An Improved Apparatus for Washing, Lixiviating, or Extracting Purposes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Apr., 189!-Accepted, 6th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Washing, Lixiviating, or Extracting
Purposes.
I, LÉON MENETREL, of 33, Rue des Petits Champs, Paris, in the Republic of
France, Chemist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improved apparatus for washing, lixiviating or extracting purposes which
forms the subject of this invention is based upon the combination of two principles
which have already been employed separately. By virtue of the first which is.
embodied in devices heretofore used for similar purposes water heated at the bottom
of a vessel rises through a vertical tube in order to be sprayed at the upper part.
The second is derived from the laws of gravity and constitutes the principle on
which the so-called reaction wheel is constructed.
I have combined these two principles for the purpose of enabling boiling water
or other liquid charged with steam to rise in a tube arranged at the centre of a
vessel and serving as an axis of a reaction wheel, through the adjutages of which
the water or other liquid is sprayed circularly. In this manner is obtained a
uniform and regular spray such as cannot be realized in the same degree by the
devices hitherto used.
This apparatus is susceptible of numerous applications; for example it may serve
for washing or cleansing in general for the extraction and lixiviation of mineral,
vegetable and animal substances, and for domestic, industrial, pharmaceutical,
scientific and other purposes.
It comprises a vessel wherein a rotary spraying device is arranged the latter
being composed of a cone pierced with holes and a vertical column or tube secured
at its top.
At the upper part of this column or tube is provided an interior tube which by
means of the two rods carries a fixed pivot. Upon this pivot is supported a reaction
wheel constituted by two or more tubular arms which are either bent to a right or
other suitable angle or to a curve. Each bent arm terminates in a flat adjutage
which spreads the liquid in the form of a sheet.
The space between the said column or tube and the interior tube forms a deep
annular throat or groove into which extends the central socket of the reaction
wheel an hydraulic joint being made to ensure the passage of the liquid into the
reaction wheel. However this joint is not tight enough to preclude liquid from
flowing over to the exterior circumference of the said column or tube. The liquid
which thus descends upon the outer periphery of the column or tube prevents the
latter being heated too much, so that the material under treatment which is in
contact therewith will not be dried and burnt.
When the vessel is placed upon a furnace the liquid at its bottom will be rapidly
heated, and rise through the above-mentioned column or tube leaving through the
arms of the reaction wheel. The liquid is thus poured out at the upper part of the
said vessel for spraying the material by means of turning jets which are continuous
and regular.
If the improved, apparatus serves for washing or cleansing linen this fabric is
sprayed at its surface by the boiling lye passing as rotary jets from the aforesaid
adjutages and the liquid which flows from the top of the column or tube moistens
the linen which comes in contact with the latter."
In a modified arrangement the pivot instead of being at the upper part of the
apparatus is provided below. The vertical column or tube is secured to the top of
a cap similar to the caps in the apparatus hitherto ordinarily used. A perforated
false bottom allows the passage of the water or other liquid, whilst retaining the.

page_text: material to be treated. Through the vertical column or tube extends a rod forming
an axis which terminates at its lower part in the pivot adapted to turn in a cavity
provided in a lower cross piece.
This axis carries at its upper part an open tube or socket-which fits upon the
upper part of the aforesaid column or tube, and is provided with the bent arms of
the reaction wheel.
Dated this 31st day of July 1890.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Washing, Lixiviating, or Extracting
Purposes.
I, LEON MENETREL, of 33, Rue des Petits Champs, Paris, in the Republic of
France, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My improved apparatus for washing, lixiviating or extracting purposes which
forins the subject of this invention is based upon the combination of two principles
which have already been employed separately. By virtue of the first which is
embodied in devices heretofore used for similar purposes water heated at the bottom
of a vessel rises through a vertical tube in order to be sprayed at the upper part.
The second derived from the laws of gravity and the principle on which the so-called
reaction wheel is constructed.
I have combined these two principles for the purpose of enabling boiling water or
other liquid charged with steam to rise in a tube arranged at the centre of a vessel
and serving as an axis of a reaction wheel, through the adjutages of which the water
or other liquid is sprayed circularly. In this manner is obtained a uniform and
regular spray such as cannot be realized in the same degree by the devices hitherto
used.
This apparatus is susceptible of the numerous applications for example it may
serve for washing or cleansing in general for the extraction and the lixiviation of
mineral, vegetable and animal substances, and for domestic, industrial, pharma-
ceutical scientific and other purposes.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown how my said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure is a sectional side elevation of one form of my apparatus.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of the upper part of the column which carries the
pivot and
Figure 4 is a sectional side elevation of another form of my improved
apparatus.
The said apparatus comprises a vessel A in which is arranged a rotary spraying
device the latter being composed of a cone C provided with apertures o, and with a
vertical column or tube T secured at its top.
The upper part of this column or tube T is provided with an interior tube t to
which is attached two rods a a forming a fixed pivot b. Upon this pivot is
supported a reaction wheel consisting of two or more tubular arms D D which are
either bent to a right or other suitable angle, or to a curve. Each bent arm
terminates in a flat adjutage z as shown in Figures 12 and 4 which spreads the
liquid in the form of a sheet.
The space between the said column or tube T and the interior tube t forms a
deep annular throat or groove y into which extends the central socket E of the
reaction wheel an hydraulic joint being made to ensure the passage of the liquid into
the reaction wheel.

page_text: This joint however is not tight enough to preclude liquid from flowing over to the
exterior circumference of the said column or tube T. The liquid which thus
descends upon the outer periphery of the column or tube prevents the latter being
heated too much, so that the material under treatment which is in contact therewith
will not be dried and burnt.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows
When the vessel A is placed upon a furnace F the liquid at its bottom will be
rapidly heated and risc through the above-mentioned column or tube T leaving
through the arms of the reaction wheel. The liquid is thus poured out at the upper
part of the said vessel for spraying the material by means of turning jets which are
continuous and regular.
If the improved apparatus is to be used for washing or cleansing linen this fabric
is sprayed at its surface by the boiling lye passing in rotary jets from the aforesaid
adjutages and the liquid which flows from the top of the column or tube moistens
the linen which comes in contact with the latter.
In the modified arrangement shown in Figure 4 the pivot instead of being at the
upper part of the apparatus is arranged below. The vertical column or tube T is
secured to the top of a cap C similar to the caps in the apparatus hitherto
ordinarily used. A perforated false bottom B allows the passage of the water or
other liquid, whilst retaining the material to be treated. Through the vertical
column or tube T extends a rod forming an axis a which terminates at its lower
part in the pivot ↳ adapted to turn in a cavity provided in a lower cross-piece c.
This axis carries at its upper part an open tube or socket d which fits upon the
upper part of the aforesaid column or tube T, and is provided with the bent arms D D
of the reaction wheel. I do not wish to limit myself to the precise form of apparatus
shown and described as I may vary the detail of the same without departing from
the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. The herein described apparatus for washing, lixiviating or extracting
purposes which consists of a vertical column or tube upon which is rotatably
mounted, a hollow head provided with two or more curved arms or branches with
adjutages of any convenient form, constituting a reaction-wheel which ejects the
liquid raised through the said column or tube in a circular spray.
Second. The arrangement of the above described apparatus with a reaction-wheel
carried by an upper pivot above the central column for the ascension of the liquid,
the reaction wheel carrying a sleeve which extends into a circular neck forming an
hydraulic joint, part of the liquid of which runs over exteriorly for wetting the
central part of the material to be lixiviated.
1001
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Apr., 1891-Accepted, 6th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Washing, Lixiviating, or Extracting
Purposes.,
I, LÉON MÉNETREL, of 33, Rue des Petits Champs, Paris, in the Republic of
France, Chemist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improved apparatus for washing, lixiviating or extracting purposes which
forms the subject of this invention is based upon the combination of two principles
which have already been employed separately. By virtue of the first which is
embodied in devices heretofore used for similar purposes water heated at the bottom
of a vessel rises through a vertical tube in order to be sprayed at the upper part.
The second is derived from the laws of gravity and constitutes the principle on
which the so-called reaction wheel is constructed.
I have combined these two principles for the purpose of enabling boiling water
or other liquid charged with steam to rise in a tube arranged at the centre of a
vessel and serving as an axis of a reaction wheel, through the adjutages of which
the water or other liquid is sprayed circularly. In this manner is obtained a
miform and regular spray such as cannot be realized in the same degree by the
devices hitherto used.
may
This apparatus is susceptible of numerous applications; for example it serve
for washing or cleansing in general for the extraction and lixiviation of mineral,
vegetable and animal substances, and for domestic, industrial, pharmaceutical,
scientific and other purposes.
It comprises a vessel wherein a rotary spraying device is arranged the latter
being composed of a cone pierced with holes and a vertical column or tube secured
at its top.
At the upper part of this column or tube is provided an interior tube which by
means of the two rods carries a fixed pivot. Jpon this pivot is supported a reaction
wheel constituted by two or more tubular arms which are either bent to a right or
other suitable angle or to a curve. Each bent arm terminates in a flat adjutage
which spreads the liquid in the form of a sheet.
The space between the said column or tube and the interior tube forms a deep
annular throat or groove into which extends the central socket of the reaction
wheel an hydraulic joint being made to ensure the passage of the liquid into the
reaction wheel. However this joint is not tight enough to preclude liquid from
flowing over to the exterior circumference of the said column or tube. The liquid
which thus descends upon the outer periphery of the column or tube prevents the
latter being heated too much, so that the material under treatment which is in
contact therewith will not be dried and burnt.
When the vessel is placed upon a furnace the liquid at its bottom will be rapidly
heated, and rise through the above-mentioned coluinn or tube leaving through the
arms of the reaction wheel. The liquid is thus poured out at the upper part of the
said vessel for spraying the material by means of turning jets which are continuous
and regular.
If the improved apparatus serves for washing or cleansing linen this fabric is
sprayed at its surface by the boiling lye passing as rotary jets from the aforesaid
adjutages and the liquid which flows from the top of the column or tube moistens
the linen which comes in contact with the latter.
In a modified arrangement the pivot instead of being at the upper part of the
apparatus is provided below. The vertical column or tube is secured to the top of
a cap similar to the caps in the apparatus hitherto ordinarily used. A perforated
false bottom allows the passage of the water or other liquid, whilst retaining the
Die 11

page_text: material to be treated. Through the vertical column or tube extends a rod forming
an axis which terminates at its lower part in the pivot adapted to turn in a cavity
provided in a lower cross piece.
This axis carries at its upper part an open tube or socket which fits upon the
upper part of the aforesaid column or tube, and is provided with the bent arms of
the reaction wheel.
Dated this 31st day of July 1890:
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Washing, Lixiviating, or Extracting
Purposes.
I, LEON MENETREL, of 33, Rue des Petits Champs, Paris, in the Republic of
France, Chemist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
My improved apparatus for washing, lixiviating or extracting purposes which
forms the subject of this invention is based upon the combination of two principles
which have already been employed separately. By virtue of the first which is
embodied in devices heretofore used for similar purposes water heated at the bottom
of a vessel rises through a vertical tube in order to be sprayed at the upper part.
The second derived from the laws of gravity and the principle on which the so-called
reaction wheel is constructed.
I have combined these two principles for the purpose of enabling boiling water or
other liquid charged with steam to rise in a tube arranged at the centre of a vessel
and serving as an axis of a reaction wheel, through the adjutages of which the water
or other liquid is sprayed circularly. In this manner is obtained a uniform and
regular spray such as cannot be realized in the same degree by the devices hitherto
used.
This apparatus is susceptible of the numerous applications for example it may
serve for washing or cleansing in general for the extraction and the lixiviation of
mineral, vegetable and animal substances, and for domestic, industrial, pharma-
ceutical scientific and other purposes.
In the accompanying drawing 1 have shown how my said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of one form of my apparatus.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Figure 3 is a vertical section of the upper part of the column which carries the
pivot and
Figure 4 is a sectional side elevation of another form of my improved
apparatus.
The said apparatus comprises a vessel A in which is arranged a rotary spraying
device the latter being composed of a cone C provided with apertures o, and with a
vertical column or tube T secured at its top.
to
The upper part of this column or tube T is provided with an interior tube
which is attached two rods a a forming a fixed pivot b. Upon this pivot is
supported a reaction wheel consisting of two or more tubular arms. D D which are
either bent to a right or other suitable angle, or to a curve. Each bent arm
terminates in a flat adjutage z as shown in Figures 12 and 4 which spreads the
liquid in the form of a sheet.
The space between the said column or tube T and the interior tube t forms a
deep annular throat or groovey into which extends the central socket E of the
reaction wheel an hydraulic joint being made to ensure the passage of the liquid into
the reaction wheel.

page_text: This joint however is not tight enough to preclude liquid from flowing over to the
exterior circumference of the said column or tube T. The liquid which thus
descends upon the outer periphery of the column or tube prevents the latter being
heated too much, so that the material under treatment which is in contact therewith
will not be dried and burnt.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows:-—
When the vessel A is placed upon a furnace F the liquid at its bottom will be
rapidly heated and rise through the above-mentioned column or tube T leaving
through the arms of the reaction wheel. The liquid is thus poured out at the upper
part of the said vessel for spraying the material by means of turning jets which are
continuous and regular.
If the improved apparatus is to be used for washing or cleansing linen this fabric
is sprayed at its surface by the boiling lye passing in rotary jets from the aforesaid
adjutages and the liquid which flows from the top of the column or tube moistens
the linen which comes in contact with the latter.
In the modified arrangement shown in Figure 4 the pivot instead of being at the
upper part of the apparatus is arranged below. The vertical column or tube T is
secured to the top of a cap C similar to the caps in the apparatus hitherto
ordinarily used. A perforated false bottom B allows the passage of the water or
other liquid, whilst retaining the material to be treated. Through the vertical
column or tube T extends a rod forming an axis a which terminates at its lower
part in the pivot adapted to turn in a cavity provided in a lower cross-piece c.
This axis carries at its upper part an open tube or socket d which fits upon the
upper part of the aforesaid column or tube T, and is provided with the bent arins DD
of the reaction wheel. I do not wish to limit myself to the precise form of apparatus
shown and described as I may vary the detail of the same without departing from
the nature of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
First. The herein described apparatus for washing, lixiviating or extracting
purposes which consists of a vertical column or tube upon which is rotatably
mounted, a hollow head provided with two or more curved arms or branches with
adjutages of any convenient form, constituting a reaction-wheel which ejects the
liquid raised through the said column or tube in a circular spray.
Second. The arrangement of the above described apparatus with a reaction-wheel
carried by an upper pivot above the central column for the ascension of the liquid,
the reaction wheel carrying a sleeve which extends into a circular neck forming an
hydraulic joint, part of the liquid of which runs over exteriorly for wetting the
central part of the material to be lixiviated.
Dated this 23rd day of Auril 1891.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.