An Improved Gasogene or Seltzogene Applicable also for Distributing Disinfectants and Perfumery in the form of Spray.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1898-Accepted, 30th Apr., 1898
An Improved Gasogene or Seltzogene Applicable also for Distributing
Disinfectants and Perfumery in the form of Spray.
I, ERICK O. HALVORSON, of 557 Drake Block, 180 E. Third Street, in the
City of St. Paul, in the County of Ramsey, and State of Minnesota, United States
of America, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:
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This invention relates to an apparatus for containing water and other liquids,
and wherein gas may be generated to create a pressure, to cause the water to flow
therefrom, and the invention consists in the construction, combination, and
arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown and described, and specifically pointed
out in the claims.
In the drawings,—
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the apparatus complete.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional detail of the charging inlet.
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Fig. 3 is a sectional detail of the tip" employed on the discharge faucet
when a fine stream discharge is required.
Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of the “tip” employed on the discharge faucet
when the water is to be discharged into a glass.
Fig. 5 is a side view of a spray nozzle adapted to be attached to the discharge
faucet.
This apparatus consists of a receptacle, preferably of glass, divided by a con-
tracted portion A', into an upper compartment A2 and a lower compartment A³,
and with a tube A projecting from the lower compartment upward into the
upper compartment, as shown, these parts all being preferably in one piece of
glass.
The upper compartment A2 has an inlet B', with a screw thread on the inside,
upon which a faucet D' is attached, and with tube D³ extending downward close
to the bottom of the lower compartment A³. This tube D2, and the interior parts
of the faucet D', will be of non-corrosive material, and so far as practicable, will
preferably be of glass.
E is an inlet into the side of the upper compartment A², and provided with a
screw cap or cover E², the cap having a rubber or other suitable washer F¹.
The faucet D is also provided with suitable washers G¹ G2, so that the contents
of the receptacle may be retained under pressure.
The cap E is provided with an inwardly working check valve E³, arranged to
be opened by the attachment of a tube E, as in Fig. 1, so that the pressure of
air or other gas may be forced into the receptacle.
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The discharge 13 of the faucet 1' is provided with a screw nozzle D', so that a
tip 15, as in Fig. 3, with a reduced outlet a¹, may be attached when a
discharge is required.
In Fig. 4 is shown the form of "tip" D6 which will be employed when the
contents of the receptacle are to be discharged into a drinking glass.

page_text: In Fig. 5 is shown a spray nozzle D7, which may be employed if required.
In charging the apparatus, the faucet is removed and the lower compartment
filled with water, preferably by a funnel with a discharge long enough to reach
into the tube A, so that no water will enter the upper compartment, which must
be kept perfectly dry when charging the apparatus.
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The faucet is then secured in position and the powder b, which is to form the
gas when combined with water, is then inserted into the upper compartment
through the inlet E', care being taken that none of the powder falls into the water
in the lower compartment.
The function of the tube A is to prevent the powder from entering the lower
compartment, as will be readily understood.j
The cap E is then screwed on, and the apparatus tilted until some of the
water overflows through the tube A into the compartment, Al, and mingles with
the powder therein, when a powerful gas will be formed, which by its pressure on
the water, will cause it to flow with considerable force through the faucet D¹.
It will only be necessary to allow a small quantity of the water to flow into the
upper.compartment to generate just sufficient gas to form a pressure sufficient to
cause the water to flow from the faucet, and then when that supply of gas is
exhausted the apparatus will be again tilted and another small quantity of water
allowed to run into the upper compartment, and another supply of gas generated..
By this means one charge of powder may be made to serve for several chargings
of the water into the lower compartment.
The receptacles may be made of any desired size and shape, and of any suitable
material, but, as before stated, will preferably be of glass.
The powder employed may be of any of the usual kinds which when combined
with water will produce a gas, such as tartaric acid and bi-carbonate of soda, but
any other suitable compound may be employed.
A wire or other netting will encompass the receptacle to strengthen it, this
netting being indicated at H. The apparatus may be employed to distribute
perfumed water by means of the spray nozzle shown in Fig. 5.
Under some circumstances disinfectants may also be distributed in the same.
manner, or by means of any other form of discharge tip.
The screw cover E5 on the valve casing E6, which will be employed to protect
the valve E³ when not in use, may be made to also fit the nozzle E7, of the
cap E, so that if the valve is not required, it may be removed, and the cover E5
screwed upon the nozzle E7, to close the opening formerly occupied by the
valve.
The compound employed in the upper part of the receptacle may be compressed
into small cakes or globules and placed in the vessel in that condition.
When the compound is thus employed, the small quantity of water necessary to
cause the generation of the gas may be poured in through the inlet E¹, instead of
tilting the whole vessel, as before described, when the compound is in the form
of a loose powder, as the compound when compressed will effervesce slow enough to
allow time for the cap to be screwed into place.
The apparatus may be employed to contain cider, vichy water, or any other
substance containing acids or 'chemical compounds.
. Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim, is:-
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1st. In an aerated water fountain, a receptacle divided into two compartments,
and with a tubular projection from, the lower into the upper compartment, a
pressure discharge faucet connected to be fed from said lower compartment, an
inlet into said upper compartment, and means for securing said inlet, whereby
the fountain may be readily charged, substantially as set forth.
2nd. In an aerated water fountain a receptacle divided into two compartments,
and with a tubular projection from the lower into the upper compartment, a

page_text: pressure discharge faucet connected to be fed from said lower compartment, an
inlet into said upper-compartment, a screw cap upon said inlet having an
inwardly opening valve therein, whereby air or liquid under pressure may be
forced into said receptacle, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 21st day of February 1898
ALLISON BROS.,
Agents for the Applicant.