US1785532A - Apparatus for producing shredded soap - Google Patents

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US1785532A
US1785532A US288950A US28895028A US1785532A US 1785532 A US1785532 A US 1785532A US 288950 A US288950 A US 288950A US 28895028 A US28895028 A US 28895028A US 1785532 A US1785532 A US 1785532A
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Julius A Schwantes
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/001—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements incorporating means for heating or cooling, e.g. the material to be sprayed
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B3/00—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements
    • B05B3/02—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements
    • B05B3/10—Spraying or sprinkling apparatus with moving outlet elements or moving deflecting elements with rotating elements discharging over substantially the whole periphery of the rotating member, i.e. the spraying being effected by centrifugal forces
    • B05B3/105—Fan or ventilator arrangements therefor
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
    • C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
    • C11D13/00—Making of soap or soap solutions in general; Apparatus therefor
    • C11D13/14—Shaping
    • C11D13/20—Shaping in the form of small particles, e.g. powder or flakes

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  • the invention relates to apparatus for prodiicing shredded soap.
  • the general object of the invention is to provide certain improvements in shredded soap making apparatus over that of my prior Patent No. 1,581,664, dated April 20, 1926. More particularly, the objects are to provide an improved form of shredding apparatus, means for preventing deposition of the soap on the shredder apparatus, means for effecting a greater recovery of the soap, and means for keeping the air inlet ports free of deposition of soap.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation view of apparatus embodying the invention, parts being broken away;
  • Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the shredder
  • Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;
  • Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the discharge head, parts being broken away and parts being shown in section;
  • Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5;
  • Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view taken on the line '?7 of Fig. 6;
  • Fig. 8 is a detail elevation view of the agitator with the cover removed; a
  • Fig. 9 is a side view of the cover of the agitator.
  • Fig. 10 is a detail bottom view of the cutter
  • Fig. 11 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 11-11 of Fig. 10;
  • Fig. 12 is a detail side elevation view of a portion of the cutter.
  • the numeral 14 designates a steam-jacketed storage tank wherein the soap is kept in a liquid condition 1928.
  • the soap is introduced into this tank by a pipe 15 connected with a suitable source of supply.
  • the liquid or semi-liquid soap is drawn off from the bottom of the tank by gravity and in addition by a pair of pumps 16 connected by pipe 17 with the tank 14 and driven by an electric motor 18 through a suitable variable transmission drive 19 including belts 20.
  • the liquid soap is delivered under pressure by the pump which controls its rate of discharge to and through a discharge line 21 to an agitator 22 which is of the rotary type.
  • the soap is introduced into the line 21 by a pipe 25 connected with said receiver.
  • the air pressure is sufficiently in excess of the soap pump delivery pressure to cause the air to enter the discharge line 21 in the proper quantity and proceed with the soap into the agitator or flufl'er 22 where the soap is thoroughly whipped into a froth, the air pressure being then the same as the soap pressure.
  • This frothy soap is discharged through a pipe 26 to a shredding apparatus 27. From this apparatus it is discharged into a drying chamber 28 and subjected to a current of upwardly flowing, drying air for such a period o time that the shredsare dried as separate particles by the time they reach the bottom of the drving chamber.
  • the agitater 22 When air is mixed with the soap the agitater 22 may be of any suitable construction but is preferably formed by an impeller 29 .mounted on a shaft 30 and working in a volute casing 31, the soap and air mixture being introduced by the pipe 21 into the central portion of said chamber through the removable head 31, the impeller being provided with a series of holes 32 to assist in the mixing or beating action.
  • the shaft 37 has a fan 50 mounted'thereon, a cutter head 51 secured to said shaft by screws 52 and an annular cutter 53 secured to said head by screws 54.
  • This cutter has'a series of tangentially inclined groves 55 formed therein with flaring inlet ends 56 and provided with cutting edges 57i
  • the frothy soap mixture is delivered from agitator 22 to the chamber 46 it is forced through the openings 49 underpump delivery pressure and also by the centrifugal force produced by the rapidly rotating head47 and as it leaves said openings-it is cut off into tiny shreds by the oppositely revolving cutter 53.
  • the shredder supply line 26 is steam-jacketed and steam from a live-steam line 58 passes throughjacketed portions 59 of this pipe and thence by way of pipe 60 to the jacket space 61 of the tank and-the condensate is discharged through an overflow pipe 62.
  • Pipes. 63' and 64 connect the line 58 with the soap pipe for blowing or cleaning it out and pipe 65 is a pipe line for drawing the soap-from'the supply tank, if necessary.
  • the various pipe lines above described are, it will be noted, eqyipped with valves to control the'fiow of the liquids or fluids within them.
  • the shredd ng apparatus'previously described is located centrally in the upper portion of the large drying chamber 28, the support 66 for the apparatus'forming part of the flooring of a compartment 67 separate from but extendinginto the drying chamber and through which the feed pipes associated with the apparatus extend, this compartment permitting ready access to, the shredder for serv cing the same.
  • the drying air is drawn into a housing 68 having heating coils 69 therein past which the air flows and by which it is heated to the desired temperature.
  • This housing 68 surrounds or part ally surrounds a part of the lower conical end portion 70 of the chamber 28 and entrance of air thereto is through a series of portsj71 formed by stamping out the louvers 72 from the wall of said chamconsisting of upper and lower frame members 75 mounted on a shaft'7 6 and side frame members 77. secured to said members 75 and carrying wiper blades 78 of flexible material moving against the side walls of said chamber 28 under the action of the air entering said chamber, is suitably supported therein by a mounting for said shaft on upper and lower transverse frames 79 secured to the side walls of saidchamber.
  • the air drawn into the chamber 28 is preferably heated to quite a high tempera-' ture, for example, 260 degrees Fahrenheit, and as it ascends through the chamber 28 comes into intimate drying contact with the small shredded particles of soap that are being projected into the chamber by the shredding apparatus, with the result that these particles are rapidly transformed from an emulsive state into small dried particles of soap having minute air'bubbles entrapped therein, which particles gravitate 'to the bottom of the chamber where they are removed .by a positively driven revolving gate or valve 80 which deposits them onto a conveyor 81 upon which they are cooled as they. proceed through a cooling chamber 82 and are then led or carried by said conveyor to a place of storage or packaging.
  • a positively driven revolving gate or valve 80 which deposits them onto a conveyor 81 upon which they are cooled as they. proceed through a cooling chamber 82 and are then led or carried by said conveyor to a place of storage or packaging.
  • the warm dryin air is preferably causedto move upwardly by the action of a suction fan 83 connected by a conduit 84 with the up: per end of a cyclone separator chamber 85 which connects by conduit 86 with the upper end of the drying chamber 28 and which has a valved outlet'87 for controlling the discharge of the collected fine soap particles.
  • a suction fan 83 connected by a conduit 84 with the up: per end of a cyclone separator chamber 85 which connects by conduit 86 with the upper end of the drying chamber 28 and which has a valved outlet'87 for controlling the discharge of the collected fine soap particles.
  • the fan 50 acts to direct the air in the immediate vicinity of the shredder downward so as to prevent adherence of particles to the shredder housing.
  • an apparatus for producing shredded soap the combination of a drying chamber, of soap-shredding apparatus for delivering soap shreds thereto in semi-liquid form, comprising a pair of oppositely rotating members. means for moving heated drying air upwardly through said chamber. and a fan mounted on one of said members for direct ing the air in the vicinity of the shredding apparatus downwardly to prevent soap deposition thereon.
  • a hot soap supply tank a rotary agitator
  • means including a pump for delivering hot soap from said supply tank to said agitator, means for delivering compressed air to said agitator, a drying chamber, and mechanically-operated means receiving said mixture of soap and air from said agitator and discharging it into said drying chamber in the form of tiny shreds.
  • a drying air inlet at the lower end of said chamber comprising a series of ports, and a rotary cleaning device in said chamber to prevent soap particles building up adjacent said ports.
  • the combination with apparatus for delivering soap in small particles in semi-liquid con dition of a drying chamber into which said particles are discharged, a drying air inlet adjacent the lower end of said chamber, a discharge outlet for dried soap particles at soap in small particles in semi-liquid condition. of a drying chamber into which said particles are discharged.
  • a drying air inlet adjacent the lower end of said chamber a discharge outlet for dried soap particles at the lower end of said chamber, an outlet for drying air and finer soap particles at the upper end of said chamber, a fan for directing the drying air downwardly adjacent said apparatus, a separator chamber connected to said outlet at the upper end of said chamber, and a suction fan associated with said separator chamber and adapted to induce a flow of drying air through said drying chamber.
  • the combination with a drying chamber, of soap-shredding apparatus for delivering soap shreds thereto in semi-liquid form comprising a pair of concentrically disposed, oppositely rotating shafts, a discharge head on one of said shafts provided with discharge openings, means for delivering soap to said head, a cutter head on the other shaft having a serrated cutter for sevno ering the soap into small particles as it is discharged from said openings, and a fan on the shaft carrying said cutter head and positioned above the same to deflect the air in said chamber downward in the vicinity of said discharge openings.
  • soap-shredding apparatus for delivering soap shreds in semi-liquid form comprising a pair of concentrically disposed, op
  • a discharge head on one of said shafts provided with tangentially inclined discharge openings, means for delivering soap to said head, and a cutter head on the other shaft having a, cutter provided with tangentially inclined grooves, adjacent grooves meeting each other at their inlets to form cutting edges.
  • soap-shredding apparatus for delivering soap shreds in semi-liquid form comprising a pair of concentrically disposed, oppositely rotating shafts, a discharge head on one of said shafts provided With tangentiall inclined discharge openings, means for delivering soap to said head, and a cutter head on the other shaft having a cutter provided with tangentially inclined grooves with flaring inlet ends and adjacent grooves meeting each other at their inlets to form cutting edges.

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GB5337/29A GB314484A (en) 1928-06-28 1929-02-18 Apparatus for producing shredded soap
GB5336/29A GB314483A (en) 1928-06-28 1929-02-18 Method of and apparatus for preparing fine granules of soap
DEC42722D DE499456C (de) 1928-06-28 1929-03-02 Vorrichtung zum Herstellen von Seifenflocken
FR670993D FR670993A (fr) 1928-06-28 1929-03-05 Méthode et appareils pour la fabrication de savon en filaments
FR671007D FR671007A (fr) 1928-06-28 1929-03-06 Appareil pour la production de savon en filaments

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US2571069A (en) * 1948-03-12 1951-10-09 Russell M Shearman Artificial snow machine
US3249657A (en) * 1964-06-03 1966-05-03 Chemical & Ind Corp Method and means for prilling

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DE757973C (de) * 1940-07-30 1953-07-13 Franz Xaver Scherl Zerstaeuber fuer die Herstellung von pulverfoermigen oder pulveraehnlichen Erzeugnissen, z. B. Seifenpulver
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US2571069A (en) * 1948-03-12 1951-10-09 Russell M Shearman Artificial snow machine
US3249657A (en) * 1964-06-03 1966-05-03 Chemical & Ind Corp Method and means for prilling

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FR670993A (fr) 1929-12-06
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