US1402528A - Ginger-ale settler - Google Patents

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H. 8. NESBITT. GINGER'ALE ssmsa. APPLlcATloN. man Amma, 192|.

Patented Jan. 3, 1922.-

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GINGER ALE SETTLER.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.2s.1921.

APatented Jan. 3, 1922.

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UNITE@ STATES kP A E' HUGH S. NESBITT, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GINGER-ALE SETTLER. l

Application filed August 26, 1921.

`provement in Ginger-Ale Settlers, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, refer` ence being had to the accompanying Adrawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for settling ginger-ale and similar carbonated fluids, and has for its Object an improved device of this character adapted to reduce to the minimum the more or less inevitable foaming of the iiuid when it has .reached the stage of manufacturel where the cooling process is to begin, preparatory to use.

In the drawings: f

Figure l .is a perspective, partly in phantom and partly with a portion of the outer shell broken away to show the disposition of the parts therewithin.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevational view of the device taken through a diameter, its

height being purposely abbreviated as shown by the broken lines.

Figure 3 is a planview of the upper one of the perforated plates or foaming screens, taken along the line 3-3 of Figure 2, and looking in the direction of the arrows there shown.

Figure t is a similar view of the lower one of the perforated plates, taken along the line 4 4 of Figure 2, and looking in the direction of the arrows thereshown.

A indicates an outer shell or drum, preferably composed `of two metallic enclosing walls, spaced from one another by filling of non-conducting material, and B represents the inner drum, which is of so much smaller diameter than the outer drum that there is left sulicient space between them for the cooling coils C, and, if desired, an ice packing. The top of both drums is adapted to be closed by the removable cover piece D, provided with a transparent center portion E of the same diametrical size as the smaller one of the drums, so that while the appa- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 192.2.

serial N o. 495,752.

ratus is in use the degree of foaming of the ginger-ale may be observed `through this glass top without removing the cover D as a whole.

The inlet or supply pipe F, controlled by the valve G, enters from without through the walls of the two drums, and thenfturns right angular-ly upward. Supported on the collar J, which engages `about the upturned pipe, isl the lower or finer perforated screen H, which extends completely across the lower portion of the inner drum B. The upper kportion of the pipe F is perforated as at'L,

so that the fluid supplied therethrough may be laterally projected into, that portion of the drum B. immediately about the lower screen H. The upper end of the pipe F is closed by the cap M, which is preferably of a mushroom form, so as to aid in affecting the lateral projection of lthe fluid through d the holes L and well to the sidezportions of the drum B before it can rise toward and through the upper and more coarsely perforated plate K, which rests on the top of the cap N. From the space between the bottom of the drum B and the lower plate H, leads the withdrawal pipe M, suitably controlled, as by the faucet P. From the lower portion of the outer drum A leads the sedi i ment vent Q.

In operation, the freshly manufactured carbonated fluid is admitted through the pipe F and emerges with considerable foaming effect through the holes L in the top end of the pipe, and quite soon the foamingportion rises through the larger perforations in the upper plate K, though the passage of even the foaming portion of the fluidA therethrough tends to materially reduce that characteristic, and an appreciable quantity of the fluid, now comparatively cleared of foam, falls back through the holes in plate v K and around the edges into the space between the platesA K and H and thence through the holes in the lower plate H, through which as well there falls at the outset an appreciable quantity of fluid that is free from foam. This is withdrawn through the outlet pipe M. The cooling of the primarily foaming fluid, which at the same time tends to decrease with the drop of temperature, is effected through the medium of the coils C, which may be augmentedit desired by ice packed thereabout in the space between the drums A and B.

What claim is:`

l. in combination with an outer drum, anY inner drinn spacedly enclosed thereby, a cooling coil arranged within the outer druni and about the inner drinn,a pair of perforated discs spacedly disposed in horizontal planes near lthe bottom end ot said inner drnni7 a supply pipe adapted to discharge iiuid in the space between said perforated discs, and a withdrawal pipe leading 'lirorn the space beneath the lower one of said 4 perforated discs.

' posed within saidL drum aboveaiid below the discharo'e end of said suijlY )ipe a discharge pipe leading `trein the space in said drinn beneath the lower one oi said periorated plates,a coolino coil engaging about said containing drinn, and an outer shell'V spacedly engagingabont said coolingV coil and said containingV drum.

3. The combination, with a pair of drinn members spacedly-arranged one within the other, ot a cooling eoillocated in the soace separating the walls oit said drums, pair of perforated plates spacedly located in substantially parallel planes near' the bottom of the'inner drum, a supply pipe having its e end located in the space between said perforated plates, and a withdrawal pipe leading troni the space in the inner drinn beneath the lower one ot said pertorated plates.

li. ln combination with a containing drinn, a pair ot eerforated plates spacedly located therein, a supply pipe having,` its discharge end located between said perforated plates, means or effecting a lateral deflection et the iuid emerging from the end oiifsaid supply pipe, a discharge pipe leading iroin that portiono'f said drinn beneath the lower one of said perforated plates, andcoelingmeans surrounding said drinn. Y Y i lnconibination with an inner drum, an enter drum spacedly arranged thereabout in position to contain cooling `means in the space separating their walls, a pair of perforated plates spacedly disposed wit-hin said inner drum, a supply pipe having itsV discharge end located between said'perforated` plates, a withdrawal pipe leading from a position in Vsaid inner drum beneath the lower one oit said perforated JlatesVV and jrneans lappnftenant to Veach of said pipes for regulating the ilow therethrough.

ln testimony whereof, l sign this speciiication inthe presence oit two witnesses.

Y HUGH S. NESBITT.

llfitnesses Y lVILLiAM M. SWAN, A.. A. Siamese.V

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