Improvements in Means for Mixing or Blending Liquids.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 19th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Mixing or Blending Liquids.
I, JAMES HORNE of Chester House, Chester Street, Coventry in the County
of Warwick, Merchant and Manufacturers' Agent, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows, that is to say :—
It has for its object the production of means or mechanism that shall be
thoroughly effective in the mixing or blending of liquids, such as oils, spirits or
the like, in order to meet the several and varied requirements for which said
liquids have to be so mixed or blended.
In carrying out my invention I employ a tank or vessel of any shape or
material, but preferably, cylindrical and when oil is the liquid to be mixed or
blended then iron or steel is used in its construction.
Within this tank I mount a shaft which extends vertically from its footstep at
the bottom of the tank to its bearings at the top thereof, additional bearings
being arranged for strengthening purposes between these parts as circumstances
may demand.
Upon this vertical shaft are fixed a series or several sets of radial-arms which
are suitably curved or inclined to the horizontal plane so as to act when rotated
by their shaft upon the liquid within the tank in a somewhat similar manner to
the actions of the screw propeller of a ship upon the water in which it floats
only the actions of the former are in a vertical instead of a horizontal direction,
by which means the liquid thus operated upon is thoroughly agitated and blended
as desired.
To impart motion to this vertical shaft and its propeller blades, I preferably
mount a shaft to extend horizontally across the upper end of the tank so that
it may carry bevel wheels to gear with a bevel wheel on the upper end of the
vertical shaft, the said bevel wheels on the horizontal shaft being preferably
arranged to slide on a key or feather attached thereto in order that as the one
on one side of the wheel on the vertical shaft is in gear therewith, the propellers
may be rotated in one direction while when the other is in gear with it they may
be rotated in the opposite direction, in the one case the actions of said blades
tending to raise that part of the liquid contents of the tank with which they
are brought into contact and in the other to depress same, while in either case
the space from which said liquid is raised or depressed is rapidly filled by the
inrush of the then surrounding liquid.
The horizontal shaft is preferably- driven by a belt and fast and loose
pulleys are employed so that the motions of the mechanism are thus brought
entirely under the control of the attendant.
To add to the efficiency of the machine a pump (preferably of double action)
may be arranged to operate in connection with this tank, so that its contents
may be more expeditiously discharged or displaced.
This pump may be mounted on other supports than the walls of the tank,
although the latter form the most convenient, since when said pump is mounted
thereon it may be more readily arranged to be operated by crank or cam
mechanism actuated by or mounted on the horizontal shaft and that either when
the blades on the vertical shaft are being rotated or not, as when both of the
bevel wheels on the horizontal shaft are thrown out of gear.

page_text: By displacing the driving pulleys with a crank or handle the mechanism is
prepared for manual power.
Dated this 14th day of Iul 1902
JAMES HORNE,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Mixing or Blending Liquids.
I, JAMES HORNE of Chester House, Chester Street, Coventry in the County
of Warwick, Merchant and Manufacturers' Agent, 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, that is to say:
It has for its object the production of means or mechanism that shall be
thoroughly effective in the mixing or blending of liquids, such as oils, spirits or the
like, in order to meet the several and varied requirements for which said liquids
have to be so mixed or blended.
In order that my said invention may be readily understood and carried into
effect, I have hereunto appended sheets of drawings illustrative thereof, to which
by figures and letters reference is made in the.following description;
Fig. 1 is side elevation of mechanism constructed in accordance with my
invention and as arranged for manual operation.
Fig. 2 is a view of same as seen from above.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section of parts shown by Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a sectional plan of same.
Fig. 5 is a sectional side elevation showing additional parts hereinafter
described.
Fig. 6 is side elevation of my improved mechanism as arranged for operation by
steam or other motor power.
Fig. 7 is a view of same as seen from above.
Fig. 8 is a sectional side elevation of parts shown by Fig. 6.
Fig. 9 is a sectional plan of parts shown by Fig. 6.
Similar letters and figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the
several views.
In carrying out my invention I employ a tank or vessel a of any shape or
material, but preferably cylindrical and when oil is the liquid to be mixed or
blended then iron or steel is used in its construction.
Within this tank a I mount a shaft b which extends vertically from the
footstep c at the bottom to the bearings d at the top, additional bearings e being
arranged for strengthening purposes between these parts as circumstances may
demand.
Upon this vertical shaft bare fixed a series or several sets of radial-arms f which
are suitably curved or inclined to the horizontal plane so as to act, when rotated
by their shaft, upon the liquid within the tank a in a somewhat similar manner to
the actions of the screw propeller of a ship upon the water in which it floats, only
the actions of the former upon the liquid in the tank are in a vertical direction
instead of horizontal as are the actions of the propeller upon the water, by which
means the liquid thus operated upon is thoroughly agitated and blended as
desired.
To impart motion to the shaft b and its propeller blades f, I preferably mount
a shaft g to extend horizontally across the upper end of the tank a so that it may
carry the bevel wheel to gear with the wheel k mounted on the said shaft 6 and
when this arrangement of wheels is used the shaft g may be rotated by the winch m
see Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 5. However by mounting the wheels h and 41 (see Figs. 6, 7,

page_text: and 8) loosely on said shaft g and arranging them to be coupled to the friction (or
other) clutch n which moves upon a key or feather on said shaft g, on the handle
or lever o (which may be arranged to assume a somewhat vertical position as shown
in full lines Figs. 6 and 8 or it may be arranged to assume a horizontal position as
shown in broken lines by Figs. 6 and 7 in which case it will be easier of access for
the operative while by its quadrant retaining piece o¹ it will be held in its raised,
central or bottom position by one or other of the notches o² formed therein (see
Fig. 10), as the case may be, being moved in one direction or the other or caused to
assume a central position the propellers will be rotated in one direction or the
other or allowed to remain stationary notwithstanding the continued rotary motion
of the shaft g in one direction, and this reversion in the direction of the action of
the said propellers causes same to reverse their actions upon the liquid in the tank
which at one time is tended to be raised or thrown vertically and at the other time
to be depressed by these said propellers while in either case the space from which
said liquid is raised or depressed is rapidly filled by the inrush of the then
surrounding liquid.
The horizontal shaft 9 is preferably driven by a belt and fast and loose
pulleys p p are employed so that the motions of the mechanism are thus brought
entirely under the control of the attendant.
To add to the efficiency of the machine a pump r (preferably of double action) is
arranged to operate upon the contents of the tank a so that same may be more
expeditiously discharged or displaced.
This pump may be mounted on other supports than the walls of the tank a,
although the latter as shown by Figs. 6, 7 and 8, are most convenient since when
said pump r is mounted thereon it may be more readily arranged to be operated
by crank or cam mechanism or by the eccentrics appropriate clutch t is employed,
the same being put into or out of operation or gear with the said shaft 9 by the
handle u.
g
When liquids or viscous substances, which require heating or necessitate being
kept at a high temperature in order to secure their proper liquefaction and so assist
their mixing or blending are to be operated upon, the tank a has a chamber a¹
formed around it, as shown by Fig. 5, so that steam, hot air or hot water may be
admitted for the purpose of thus heating it.
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 ;-
1. A mixing tank with a series of rotary beaters or propellers arranged to
operate substantially as berein specified.
2. The combination of a tank, a series of rotary propellers and means for
operating same, all these parts being arranged and constructed as specified.
3. The combination of a series of rotary propellers means for operating same
and a tank having an outer chamber into which steam or hot air may be admitted
substantially as herein set forth and described.
ليمن
JAMES HORNE,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.