US1434573A - Carbonating apparatus - Google Patents

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H. F. WALTER AND G. R. .McNEELY.

GARBONATING APPARATUS.

APPLIC'ATION FILED MAR. I, 1922.

Patented Ndv. 7, 1922.

H" ,FI- WAL IER AND G. R. iMcME ELY.

CARBONATJ NG A'PPA'RA FUS; APPLICATION FILED MAR.-'l .192 2.

Patented Nov; 7, 1922:

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Nov, 7, l922e HARVEY F. WALTER AND GEORGE E. TiIONEELY, F KINSTQN, NORTH CAROLINA.

CARBONATING APPARATUS;

Application filed March 1, 1922.

To all walk-0m it may concern:

Be it known that we, l-lAnvnY F. Knitter. and Gnonon R. llloh iininv, citizens of the Unitec States residing at Kinston. in the county of Lenoir and State 0t North Carolina, have invented a new and usetul Carhonntin e Apparatus, of which the "Following is a specification.

This invention ain'is to provide novel means for controlling the flow ot gas and water. for the purpose oi. proviizling' a carhonated. drink.

.ln the drawings :l*in'ure 1 shows in -\ie vatioin a device constructed in accordance with the invention. parts appearing in section; Figure 2 is a sectional detail of the valve inechanisn'i lligg ore 3 is a section of the valve. taken at right angles to the showing of Figure 2; lligi'ire l is a diagram illustrating the position of the parts When the "valve is closed; ljigure is diagrinn showing); the position ot the parts when a large stream of cerliionated Water is being discharged; Figure (3 is a diagram showing; the positions of the parts when a small strezn'i'i of water is hcin sr discharged and l in'ures 7i i; and 9 are diagrams illustrating the valve in di'l'l crent positions with respect to certain of the ports.

in carr iring out the invention. there is provided a ater receiver 1. including a re ceivii'igz compartment 2 and a delivery com- 'nirtment .i, \Veter is discharged through a pipe 4; into the compartment 2.

A check valve 5 is disposed hetween the compartments and 2 and closes toward the coinpnri'ment 2. iii lining chamhers (ii '7 Mid 8 are provided. pipe 9 connects the bottom of one mixing: chzimher with the top oi" the mixing: cl'nnnhor next adjacent tlit iett). A pipe 10 leads From the chazni'icr 8.

ii conduit ill coiiinec ri the top oi the chee her 6 with the intermediate portion elf the del coinpartniein EL In the con uit ll 1: receptacle 12 is disposed. a valve l heine located in the receptacle, the valve closing toward the delivery compartment 3. In the top of each of the chambers h '7 and 8, a sleeve 18 is placed, the sleeve carrying an upper screen 19, a lower screen 20, and an intermediate frame 21, a mixing Wheel 22 being journaled in the frame. A sleeve 15 is disposed in'the lower end of each ol? the compartments 6, 7 and 8 and carries an upper screen 16 and a lower screen 17. The function of the Wheel 22 is to secure a thorough admixture of Water and gas, and the Serial No. 540,358.

screens 17, 161 and 19 contribute to this result.

A valve casing 23 provided and has a main spout 24: supplied with a relativelv large bore 2 5 wherein a screen 26 is located. The numeral 27 marks a gas supplv pipe connnuniceting .vith'a portQS in the valve A port 29 fashioned in the casnig 23 and located opposite to the port- 28. The port :29 communicates with a pipe 30 discharging into the receiver 6 intermediate the ends thereof. A port 31 is termed in the casing 23 and is spaced from the ports 28 an- 29, circinnferentiallv oi? the casing. The pipelO leads to the port A port 33 is -tormed in the casing; 23 and is spaced circuintei'entially from the port 2% The port 33 coninn'inicates with a pipe Ill connected to the top of the deliver v coinpartI-nent 3 of the Water receptacle 1. A port 48 is fashioned in the casing and is spaced from the port 31 circumfeii'entially of the casing. The port 48 connininicates with an auxiliary spout 326 located in the bore oi the main spout 24: and extended through the screen 26. A port 56 formed in the 0 ing 23 and is spaced troni the port sill c cinnterentially of the casing, the port 56 con n nunicziting with the here 25 ot the main spout 24L. A port is constructed in the casing-r and. is spaced circuinl erentiallv ot the casing from the port 56 the port colnmunicath'i g; with the bore 25 oli the nnun spout 24.

A valve is mounted to reel: in the easing 23 and. is controlled by a handle 51. The valve has L-shnped channel 36 inchuh ing a hranch 37 and a branch 38 disposed. at an angle thereto, the bran h 38 having on extension prolonged cireii:niicrcntially oi the valve and the hrnncl'i I)? ha tension 49 iiurolor' d circuinli o, the valve, An channel. formed in the valve and includes a relatively long circumferential branch 41 and a shorter branch 42. There is a channel 39 in the valve 35, disposed by the side of the branch 4L1 of the channel 40 and having a, lateral branch 17.

Suppose that the valve 35 is in closed position, as indicated diagrammatically in Figure 1, the parts being so arranged that no carbonated Water can flow through the bore 25 of the spout 24 or through the auxiliary spout 16. The port 28 registers With the branch 37 of the channel 36, and the channel 36.

- and the water in the compartment 3 flowin 1 A 23 through the conduit ii, the valve 1 iopening, and the water entering the mixing chambers (5, 7 and S. The port 31 is out of registration with the channel 39, and there is no liow of carbonated water through the channel 215:), its branch ll the port e8 and the auxiliary spout @(5. Neither is there any llow though the port 56 to the bore 25 of the spout Consequently, no carbonated water is delivered.

Suppose, however, that the valve 35 is turned until the parts assume the positions shown in Figures 5 7 and 8. Under such Cll'ClllIlSlIrlllCGS there will be a delivery of carbonated water through the main spout 24-. The port 28 registers with the branch 37 of the chai'inel 36. The port 29 registers with the branch The port registers with the branch 41 of the channel s0, and

the port is registers with the branch e2 ot' the channel 40. The port 31 registers with the channel 39, and so does the port traverses the pipe 2'7, the port 28, the branch 38 of the channel 36 the port 29 and the pipe 30 the mixture of water and gas traversing the receiver 6, the pipes 9, the receivers 7 and 8, the pipe 10, the port 31 the channel 39, the port 536 and the bore 25 of the main nozzle 2% the carbonated Wat r being discharged in a relatively large stream through the main nozzle. A vent is established through the bore 25 oi the main spout or nozzle 2%, the port the branch 462 oi? the channel e0, the branch ll the port 33 and the pipe 34;, the valve 5 opening, water flowing from the pipe l into the receiving compartment 2, and from thence into the delivery compartment 3, the valve 14 being held closed by the pressure of gas which is delivered back into the receptacle 12, through the conduit 11.

Suppose that the parts are arranged as depicted in Figures 6 and 9. Under such circumstances, a smallfstream of Water. duly carbonated will be discharged through the 28 registers W the extension l9 of the in channel and the port 29 registers with.

e extension 5O 01'? the branch 38. The is still in registration with the i 1 f the channel ell), but the port on oil? registration with the branch 42. port 31 registers with the channel 39, tie port e8 registers with the branch 1 the channel 39. Gas traverses the e 57, the port 28, the extension e9 of the heel 37 the branch 38, its extension 50, the port 29, and the pipe 30, gas being delivered into the receivers, as hereinbelore explained. The carbonated water, passing from the receiver 8, traverses the pipe 10 and n n Oil.

ill at is claimed is in device of the class ClGSCI'lbQCl a dr compartment; a mixing chamber a i ,it connecting the mixing chainb u witl the compartment; a source of liquid supply the compartment; a valve in the coinparluiei and closing toward said source; a valve in the conduit and closing toward the compartment; a main outlet for the d to be dispensed; auxiliary outlet he liquid to be dispensed; means for "up; the outlets one at a time in comwith the mixing chamber; a gas supply; means for placing the supply in communication with 181' when either outletis open; means i placing the source of gas supply in communication with the compartment when 30th outlets are closed; and means to enting the compartment when one outlot is open. 4

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aliiXed our signatures. I

HARVEY F. WALTER. GEORGE R. MoNlEELll .3 chem! s through the port 31 into the channel

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