Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for the Aeration of Liquids, such as Water, Beer, Wine, or the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1892-Accepted, 10th Sept., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Apparatus for the Aeration of
Liquids, such as Water, Beer, Wine, or the like.
I, GUSTAVE Ocus, of Bonny, France, Brewery Manager, 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 :-
This invention refers to improvements in and connected with apparatus for the
aeration or saturation of liquids such as water, beer, wine, or the like and the
invention will be easily understood by the following description having reference to
the accompanying drawing which represents the apparatus in vertical section.
By reference to this figure of the drawing as aforesaid, it will be seen that the
apparatus is composed of a receiver A formed by a glass cylinder B held between
two copper or other covers C C connected by rods and bolts G which are easily
detachable, so that the three parts BC C₁ can be separated for cleaning.
The lower cover C₁ is formed with a lower disc H serving as a foot for the
apparatus, and is furnished with two fittings or pipes II', the first I serving for
the entrance of the beer or other liquid to be saturated, while the second I', serves
for the delivery or running off of the liquid after saturation. The inlet passage |
is prolonged to or about the centre of the receiver by a vertical tube J slotted at.J'
so as to communicate with the interior of the receiver A and the tube J terminates
in a head bored with a tapped central hole K, into which a vertical rod L,
threaded on a portion of its length, screws.
The lower end of the rod I comes more or less near to the edge J of the orifice
formed by the slot in the pipe J according as the said rod L is more or less
screwed into the hole K. The upper end of the rod L traverses the upper cover C
through a stuffing box C" and terminates outside in a suitable handle for operating
the said rod with facility.
The upper cover C is provided with a fitting M or pipe serving for the entrance
of the gas under pressure intended for the saturation or aeration, and another
fitting or pipe M' carries a pressure gauge M² for indicating the pressure in the
apparatus.
At or about the level of the orifice J the tube is provided with a horizontal
disc O, the object of which will be hereafter explained.
With such apparatus constructed according to this invention the saturation or
acration of liquids is completely effected as follows:
The saturating gas arrives under pressure of say about one atmosphere by pipe M
and the liquid to be saturated arrives by the lower fitting I as aforesaid under a
pressure superior to that of the saturating gas, say of about 11, atmosphere. The
beer or other liquid ascending the tube comes in forcible contact with the lower
end of the rod L which divides the liquid and breaks it up, as it were, and then the
said liquid striking against the internal side of the cap C re-falls with enough force
onto the disc O to spread out, then to fall again and is concentrated in a liquid state
in the lower part of the receiver A to be run off by the lower exit pipe I' to
bottling apparatus or other receivers intended to receive the saturated liquid.
It is easy to understand that, by the breaking up of the liquid in the upper part
of the receiver A, where the saturating gas arrives under pressure, all the parts of
the said liquid come into intimate contact with the gas, and are saturated in a
complete manner; the degree of saturation may vary at will by the pressure of the
saturating gas being increased or diminished.
The apparatus works in a continuous manner; its stoppage is effected simply by
the closing of the tap of the saturating liquid; the different fittings are provided
with cocks or taps for facilitating the operation of the apparatus.

page_text: 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 apparatus for the aëration or saturation with carbonic acid gas, oxygen, or
other gas, of water, wine, beer or other liquids, the receiver A formed by a
cylinder B and two covers C C¹, the gas under pressure arriving in its receiver by
a tube M, whilst the liquid to be saturated arrives by a tube I and a central tube J
under a pressure slightly greater than that of the saturating gas in the same
receiver A, where it enters in intimate contact with the said gas to run off after-
wards at the degree of saturation required, by a lower tube I, substantially as
set forth.
2. In the aërating or saturating apparatus above described, the arrival tube J for
liquid to be saturated, furnished with a rod L regulated in height with reference to
the top of the orifice J of the tube J, the lower extremity of the said rod L
producing and regulating the breaking up of the liquid to be saturated by the
shock of the said liquid against the rod L before its escape by the passage or
slot Jaforesaid, into the receiver A where it enters in a divided state and is in
intimate contact with the saturating gas; the division of the liquid being completed,
as well as its saturation, by means of the horizontal disc O, the liquid finally
escaping by the lower running-off orifice I', substantially as set forth.
3. The general combination and arrangement of parts composing my improve-
inents in apparatus for the aeration of liquids, all constructed and acting substantially
as and for the purposes herein described with reference to the accompanying
drawing.
Dated this 5th dove of T.1., 1900
BREWER & SON,
Agents.