Patent ID: 9051196
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: B01J,C02F

Abstract:
1. A fluid treatment device comprising, a tank containing a bed of fluid treatment media; a distributor plate received in the tank and extending across an entire inner diameter of the tank to separate the bed from a lower end portion of the tank; a tube extending downwardly through the tank and through an opening in the distributer plate, the tube having a lower opening through which a liquid fluid, flowing downwardly through tube, exits the tube, and a baffle located beneath the distributor plate and having an upper opening through which the tube passes, the baffle being configured to direct fluid exiting the lower opening in the tube toward an outer edge of the tank and thereby allow the fluid to flow past an edge of the baffle, upwardly through the distributor plate, and at least generally uniformly across a radius of the bed.