Patent ID: 7578905

Claim:
A method for obtaining an even transverse distribution and propagation of a flowing medium supplied through a conduit, said method comprising deflecting said flowing medium during diverging propagation of said flowing medium along at least one distribution gap having a first end and a second end, said diverging propagation comprising diverging said flowing medium from said first end corresponding to said conduit conically outwardly to said second end, said at least one distribution gap having a frictional surface and a first depth, and conveying said flowing medium from said at least one distribution gap to an outlet gap having a second depth, said second depth being from 1.2 to 4 times greater than said first depth, through a passage having an edge extending substantially transverse to the direction of flow of said flowing medium, said edge corresponding to said second end of said at least one distribution gap and being shaped in the form of a circular arc such that the propagation of said flowing medium as it flows within said distribution gap provides a substantially even and parallel flow of said flowing medium along said outlet gap.