Improvements in Apparatus for Barreling Soap Stock and other Thick Liquids.
Year: 1897

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Barreling Soap Stock and other
Thick Liquids.
I, WILLIAM CHRISTIAN AHRENBECK of Brenhamn, County of Washington, State of
Texas, U.S.A., Superintendent of Cotton Oil Mill, 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:-
The object of this invention is to provide an apparatus for filling barrels through
the bung hole with soap stock or other thick liquid of similar consistency.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a horizontal section of the apparatus on
line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 a detail plan
view of a three way valve, handle, and indicators used in the apparatus.
Into
A is a cylindrical chamber bolted to the lower end m of a tank M which may
be of any suitable size and shape and supported in any well known minner.
the enlarged end a of the chamber is screwed a pipe or cylinder A² of the same
internal diameter as the chamber. A is a support for the end of the pipe A². On
the end of the chamber A is bolted a flange a centrally apertured and provided with
a stuffing box a² for the passage of a shaft B. On the outer end of pipe A is bolted
a centrally apertured conical cap C into the smaller end of which is screwed a
pipe D leading to a three way valve chamber D' from opposite sides of which extend
pipes E, E connected by screw bends e, e', with pipes F, F, and these by similar
bends f, f, with pipes H, H, which may be turned at any angle to enter the bung
holes of the barrels K, K', and also lifted therefrom, the several bends and pipes
turning on their screw threads when this is being done.
The three way valve D' is arrange to open a passage between the chamber A
and one of the pipes E, E', said valve being controlled by a lever or handle d
provided with fingers d', d, for pointing out those two passages which are open to
each other, say pipes D and E, as shewn in Fig. 3, and thence to the barrel K.
With the handle turned to the dotted line position of Fig. 3 the valve will be turned
to open into the pipe E. Stops d³ serve to limit the travel of the handle d.
The shaft B turns in a bearing L on a support L', an additional bearing being
formed by the stuffing box a³. Said shaft is furnished inside the chamber A, A³,
with an Archimidean screw or spiral b, and outside the chamber with a belt pulley bi
to which power may be applied to drive the shaft and spiral and thus propel the
contents of the chamber towards the cone C said contents being supplied from the
tank M. From the cone C the liquid or semi liquid passes through the described
connections into that one of the barrels to which access is given by the valve D'.
Whilst one barrel is filling, a filled barrel may be removed and an empty barrel
substituted therefor and so on without interrupting the operation of filling barrels.
In order to shut off the flow entirely, the valve lever d is placed half way between the
two stops d³, thereby closing pipe D.
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 :-
In an apparatus of the kind described, a cylindrical chamber, a tank opening into
one end of said chamber, a conical cap closing the other end of said chamber, a spiral
Aided with
handle

page_text: and fingers or pointers for controlling the flow of the contents of the chamber,
and discharge pipes leading from the three way valve, said discharge pipes being
formed in sections connected by bends to allow of their being raised or lowered,
substantially as described and shown.
Deted this 97th day of April 1897.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
89 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.