Patent ID: 8119015

Claim:
A device for the generation of a discrete liquid phase of a first liquid in a continuous liquid phase of a second liquid, said device comprising a cylindrical tube having a plurality of openings therein for conveying and discharging a first liquid therefrom into a second liquid in which said tube is immersed; a horizontal member defining a collection side and extending horizontally from said cylindrical tube; and a downwardly directed side wall connected to said horizontal member in spaced relation to said cylindrical tube to define a collection region for receiving the first liquid discharged from said cylindrical tube and extending upwardly relative to said horizontal member collection, said side wall having a plurality of openings in a lower end for passage of the first liquid therethrough to form an ascending liquid film on an outer surface thereof and means at an upper end of said side wall for forming the film of the first liquid into discrete drops for upward travel from said side wall.