Improvements in Apparatus suitable for Cooling Liquids, and Condensing.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 13th June, 1898-Accepted, 16th July, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus suitable for Cooling Liquids, and
Condensing.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT RENSHAW, of Queen Anne's Mansions, Westminster, in
the County of Middlesex, and of Phoenix Works, Stoke-upon-Trent, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The apparatus consists of a cylindrical casing having within it a vertical
shaft carrying a number of circular dishes which do not extend to the sides of
the casing the spaces being occupied by a number of fixed annular shelves one
below the other inclining inwards and downwards the diameter of each shelf
being less than that of the one above it. At the bottom of the shaft is a fan.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-The liquid to be cooled is delivered
by a pipe into the upper dish and is thrown by the centrifugal force over its
edge in a convolvulus like jet. When the jet strikes the casing the fluid runs
down onto the top shelf of the first series from whence it falls to the next shelf
and so on flowing downwards and inwards until it drops from the bottom shelf
into the second dish from which it is similarly ejected in a convolvulus shaped
jet to fall onto the second series of shelves and so on.
The fan draws air or vapour into the apparatus and forces it upwards between
the shelves and through the convolvulus shaped jets.
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Improvements in Apparatus suitable for Cooling Liquids, and
Condensing.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT RENSHAW, of Queen Anne's Mansions, Westminster, in
the County of Middlesex, and of Phoenix Works, Stoke-upon-Trent, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
The drawing is a vertical section of an apparatus constructed according to this
invention.
The apparatus consists of a cylindrical casing a, having within it a vertical
shaft b, carrying a number of circular dishes c, which do not extend to the sides
of the casing, the spaces being occupied by a number of fixed annular shelves d,
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page_text: one below the other, inclining inwards and downwards, the diameter of each
shelf being less than that of the one above it. At the bottom of the shaft is
a fan e.
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The action of the apparatus is as follows:-The liquid to be cooled is delivered
by a pipe f, into the upper dish c, and is thrown by the centrifugal force over
its edge in a convolulus like jet. When the jet strikes the casing a, the fluid
runs down onto the top shelf d of the first series, from whence it falls to the next
shelf, and so on, flowing downwards and inwards, until it drops from the bottom
shelf into the second dish c, from which it is similarly ejected in a convolvulus
shaped jet to fall onto the second series of shelves d, and so on.
The fan draws air, or vapour, into the apparatus, and forces it upwards between
the shelves and through the convolvulus shaped jets.
The shaft bis driven by the pulley 9, or it might be by the incoming liquid
delivered by the pipe f acting on a turbine or other motor.
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:
1. The combination with the casing a; shaft b, and dishes c, of the shelves d,
with spaces between them, substantially as described.
2. Apparatus suitable for cooling liquids and condensing substantially as
described and shown in the drawing.
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