Apparatus for Purifying Oily Fluids, and for Separating the Water therefrom.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Purifying Oily Fluids, and for Separating the Water
therefrom.
We, JOSEF SCHASCHL, Engineer of Royal Imperial Navy, and HEINRICH
HINTERBERGER, Engineer, both of Pola, Austria, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an apparatus for purifying oily fluids and for separating
the water therefrom, consisting chiefly of a closed cylindrical metal vessel in which
perforated bottoms and between the same chloride of calcium and asbestos or glass
wool is employed which effect the purification of the oily fluid passing through it
and the separation of the water therefrom, the said filtering medium being adapted
to be compressed at will by means of an adjustable bottom and screw.
The said cylindrical metal vessel is closed by means of a lid, furnished with an inlet
and an outlet pipe and a draw-off cock. The said perforated bottom is supported
by means of a ring secured to the inside near the bottom of the said vessel, the
underside of which bottom is furnished with inclined plates.
Above the said perforated bottom another ring is employed adapted to support
a second but arched perforated bottom above which a third perforated bottom also
arched is arranged connected to the lower end of a screw spindle which is rendered
adjustable in the lid of the vessel so that the interior of the latter is divided into
three compartments.
In the lower compartment is employed a layer of chloride of calcium, in the
second a layer of asbestos or glass wool, which can be compressed at will by means
of the bottom above.
The apparatus described operates as follows;
The fluid to be treated enters from a reservoir arranged at a higher level through
the said inlet pipe the lower compartment and in ascending deposits the coarse
impurities on the aforesaid plates, then is freed from water by the chloride of
calcium and finally purified by passing through the asbestos or glass wool in the
second compartment after which it leaves the vessel through the said outlet pipe.
The impurities accumulating on the bottom of the vessel are drawn off by the
aforesaid cock.
In smaller apparatus the adjustable bottom may be substituted by a weighted
receptacle having a perforated bottom and the said lid by a receptacle containing
the fluid to be treated and connected with the lower compartment of the apparatus
by a pipe.
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F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicants.

page_text: Apparatus for Purifying Oily Fluids, and for Separating the Water
therefrom.
We, JOSEF SCHASCHL, Engineer of Royal Imperial Navy, and HEINRICH
HINTERBERGER, Engineer, both of Pola, Austria, do hereby declare the nature of
this is invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention relates to an apparatus for purifying oily fluids and for separating
the water therefrom, consisting chiefly of a closed cylindrical metal vessel in which
perforated bottoms and between the same chloride of calcium and asbestos or glass
wool is employed which effect the purification of the oily fluid passing through it
and the separation of the water therefrom, the said filtering medium being adapted
to be compressed at will by means of an adjustable bottom and screw.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused
to be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings showing a vertical section of our
invention marked with letters of reference.
The said cylindrical metal vessel A. is closed by means of a lid a, furnished with
an inlet 6 and an outlet pipe c and a draw-off cock d. The said perforated bottom e
is supported by means of a ring f secured to the inside near the bottom of the
vessel A, the under side of which bottom is furnished with inclined plates e¹.
Above the perforated bottom e another ring f¹ is employed adapted to support
a second but arched perforated bottom g above which a third perforated bottom h
also arched is arranged connected to the lower end of a screw spindle h which is
rendered adjustable in the lid a of or in a cross piece arranged in the vessel A, so
that the interior of the latter is divided into three compartments I, II, III.
In the lower compartment I is employed a layer of chloride of calcium, in the
second II a layer of asbestos or glass wool, which can be compressed at will by
means of the bottom h above.
The apparatus described operates as follows:-
The fluid to be treated enters from a reservoir arranged at a higher level through
the inlet pipe b the lower compartment I and in ascending in the direction of the
arrow deposits the coarse impurities on the plates e', then is freed from water by
the chloride of calcium and finally purified by passing through the asbestos or glass
wool in the second compartment II after which it leaves the vessel A through the
outlet pipe c.
The impurities accumulating on the bottom of the vessel A are drawn off by the
cock d.
In smaller apparatus the adjustable bottom h may be substituted by a weighted
receptacle having a perforated bottom and the lid a by a receptacle containing the
fluid to be treated and connected with the lower compartment of the apparatus by
a pipe.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we 4
claim is-
1st. An apparatus for purifying oily fluids and for separating water therefrom,
consisting of a cylindrical metal vessel A having a lid a and divided into three
compartments I, II, III by two perforated fixed bottoms e & g and a perforated
bottom h rendered movable by a screwed spindle and in which vessel the fluid 4
which enters through a pipe b from below impinges upon inclined plates which
separate the coarse impurities whilst the material contained in the compart
mants TTT C

page_text: 2nd. In an apparatus such as specified in Claim 1, the use of chloride of calcium
for freeing the said fluid from walter and of asbestos or glass wool for purifying
it, all substantially as set forth.
3rd. In an apparatus such as specified in Claim 1, the bottom h rendered movable
by means of the screwed spindle h¹ for the purpose of compressing the filtering
materials at will, all substantially as set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of duonot 1808
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester,
Agents to Applicants.