US1037517A - Apparatus for impregnating liquids with gases. - Google Patents

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M. PASGHKA.

APPARATUS FOR IMPREGNATING LIQUIDS WITH GASES.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 4, 1910. 1,037,517. Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

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MAX PASCHKA, or vimvivn, AIlSTRIA-HUNGABY.

APPARATUS FOR IMPREGNATING LIQUIDS WITH GASES.

* Application filed June 4, 1910. serial No. 565,019. g f

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, MAX PASGHKA, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, at Vienna VI, in Austria-Hungary,

have-invented a. certain new and useful Apparatus for Impregnating Liquids with Gases, tion.

This invention relates to apparatus for impregnating liquids with gases, and more particularly to a device for mechanically combining carbondioxid with water,for bathing purposes.

The main object of this invention is to provide a device of the class described which will combine carbon-dioxid with ,water to the greatest possible degree. I A further object of this invention is to of which the following is a specifica- 'have the device so arranged that it can be manufactured at a very low cost, and such that its construction will be assimple as possible in order to eliminate, as far as possible, any disarrangement in its parts for ordinary usage. 4

1.50 y illustrate by way of example an em bdiment Another object is to arrange the device so that it may be readily inspected and repaired whenever the same is desirable.

Astill further object is to have the apparatus arranged so that the same will be light, compact, .and easily transportable, and further easily installable.

Other objects of this invention will become apparent as it is more fully set forth.

I The particular apparatus in question includes a casingcontaining any suitable porous material, such as glass-wool, wood- -wool, slag-wool, sponge,

or woven plaited and knit fabrics of cotton, 'wool, flax, jute, straw, asbestos, horsehair, and other fibrous and filamentary. materials or substances. ,I prefer to use some material after it has been split, cut or shaved so as to provide a fibrous mass having innumerable sharp points and cutting edges and so arranged as to'permit the liquid and gas to readily pass there through. Liquid and gas connections are made at the same end of the casing and contiguous tov the spongy mass contained therein. 7 Y

In the accom' a 'ng drawin which Specification of Letters Batent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

of this invention, "Figure 1 represents a section'al elevation of a device embodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a modification hereinafter spehifically referred to.

In the construction shown in Fig. 1, 1 represents a casing or conduit having ascreen or perforated plate 2 connected to one end thereof. Connected to the other end portion of the casing 1 is a chamber 3 having one side thereof provided with an opening therein, in order to permit a gas pipe 4 to extend therethrough, as is clearly shown in ,the drawings. A rose or sprinkler head 5 is connected to the end of the gas pipe so as to. spray the gases into the casing 1. The up per portion of the rose is con cal, as shown. A cap 6 is. threaded on to the chamber 3, and is provided with an opening 6* therein,

in order to permlt aliquid pipe (not shown) to be connected thereto.

7 is a mass of shavings, which are ar. ranged so as to permit the fluids to pass readily therethrough and yetat the same time break the same into an extremely finely divided state, and cause the same to thoroughly mechanically combine with one another. When this combination has properly taken place, the liquid will be saturated with the gas to a maximum degree. It is of course understood. that the length of the casing 1 is sufiicient to restrain and mix the fluids so that they will be sufficiently combined.

' In the construction which is shown in Fig. 2, 17 17 17 and 17 d are the casings used in connection with the apparatus, andwhich are filled with the porous material 16 and are joined together by ineans of the elbows 18", 18? and 18. The first casing 17* is attached to the chamber 19 into which the liquid is forced through a pipe 21, and the gas through the pipe 2( against rose 22. The last mentioned casing 17, is provided with a perforated plate 23 in order to prevent the porous material from being driven, out of the device. rious casings and parts of this device can be readily disconnected wherever desired, so that they may be inspected, and the mate'- rial 'therein renewed whenever neee mary.

It will be noted that the va- While other screens are not shown in the casings, particularly. those indicated by the reference characters 8 and 8', 17*, 17 17 in Order to keep the and 17, it is of course understood that the samemay be used at the ends of the casings porous material properly positioned within the same. However,

under ordinary conditions, such screens are vided, is in order to enable the casings to be I provided with different porous materials in the various casings, in order to bring about the special results advantageous to special conditions, as well as to keep the device as compact as possible, particularly where a comparatively long passage of porous material shouldbe interposed between the inlet periments have proven that this device will and outlet.

The operation of the apparatus is as follows :The liquid flows into the casing together with the sprayed gas, and there absorbs a slight amount of-the same. This action is particularly accentuated when the liquid inlet is disposed above the rose on the gas pipe, as the liquid is caused to flow aroundthe same and mingle with the gas trying to expand and pass through it. As the liquid and gas continue through the easing proper, and 'there engage with the spongy mass of shavings, they are thrown into all directions and caused to intermingle continuously with one another. At the same time, the sharp edges of the porous material cut the liquid into the finest particles and make the combination more complete, and yet at the same time the shavings donot offer a. very great resistance to the passage of the fluids therethrough. It will also be noticed that the liquid and gas flow in the same direction so that they do not obstruct one another in any way but combine while flowing in the same direction, and thereby provide a more positive intermlngling than any other arrangement would provide, mainly because the gas and liquid are kept longer incompany with one another, there- -by giving the liquid more opportunity to absorb the gas.

It is obvious that the process of impregnating the liquid or liquids introduced into the apparatus 'inquestion has several independent actions. These actions n ot only serve to mechanically intermingle the gases and liquids, but force the latter to absorb the former continuously, thereby making the impregnation as perfect as possible. Ex-

ordinarily' cause one liter of water to absorb from 1300 to 1800 centimeters of carbon dioxid C0 The first action consists in introducing the liquid and gas into a preliminary chamber of the device, so that they will be roughly mechanically mixed together. The next action consists in causing the liquid and gas to move in every direction, so as to more thoroughly mix together, and at the same time means are provided for cutting the particles so that the same will be divided into an extremely fine state. The action is further emphasized by reason of the pressure of the incoming fluids. Further the fluids are kept in contlnuous contact with one another for a comparatively long time, so that a thorough 'absorptiomaction will take place in addition to the mechanical intermingling referred to. It will be noticed that the division of the fluid particles will be continued so' that eventually their size will be practically "infinitesimal, which makes the impregnation necessarily very thorough.

The gas is so-thoroughly united with the liquid that separation of the gas therefrom takes place veryslowly even when left standing for a lengthy period in a chamber under ordinary atmospheric pressure. This is so even when the impregnated liquid is thoroughly shaken. The liquid is so thoroughly'impregnated by the device, that the amount of gas necessary for a certain amount of liquid is comparatively small, mainly because it is so perfectly combined with the liquid, and,also because practically none of the gas can escape without mixing with the liquid. This keeps down the cost of operation of the device, in the first instance, and also reduces the-quantity of impregnated fluid necessary during bathing,

as the same will remain fully charged during the ordinary time of usage.

It is to be particularly noted that the rear conical wall of the rose faces the water inlet and extends close to the wall of the casing with the face of the rose lying next to the porous mass, whereby the rose will-force the water to pass around it as a film which will envelop being thus produced, as they together flow through the porous mass in the casing.

What I claim as'my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is A device for use in impregnating liquids with gases, comprising a casing, a porous mass contained within the casing, the casing being provided at qne end with a water inlet opening and between said opening'and the porous mass with a gas inlet opening and a gas inlet pipe extendin into the casing through the second name opening and provided within the casin rear conical wall of whic faces the water inlet opening and extends nearly to the wall I the gas issuing from the rose, an 'lntlmate commingling of the gas and water with a rose, the

of the casing, the perforated face of the rose In witness whereof I have signed this lying next to the porous mass, whereby the specification in the presence of two witwater which flows into the casing through nesses.

the water inlet opening will be caused to I MAX PASCHKA. 5 spread around the rose and flow as a film Witnesses:

around the gas issuing from the rose, the AUGUST FUGGER;

gas and Water flowing 1n the same direction. HANS PAPPENHEIM.

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