US1525304A - Solution process - Google Patents

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Feb'. 3. .1925. 1,525,304

H. D. LATHROP ET AL SOLUTION PROCESS Filed Aug. 25, 1922 ramas Feb. 3, i925.

y 1,525,304 PATENTvv FFICE.

HARRY D. LATHROP AND WALTER H. rAULsoN, oF cmcAGdinLINoIs; SAID PAULsoN AssIGNoa To SAID' Larimer.

SOLUTION PROCESS.

Application led August 23, 1922. Serial No. 583,719.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it knownthat we, HARRY D. LATHROP.

and WALTER H. PAULsoN, citizens of the United States, and residents of the city .of c Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, respectively, have invented certaln new and'useful Improvements in Solution Processes, of which the following' is a specification.

` @ur invention relates to a solution process, and more particularly concerns the making '1 of a solution of washing fluid to be introduced into a tank or the like to be used for the purpose of washing bottles or similar articles, and has fo-r its rincipal object the provision of an improved) method of making a solution of washing fluid which will be highly ecient in psc,

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations V'alild arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings f' forming a part of this specication, and 1n which- Fig. 1, is a top plan view of the invention;

Fig. 2, is a vertical. sectional detail view Su taken substantially on line 2;.-2 of Fig. l.

In carrying the .objects of the invention into effect, 5 indicates a tank or'mixing receptacie having plug 6 for the purpose of draining the receptacle when'occaslon requires. Pipe 7, is a water supply pipe, passage theret rough .beingfcontrolled by valve 8, of suitable construction. Pipe 7 is in communication with a horizontal pipe 9, located above tank 5 and extending approximately,` half-way across. Communicating with pipe 9"is a depending lead pipellQ-iliaving an inverted dish-shaped splasler. .11, preferably arranged an applicable distance above the bottom 12 of tank 5, the distance being determined when the device is in use.

- A lead-off pipe 13 communicates with tank 5 and is positioned adjacent to the top edge of the wall 14 of tank 5 and communicates with an ejector (not shown) vof suitable construction or with the tank (not shown) into which it is desired to drain the solution of washing luid.

In the presentinstancewe prefer-.to fill the tank with soda to a' level indicated by dotted line 15, the level of the soda solution ejected through spla-sher bowl 11, the force of the water, which varies, stirs up the soda, at the bottom of the tank 5, and gradually filters to the top of the soda .vhere thesolution is taken off by the lead-ofl` pipe 13 to its destination.

In our improved method of making a sodaY solution, the soda will last longer, and retain a strong solution. In the old method of making 'a soda solution, the soda heretofore had been poured directly into the washing fluid tank and dissolved in the water therein. This method is costly and a large percentageof the pure soda is wasted, being carried off with the solution through the lead-off pipe to its destination. In our method the solution is carried from the mixing tank through the lead-off pipe to its destination and very little if any at all of is lcarried away by the solution.

lVhile we have illustrated the value of the invention by 'dissolving thev soda to make av soda solution, it is to be thoroughly understood that any soluble substance adapted for the purpose can be used as well.

While We have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying our invention intoeffect, this'is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. We, therefore, 'do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail ourselves of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the' appended claims.

lthe soda, that is the solid particles of soda,

2. A method of making a solution of near the bottom of said substance for washing Huid consisting in partially filling spreading the water to agitate and dissolve 15 a tank, provided with an overflow, with said substance and filter to the top thereof, Soda, directing water to the bottom of said and pass through said overflow. tank and soda to permit the water to dis- In testimony whereof We have signed our solve Said soda. and filter to the top thereof names to this specification in the presence of and pass through said overflow. two subscribing Witnesses.

3. A method of making a .solution of l washing fluid consisting of filling a tank, HARRYD- LATHROP- provided with an overflow, with a soluble WALTER H PAULSON substance, directing Water to the bottom of Witnesses: said tank through asupply pipe having a M. KOHLMANN,

splasher plate at its discharge end embedded FRANK .M. JOHNSON.

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