US1049317A - Gas-washing apparatus. - Google Patents

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H. E. THEISEN, GAS WASHING API'ARATUS.

APILIOATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1912.

1 049,317.. Patented 1300.31, 1912.

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H. E. THEISEN. GAS WASHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1912.

Patented Dec. 31, 1912.

H. E. THEISEN.

GAS WASHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED smwze, 1912 1,049,317, Patented Dec.31,1912

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GAS WASHING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED SEP'LZG, 1912. I,

Patented 1060.31, 1912.

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HANS no. 'rrinisnmor MUNICH, GERMANY.

GAS-WASHING AEPARATUS.

Specification of "Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. $1, 1932.

Application filed September 26, 1912. Serial No. 722,399.

To all whom it may concern:

do it known that I, HANS Eouanu THEISEN, a citizen of the Unitedfitates of America, 2 siding at Munich, tlern'lany, have invented certain new and useful linproven'ients in GasdVaehing Apparatus, of which the following a specification.

My invention relates generally to gas washing apparatus, and has more specific reference to a type of such apparatus wherein fixed and rotary disintegrator members are alternately arranged, and a tan or propeller blade is employed either in the same casing with the disintcgrators or in a casing separate therefrom.

One oojeet of my invention is to so improve the structure of said apparatus, that a part of the casingv is readily removable togive access to the interior of the device. P); this arrangement the principal parts of the apparatus remain secured to the floor or other foundation, while the disintegrator members, propeller blade, and appurtenant parts, usually requiring more or less frequent attention, may he taken out as a whole. The arrangement referred to also greatly facilitates the assembling and disassembling of the several parts of the device.

.A further object 01" the invention is to so mount the fixed disinlegrators that, while being firm and rigid when in i'vporative position, they may he quickly and simply released from their tastenings and placed in position to be lifted out of the apparatus with the revoluble disinlcgra tors with which they alternate.

A further object of the invention is to provide the gas admission ducts or ports at ou h a position in the apparatus, that the entering gas will immediately come into contact with the escaping water, whereby the which is usually hot, is subjected to a preliminary cleaning and at the same time is freed from some ot its in'ipurities. Other objects andadvantages of the invention, well its detail structure and operation will he clearly disclosed in the following specification, refer-cum be ng made to the accompanying drawing. where in l igure l, is vertical nal view oi a single phase Warshiug machine exnhmlying certain features oi the inventimi; Fig. 2, is a vertical sectional vii and Fig. an elevational view out a modified l r-n of the invention as embodied in a two phase gas washing apparatus; Fig. 4,,is a yerticnl eectional View of a further modified form of apparatusyFig. 5, is a vertical sectional view on the line 5--5 of Fig. 4; and Figs. 0 and 7 are vertical sectional views of two still further modified forms of the ill Veil t n.

In all forms of the invention it isproposed to provide the casing with a remov able part or parts, whereby the interior of the apparatus is made readily accessible, and certain parts of the apparatus are quickly and easily removable This general purpose is diiierently accomplished 1n certain of the different forms shown and I will now proceed to give a detail description of these several forms.

Referring first to Fig. 1, the numeral 10 denotes the apparatus casing which is firmly fixed to its foundation by any suitable means not shown, and is provided with the subi antially central gas admission port- 11. (due of the lateral upright walls of this casing preferably that dee ignated 1 is removahly secured to the casing proper by means of fastening means such as the nut and boltconnections'7. The wall 1 is provided with the stuffing box 2 through which passes the shaft 3 supported in the hearings a of the bearing block 5. The bearing; block is carried by, and movable along, rails 8. Atits inner end, the shaft 3 carries the disk 6 to which the revoluble clisinte rrator member IL and the propeller blades 33 are secured. The fixed (lisintegrator members are desig hated (i0. and are carried bya supporting disk til fixed in the casing l0 opposite the disk 6. The washing fluid admissionvpipe is designated 13 and opens into a -:listributinn" (one 72 carried by the disk (3. The gas educlion {HIFSHgQ is designated 12 and the Fluid exhaust passages ll and 1:7. \Yhcn the apparatus is to be disassembled for any given pur,- e, the connections 7 are loosened and the bearing block 5 moved on the guide rails R in the direction o'l." arrow 9. This movement of the block carries with it: the wall .1, disk 3. the rcvoluble disinteuralor members 3-), fan blades 33 a'udthex distrihuling' cone U2. The snailshapecl casing 30. however, with the parts fixed there to, remains 'iuulisl'urbed and secure on the l'oum'lalion. In reasselnhlin the parts, it is P: y suuply necessary to push the block 0' 111 :1

46 20 in position.

direction opposite the arrow 9 until the disk 6 and wall 1 are in proper position, and secure the bolts 7 and thedevice will again be in operative condition. In the form of invention illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, an apparatus is disclosed wherein the casing 24 is centrally divided in a horizontal plane at 18, whereby the upper half of the casing is rendered re- 10 movable upon release of the. fastening means passing through the flanged parts 18 of the casing section. The modified form now under consideration embodies a structure wherein there are two oppositely dis- 5 osed admission passages 16 in the ower, xed part of the casing, there being also two sets of fixed and revoluble disintegrators 32 and 35, respectively, and two sets of propellers 33, the latter and the dis- 2 integrators being housed in the same part of the casing. The revoluble disintegrators 35 and the propeller blades 33 are carried by a centrally disposed supporting plate 34 mounted for revolution with the main shaft 63 running in the bearing 64. The fluid admission tubes are designated 13 and discharge into the double distributor cone 62 at substantially the central part of the easing. In this form of the invention the uper part ofthe casing together with the so h fixed and re'voluble. disintegrators and the propeller blades may be lifted upwardly, in the direction of arrow 17, and thus removed from the lower fixed casing section. To this end I adopt the following construction: The inner faces of the casing walls 21 are provided with the plane bearing prdjections 19 against which the projections 19 formed on the rings 20 are adapted to abut. The

40 rings 20 have the fixed disintegrator memhers 35 projecting therefrom into alternation with the revoluble disintegrators, and screws 22 are provided which pass through the projections 19 and 19 to hold the-rings Intermediate the series of sec'urin screws 22 I provide bolts 23 the ends 0 which bear against the inner faces of the rings 20 and when these bolts 23 are screwed inwardly .they force. the rings in the same direction after the screws 22 have been loosened or removed.

To disassemble the parts of the device shown inFigs. 2 and 3 the fastenings at 18 are removed and the screws 22 loosened or removed; thereafter the bolts 23 are turned to forcethe rings 20 inwardly a sufiicient distance to clear theshouldenor flange 25 formed within the casing on which.

these rings rest. The upper casing section is removed and then the supporting plate 34 is raised in the direction of arrow 17 and by so lifting the plate the revoluble disintegrators fixed thereto, and the alternating disintegrators with the rin 20 are also lifted out of the casing bod] y. The

lower part of the casing having the gas-adn1ission 'openings l6 remains fixed to its. suppprting base. I

In the modified form of Figs. 4 and 5 I have shown a single phase washing appar ratus wherein the disintcgrators are placed in a different chamber of the casing from the propeller, there being a suitable space between the outer surfaces of the two iug parts. In this form of the inrenti the casing is centrally divided in a i zontal plane at 18 and has the gas ad sion passage 16 in its lower part. integrators are housed in the casing section 24" while'the fan or propeller 33 is in the casing section 26. The inner wall of the casing section 24 is provided with a plane bearing surface 19' against which the ring 20 carrying the fixed disint members 35 bears. Mounted "u shaft 63"is the propeller'blade 111 the casing section 26 and the drum; 3 3c the revoluble disintegrators-32 in t 5 ing section 24, The inner part the u ing section 24' is also provided with supporting and positioning shoulder the rings 20". Between the section 24' and 26 is asnitable space 2? to per; i of manipulating the screws and 23, in the manner above described in connection with Figs. 2 and 3 of the By providing the gas inlets 16 at the in. partof the fixed casing section. shown in certain'figures of'the drawings, the very great advantage is obtained that the main part ofthe impure raw gas meets-the outfiowing water or other cleaning fluid employed. The result of this is that the gas is partly freed of its contained impurities immediately after it enters the a para-tits, and moreover the water acts to coo the gas, which is usually hot as it flows into the device. The gas, in the main, passes through the annular chamber 30 without any appreciable quantity flowing intothe intermediate space. The function of the chamber 30 is to proportion the entering upcleaned gas to the outfiowing body of Water, thus exhancing the cleaning and cooling action on the gas at its entrance into'the lower part of the device.

The assembling and disassembling of parts of the device shown in Figs. 4 and 5 are-effected in the same manner as described in reference to Figs. 2 and 3, and an addi 13a tional description 1s deemed unnecessary.

"The-device shown in Fig. 6 is similar in principle and construction to the device of Figs. 4 ands), the main difference being that the gas entering the admission port 16 must pass the right hand disintegrator members 32 35 at mid current and it then passes through the left hand .disintegrator. section 32 35 in a direction oppositethat'in which the washing fluid therein florist? The parts 1311 rel-arm at the sides of a centrally disposed pro-' peller blade 33 In this and certain of the other forms of the device the propeller is shown as open at the sides and having its ends inturned. at 38. The device oi? Fig. i, is, in cited, a multiple cleaner embodying the features of the construction of Figs. l and It has two gas admission passages 16 and two counter current disintegrator sections 32 and The parts 38 of the propeller act as pressure bladeswhile the parts 39 act as washing members and wash the gas against the conical washing surfaces &0 of the casing. One or more drain pas sages or tubes 37 may be provided for the fluid and impurities as shown in the draw ing. T he form of invention including a propeller blade open at the sides and closed at the ends, in combination with a conical washing surface and a drain 37 serves to hurl the washing fluid taken up by the gas, against the conical surface 4&0 and. to carry oft the fluid through the drain, whereby a fluid separator directly behind. the gas exit may be dispensed with.

lhe operation of the set era] folms of my invention shown and described. in the drawings is substantially the same. The gas to be cleaned enters the apparatus through the several inlets and is subjected to the action of the sprays or jets of water whereby the gas is cooled and cleaned. The rotating disintegrator men'ibers agitate the gas-and by centrifugal action the heavy particles are thrown outwardly and pass out from the apparatus with the water.- Cleaned is carried oil by means of-the propellers and the outlet pipes for the gas to suitable storage tanks, or to any other place where itis desired to conduct the gas.

I have herein shown and described my invention in considerable detail, but I Wish it. to be understood that the invention is susceptible of material modification and variation Without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. A. gas iv-slung ap 'izufatus, embodying therein a casingiavin a removable section, relatively fixed disintegrator members with. in the casing revt'ilul ly mounted CllSllliIi-P grater meinbers therein, and means for re leasing the fixed d ttegrator member from the casing whereby said dismlcgrator memhers may he removed as a unit with said removable section.

2. A as washin a paratus embod 111 therein a casing, having fixed and removable sections, stationary disintegrator members secured within the casing, rotary disintegrator members within the casing, said rotary disintegrator members interlacing with the fixed disintegrator members, releasable means for securing the removable section of the casing to the tired section, and means for releasing the stationary disintegrator members from the casing to permit of the rotary and stationary disintegrator members being removed from the casing as a unit.

3. A gas Washing apparatus, embodying therein a casing provided interiorly with plane bearing surfaces, rings adapted to contact with said bearing surfaces, fixed disintegrators carried by said rings, means for removably securing said rings against said bearing surla ces, and means for forcing said rings inwardly or". the apparatus away from said bearing surface.

4:. A gas Washingapparatus embodying therein a casing provided interiorly with plane bearing surfaces, rin 's adapted to contact with said bearing surtaces, fixed disintegrators carried b said rings, screws passin through said bearings and into the rings For retaining the latter in fixed post tic-n, and bolts passing through said casing and having their ends abutting said rings whereby inward movement of said bolts will force said rings inwardly away from the bearing surfaces.

5. A gas Washing apparatus embodying therein a casinghav n a plurality of spaced chambers, the Walls 0% which are connected by narrow necks, disintegrator member-1: i'vithin the chambers of the casing, and means accessible from the spacesbetween the chambers to fasten the disintegrator .memhers in position in the casing.

6. A gas Washing apparatus. embodying therein a casing divided into a plurality o'l adjacent sections having a space therebetween, gas washing means in one of said sections, a propeller blade revoluble in other of said sections, and means projecting into said. space whereby said gas washing g' means may be forced into the casing section wherein the same is housed. I

7. A gas washing apparatus eomprisin a divided casing, one portion of theorising ieing. Y'aoifable and the other portion being fixed, means for detachably securing the removable portion of the casing to the fixed portion. a rotary disintegrating member supported by the removable portion of. the. casing, and a movable sup-porting means for the removable portion of the casing and the rotary disintegrating member supported thereby whereby the removable portion of the casing and the disintegrating member may be removed from the fixed portion of the casing.

8. A gas washing machine comprising a supported thereby from their interiaced casing having a fixed portion and a removposition with the stationary disintegrator able portion, stationary disintegrator Inemmembers.

hers secured tothe fixed portion, rotary dis- In testimony whereof I have athxeri my 5 Integrator members supported by the resignature in presence of two Witnesses.

movable portion and adapted to interlace t with the stationary disintegrator members, HANS IlHLASEN' and means to remove the removable portion Witnesses:

of the casmg from the fixed portion and to MATHiLnn K. HELD,

10 Withdraw the rotarv disintegrator members I RICHARD LENY.

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