Patent ID: 7155864

Claim:
A liquid dispersing system disposed along a side wall of a structure, comprising: a source of liquid flowing downward from an upper end of said wall, a plurality of brackets mounted at spaced intervals along said wall below said upper end, said brackets including vertical portions secured to said wall and lateral portions extending outwardly from said wall, and a thin relatively rigid perforated plate having a plurality of closely spaced minute holes extending along and across said plate and passing through said plate, said plate being secured to said outwardly extending lateral portions and extending outwardly from said wall in the path of said liquid flowing downward from said upper wall end, said holes being substantially smaller than substantially larger drops of said liquid impinging on said plate, said holes passing said liquid therethrough and dividing and dispersing said liquid drops into smaller droplets, said plate and brackets extending outwardly from said wall at an angle and said holes passing through said plate at an angle with respect to said plate, wherein the angle of said plate and the angle of said holes therethrough determine the direction in which said droplets are dispersed, and the dimensions of each of said holes along and across said plate are of substantially the same order of magnitude as the thickness of said plate wherein said brackets include a slot passing through said outwardly extending lateral portions for receiving the width and thickness of said plate, wherein said slot extends in longitudinal direction of outwardly extending lateral portions having length that extends from adjacent the bottom end of vertical portions to adjacent the free end outwardly from the wall.