Improvements in Apparatus for Carbonating Liquids.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Carbonating Liquids.
I, OTTO WALDEMAR ACKERMAN, of the Corner 1st Avenue and 23rd Street, New
York City, in the United States of America, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
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This improvement in carbonating apparatus comprises first a liquid and gas
receiving cylinder with suitable pipe connections for receiving the liquid from a
water main or other suitable source, said pipe provided with a stop cock for con-
trolling the admission, and another pipe connection for receiving the gas from a
retort or other suitable source through a pressure regulating valve; second,
a cylinder for reception of the carbonated liquid, said cylinder connected by a
branch of the gas pipe supplying the first mentioned cylinder and having a
pressure regulating valve, and third, a porous percolator detachably mounted on
the cylinder for reception of the carbonated liquid and connected with a drop pipe
in the liquid receiving cylinder through which the gas in said cylinder forces the
liquid into the percolator, into the lower part of which the gas admitted through
the branch pipe enters and meets the finely distributed liquid issuing from the
percolator in a manner calculated to be most effectual in carbonating the liquid.
The location of the percolator and manner of mounting it on the carbonated liquid
receiving cylinder is especially favorable to ready detachment of the same for
cleaning and repairs.
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Improvements in Apparatus for Carbonating Liquids.
I, OTTO WALDEMAR ACKERMAN, of the Corner 1st Avenue and 23rd Street, New
York City, in the United States of America, Mechanic, 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:-
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According to this invention carbonating is effected by causing the gas and liquid
to be intermixed when in a fine state of division.
Apparatus for effecting this carbonization is represented in the accompanying
drawings in which:-
Fig. 1 is a plan view of the apparatus employed.
Fig. 2 is partly a side elevation and partly a sectional elevation, and Fig. 3
is a detail of the liquid dividing and gas mixing device in sectional elevation and
on a larger scale than represented in the other figures.

page_text: A represents a retort containing the carbonic acid gas under high pressure and
even in liquid form.
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represents a strong hollow horizontal cylinder into which water or other liquids
to be carbonated is supplied from any source, as from the water service main,
through a supply pipe 6 in which is a stop cock c to close off the supply pipe when
the cylinder is charged.
d is a pipe connecting retort A with cylinder a for admitting the gas thereto.
e is a pressure regulating valve in the pipe d it being necessary to reduce the
pressure in cylinder a considerably below that of the retort, and f is a stop cock
in pipe to shut off the gas entirely when cylinder a is to be replenished.
g is another horizontal hollow cylinder similar to a and arranged in any suitable
relation for co-operation therewith. The two cylinders are connected by the
gas pipe h, which is a branch of pipe d, for admitting gas into cylinder g. It is
provided with a cock gl to regulate the pressure in cylinder g, and said cylinders
are also connected by the water pipe and the water distributing or atomizing
device for transferring the water from a to g and at the same time atomizing
it for intimate admixture of the gas with the water. An extension pipe k (dotted
in Fig. 2) extends from pipe and drops to near the bottom of cylinder a for
delivering the water by means of gas pressure on the surface of the water.
The mixer or percolator is practically a filter consisting of a bell shaped case)
with the top of which the water pipe i connects and containing the inverted
porous cup of earthenware or suitable material, capped at the lower end by
the cover m, having a nozzle n detachably connected with the upper side of
cylinder g, so that gas in the upper portion of cylinder 9 will rise freely into the
chamber of the percolating cup and enter the pores thereof where it meets the
liquid also in a fine state of division. The case j is also detachably connected
with pipe i, so that the percolator can be readily detached for opening and
cleaning it, the lower head of the case being detachable for this purpose.
From cylinder g a discharge pipe o, having a drop extension p within said
cylinder, leads to a cooling coil q in a suitable box s and thence to the tap t for
drawing off the carbonated water.
In the operation of the apparatus the cylinder a is first charged full of water
and the supply is cut off by cock c. Then gas is admitted from retort A through
the reducing valve e and also into cylinder 9 through the equalizing pipe h but
subject to limitation of pressure in said cylinder below the pressure in a by
cock gl. Water is then forced out of cylinder a through pipe and through the
percolator, where it meets in its finely distributed condition the gas in a similar
condition, and then passes within the chamber of the percolator and meets the
gas therein, and being thoroughly mixed with the gas it descends into the chamber
of cylinder g in a highly carbonated condition, and from said chamber it is drawn
as required through the tap t, being forced thereto by the pressure of gas in said
cylinder g. Each draft reduces the pressure in cylinder 9 and the percolating
action proceeds according as the pressure in the percolator is less than on its
exterior. Should the action be sluggish owing to equal or nearly equal pressure
inside and outside of the percolator, the cock gl' may be closed from time to time.
If desired, an automatic pressure reducing valve may be employed instead of a
stop cock.
By the use of the cock g' for regulating the pressure in cylinder 9 it is more
feasible to vary the pressure and adjust it as may be required from time to time
than when automatic apparatus is used; and the detachable connection of the
percolator is advantageous in keeping it in good working order.
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. In carbonating apparatus, the combination with the chamber for the car-
bonated liquid of a percolator of porous material, the nores of LI

page_text: less constantly filled with gas and liquid in an atomized condition, and which
percolator is adapted to intercept any gas rising from the chamber and atomize
same so that it may be readily absorbed by incoming liquid.
2. In carbonating apparatus the combination of a carbonated liquid and gas
receiving cylinder, a percolator of porous material connected therewith a connec-
tion with the porous percolator on one side of the percolating material for liquid
under pressure and a connection with the carbonated liquid and gas receiving
cylinder on the other side of said percolating material whereby the liquid and gas
meet in an atomized condition in the percolating material and the liquid becomes
finally carbonated substantially as described.
3. The combination in carbonating apparatus, of the liquid and gas receiving
cylinder, having suitable liquid and gas inlet connections, the cylinder for the
reception of the carbonated liquid, branch pipe for admitting gas to the latter
cylinder, pressure regulating cock in said branch pipe, porous percolator detach-
ably mounted on the cylinder for reception of the carbonated liquid, and the pipe
connecting the liquid receiving cylinder with the percolator, said pipe having the
drop extension in said cylinder, substantially as described.
4. The improved apparatus for carbonating liquids substantially as described
and illustrated in the drawings.
Dated this 21st day of January 1800
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Chartered Patent Agent for the Applicant.