IMPROVEMENTS IN CYLINDERS OR CONDENSERS EMPLOYED IN-SODA WATER MACHINES
Year: 1885

page_text: Water Machines.
We, JOHN HENRY GALLOWAY and JAMES WILLIAM GALLOWAY, both of
100 Bark Street, Bolton in the County of Lancaster, Aërated Water Engineers,
do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CYLINDERS
OR CONDENSERS EMPLOYED IN-SODA WATER MACHINES," to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in cylinders or condensers employed in
Soda Water Machines and consists in a novel method of constructing the bearings
or journals in which the agitator shaft revolves to prevent metallic contamination
with the gases and liquid through the wearing of the shaft or bearings.
To each end of the cylinder or condenser is secured in any convenient manner
a metallic stuffing or other box provided with sufficient space to allow the pressure
of gas in the cylinder or condenser to operate on a leather or other washer and
press the same firmly against the agitator shaft and prevent the escape of gas. The
agitator shaft bearings are disposed outside the said leather or other washers which
are placed in the outer cavity of the stuffing or other boxes and employed for
securing the leather or other washers by suitable nuts screwed round the outside of
the stuffing box.
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The bearings for the agitator shaft are made of any suitable metallic materials,
vulcanite, lignum-vitaë, or other analogous materials. To prevent the bearings
revolving with the agitator shaft they are secured by a countersunk key or other
equivalents.
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If desired the bearings can be mounted on separate fixings provided with
adjustable means and pointed or other centres, between which the agitator shaft is
mounted, the same being revolved by the usual means.

page_text: Improvements in Cylinders or Condensers Employed in .Soda
Water Machines.
We, JOHN HENRY GALLOWAY and JAMES WILLIAM GALLOWAY, both of
100 Bark Street, Bolton in the County of Lancaster Aërated Water Engineers,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CYLINDERS OR CONDENSERS EMPLOYED IN SODA WATER MACHINES," and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
This invention relates to improvements in cylinders or condensers employed in
Soda Water machines and consists in a novel method of constructing the bearings
or journals in which the agitator shaft revolves to prevent metallic contamination
with the gas and liquid through the wearing of the shaft or bearings.
Fig. 1 is a part sectional elevation of a cylinder or condenser employed in Soda
Water machines with our improvements applied-Fig. 2 is a part end view of
same- -Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of our invention wherein the bearings or
journals for supporting the agitator or splasher shaft are disposed from the cylinder
or condenser, and Fig. 4 is a part sectional elevation of our invention wherein the
agitator or splasher shaft is mounted between adjustable pointed centres.
To each end of the cylinder or condenser A is secured the metallic stuffing
box B provided with the cavity C to allow the pressure of gas and liquid in same
to operate on the leather or other washer D by which it is pressed firmly against
or round the agitator or splasher shaft E, thus preventing the escape of gas and
liquid and the admittance of deleterious matter from the bearing or journal G.
The bearing or journal G in which the agitator or splasher shaft E revolves is
disposed outside the said leather or other washer D, by which the latter is
secured, both being held in position by the nut H mounted on the screwed end of
the stuffing box B.
The stuffing box B and the nut H are provided with the slots I to allow of their
being operated by a bent spanner or other equivalents.
The bearing G can be made of any suitable metallic materials, vulcanite,
lignum-vitae, or other analogous materials.
In disposing the agitator or splasher shaft bearings or journals G outside the
cylinder or condenser A, as in Fig. 3, the nut H is provided with the internal
pap M by which the leather or other packing washer D is secured. The bearings
or journals G are mounted on standards or other convenient parts of the machine,
or on a separate frame or standard independent of the machine. The agitator or
splasher shaft E is provided with the pulley S and is driven by a belt, which may
be substituted by other equivalents as desired.
If desired the agitator or splasher shaft E may be mounted on the adjustable
pointed centres or bearings O as shewn in Fig. 4, or in any other known manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is 1-
1. The method, substantially as herein described, of constructing cylinders or
condensers employed in Soda Water machines by disposing or placing the bearings

page_text: or journals for supporting the agitator or splasher shaft outside the leather or other
packing or stuffing boxes for the purpose of preventing metallic contamination
with the gas and liquid contained therein arising from the wearing of the said
bearings or journals, also the admittance of deleterious matter from the said
bearings or journals.
2. For carrying out the method hereinbefore described the combination and
arrangement of apparatus, substantially as described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawinga