US1113151A

US1113151A - Apparatus for making lard substitute.

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Publication number: US1113151A
Application number: US72463312A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jesse C Chisholm
Original assignee: CHISHOLM PROCESS OIL REFINING Co
Current assignee: CHISHOLM PROCESS OIL REFINING Co
Priority date: 1912-10-08
Filing date: 1912-10-08
Publication date: 1914-10-06
Anticipated expiration: 1931-10-06

Description

J. G. GHISHOLM. APPARATUS FOR MAKING LARD SUBSTITUTE.

APPLIOLTION FILED OCT. 8, 1912.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

I Wig/moo L-k-M sufiiciently porous to Improvements in .tral or revolving portion UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE o. cnisnonmor DALLAS, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO THE on snonm PROCESS OIL nnrmmci COMPANY, or DALLAS, TEXAS, A conrona'rrou or TEXAS.

V APPARATUS FOR MAKING LARD SUBSTITUTE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 8, 1912'. Serial No. 724,633.

- Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

To all whom.- it may concern: A

Be it known that I, JESSE O. GmsHoLM, a citizen of the United States, las, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Lard Substitute, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus to be used in carrying out my process of producing a lard substitute from cotton seed oil, such process being fully set forth in my copending application for process of making lard substitute, filed October 8, 1912, Serial No. 724,634.

An important object of this invention is to provide apparatus of the above men tioned character, which is simple in 'construction, cheap to manufacture, and continuous in operation.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view thereof, Fig. 2'is a cross-sectional view through the cenof the apparatus, taken at right angles to Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a modified form of apparatus, and, Fig. 4: is a crosssectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 3.

In the drawings 1 designates a closed cylindrical chamber or casing, preferably mounted upon suitable fixed supports 2'and provided with a pressure gage 3, a gas-outlet 4 which may be set to discharge the gas at any desired pressure, a gage 5 to indicate the height of the liquid contents of the chamber 1, and a valve outlet for the finished product.

Centrally and rotatably mounted within the chamber or casing 1 is a catalyzing element 7, preferably consisting of a spool-like support 8 containing strands of wire formed of or coated with a catalytic agent or an alloy thereof, the'strands of the wire being spirally wound layer upon vlayer from the center outwardly, the Wound mass being of liquid and gas outwardly therethrough, the liquid and gas tending to follow the residing at Dal- Apparatus for Making permit of the passage spiral courseof the wire in its passage out- Ward. In the construction of the catalyzing .element'referred to, I may advantageously No. 2-0 copper wire with a rough employ black unpolished electrolytic deposit of nickel thereon, although I may employ as a catalyzing agent, wire of nickel, palladium orother suitable catalyzing material which has been roughened and which is unpolished, or copper or other metallic wire coated with an unpolished film or coating or with a film or coating of an alloy of a catalyzing material, or the wire may have permanently deposited thereon the catalyzing agent as a finely divided powder or I may catalyzing agent in the form of a finely divided powder permanently deposited upon a metallic wire coated or covered with the catalyzing element. Within the spirally wound wire is a central chamber 10 with which there is rigidly connected at one side thereof an inlet pipe 11 to provide hydrogen gas from a suitable source of supply. To the other side of the chamber 10 is rigidly connected a pipe' 12 which is in communication with an oil tank 13 adapted to contain employ the the cotton seed oil to be treated. Pipes 11 and 12 are rotatably mounted within bearings 14. secured, as shown, upon opposite sides of the chamber or casing l and the pipe 12 is provided with a pulley 14 adapted to be driven by, a suitable belt (not shown) connected with any desired source of power. Tight packing joints 15 are employed to connect the revoluble portions of the pipes 11 and 12 with the fixed or rigid portions thereof. Outside of the bearings 14 I provide suitable stuifing boxes to insure a gas tight closure around the pipes 11 and 12.

Instead of employing the wire constituting or coated with the catalytic agent in the form of strands, I may employ woven wire in the form of wire gauze, fine mesh wire screen, or the like, as shown more particularly in Figs. 3 and 4;.

While the proportions of the parts illustrated may be widely varied, satisfactory results may be obtained by forming the outer chamber or casing 1, three feet six inches in diameter and six inches thick with inlets at opposite sides thereof of one-half inch. The catalytic agent 7 may advantageously have a diameter of twenty-three inches and a thickness of five and threefourths inches, the inner chamber 10 being approximately three inches in diameter.

The catalyzing element is revolved in a direction to throw the liquid and gaseous contents of the chamber 10 outwardly along the lines of the spirally wound wire so that in the rotation of the element 7 the mixture of cotton seed oil which enters through the pipe 12, preferably through a spray-nozzle l7, and hydrogen gas which enters through the pipe 11, is forced gradually outward by centrifugal action or by pressure, is broughtintimately in contact with the wires of the catalytic agent.

I may advantageously introduce the hydrogen gas and oil under pressure, and I preferaby employ the oil at a temperature In the 'use of the apparatus, the cotton seed oil is placed in the tank 13 and is sprayed into the chamber 10 at a temperature of 160. Hydrogen. gas either in the form of hydrogen gas alone or with other gases in water or producer gas, preferably Mond producer gas, is forced into the chamber 10 through the pipe 11 and is thoroughly mixed with the oil in the chamber 10. The catalytic element 7 is rotated rapidly in a direction to force the oil and hydrogen spirally outward along the lines of the Wire forming or coated with, the catalytic agent and in this contact the cotton seed oil undergoes a chemical change, whereby its producing a lard-like fatty composition rom cotton seed oil and that in the practise of 'my process, I am able to produce a fatty composition having any desired. consistency, by regulating the rapidity of rotation of the catalytic element.

It is to be understood that the forms of my invention herewith shown and described are to be taken as preferred examples of the same, but that certain changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim I I 1. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a permeable rotatable drum comprising a catalytic agent in the form of awire wound into layers, of means for rotating the drum, and means for supplying fatty material and hydrogen into the drum.

2. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a permeable rotatable drum comprising a catalytic agent in' the form of spirally wound Wire, of means for rotating the drum, and means for supplying fatty material and hydrogen into the drum.

3. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a perforated rotatable drum, of means for rotating the same, means for supplying fatty material and hydrogen into the drum, and a separate permeable annulus of catalytic material completely surrounding the supporting element.

for rotation therewith.

4. In apparatus of the character dev scribed, the combination with a perforated rotatable supporting element, of means for rotating the same, means for supplying fatty material and hydrogen into the supporting element, and a permeable annulus of considerable radial dimension completely surrounding the supporting element for rotation therewith and formed in layers of spirally wound wire having its engaging sur face of a catalytic agent.

- 5. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a relatively stationary outer casing, of a spool shaped supporting element rotatably mounted therein with its tubular portion perforated, a permeable catalytic annulus surroundin the tubular portion of the supporting e ement, means to supply oil into one end of said tubular portion, means to supply hydrogen into the 0pposite end of said tubular portion, and means to rotate the spool shaped supporting element.

6. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a rotatable drum provided with outwardly, extending curved channels having their walls formed of a catalytic agent, of means to supply fatty material and hydrogen to the in-take ends of the channels, and means to rotate the drum to cause the fatty material and hydrogen to pass outwardly by centrifugal force through the curved channels in contact with the catalytic agent.

7 In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a rotatable drum provided with outwardly extending relatively long curved channels having their walls coated with a catalytic agent, of means to supply fatty material and hydrogen in proximity to the in-take ends of the channels, and means to rotate the drum.

8. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a rotatable drum provided with spiral channels having their walls coated with a catalytic agent, of

means for supplying fatty material and hydrogen in proximity to the inlet ends of the spiral channels, and means to rotate the drum.

9. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a rotatable drum provided with spiral channels having their walls provided with a catalytic agent, and means for supplying, material to be treated in proximity to the inlet ends of the spiral channels.

10. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a rotatable receptacle. provided with spiral channels embodying a catalytic agent, and means to rotate the receptacle.

11. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a rotatable receptacle provided with a plurality of relatively long outwardly discharging channels which are curved longitudinally and are laterally restricted and embody a catalytic agent, and means to r0- tate the receptacle so that material fed to the intake ends of the channels will pass therethrough by the action of centrifugal force.

12. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a rotatable receptacle including a plurality of layers of contiguous strips embodying a catalytic agent and arranged to provide relatively long channels which are longitudinally curved and laterally restricted, means to feed material to the intake ends of the channels, and means to rotate the receptacle so that such material will travel through the channelsdue to the action of centrifugal force. I

13. Apparatus of the character described, comprising a rotatable receptacle having its periphery including contiguous strips embodying a catalytic agent, means to supply material to be treated to the intake ends of the contiguous strips, and means to rotate the receptacle so that the material is made to travel outwardly by centrifugal force upon and in engagement with the catalytic surfaces of the contiguous strips.

14. Apparatus of the character described,

comprising a rotatable support, a receptacle connected therewith to rotate with the same and formed of a catalytic agent embodying approximately horizontally curved contiguous strips arranged to form a periphery having a plurality of longitudinally curved channels, means for supplying material to be treated to the intake ends of the channels, and means to rotate the support and receptacle whereby 'the material is made to travel outwardly by centrifugal force to the curved channels. :In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

- JESSE C. CHISHOLM. Witnesses:

LEON BLUM, Jr., C. H; PARKER.