converges in a downward direction, the first and second openings being the only openings in the lower portion, the toroid member being suspended from the upper portion.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 18, 1995
Date of Patent:
November 26, 1996
Assignee:
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
Inventors:
Chwan-Kong King, Chee-Teck Tan, Lewis G. Scharpf, Jr., David P. O'Chat, Marvin Schulman