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J. O; ROSSI.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING ICE.

No.- 397,819. Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

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No. 397,819. Patented Feb. 12, 1889.

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J AMEe OAM ILLE ROSSI, OF PERTH AMBOY, NEN J ERSE'Y, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO JOHN T. FARGASGN, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

acrame FQR MANUFACTURING ice.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,819, dated February 12, 1889.

Application filed June 9, 1888. Serial No. 204,673. (No model.) A

To alZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES CAMILLE ROSSI,

of Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex I and State of New Jersey, have invented cer- 5 tain new'and useful Improvements in Machines for Manufacturing Ice, of which'th-e following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My improvements consist of. apparatus IO working upon the general principle andopcrating in accordance with themethod set forth in my United States patent,No. 300,133, dated June 10, 1884, so far as the idea of continuous action is concerned. 7 r

My object is to produce a simple, economical, convenient, and contiuuously-operating apparatus,whieh may be of varying sizes and capacity, to be used mainly for the manufacture of ice. v

.I provide a series of contiguous tubsor'vesselsof any desired form, but as represented in the drawings, and as I think generally preferable, of circular form, one si irrounding another, the central one being the freezer, and the-others, whether one, two, ormore, I term the economizers. that I keep up a continuous supply of water, under pressure, that is cooled in the economizers on its way to the freezer, where a' proper chemical salt for reducing the temperature by being dissolved is supplied with practical continuity. The dischargeof the.

which the salt-feeder, and with it the can impure water, or that which has been impregnated with the salt from the freezelgis by overflow to the first economizer and then to the other or others, and finally out of the last. as awaste solution to evaporators 01' suitable condensers.-

In the accompanying drawings,illustrating myimproved apparatus, Figure l is a vertical central section, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the letters upon the drawings in aid ofa detaileddescription'of this particular form of the apparatus, which I deemthe best form of this peculiar machine, A indicates' the freezer, which is a central cylindrical vessel made of wood or paper pulp, for

- the sake of lightness, cleanness, andnon-ac ,50 tion of the solution on the material.

lhe structure is such in the pipe. From the pipe K the water. is

tur'es, into which are inserted the cans N N,

. B and C are economizers, being cylindricalvessels surrounding the freezer, and of similar material, and containing coils F F. These threevessels are carried on .the platform U, movable, for convenience, on Wheels U U. PipesY are provided at the bottom for emptying these vessels through a cook or valve, Y. The freezing-vessel A may be provided with a perforated false bottom, L, of similar material to that of the vessel. At the upper part of the interior of the vessel A-are projections b l), which are arcs of a circle and constitute the support or hearing of the can-holder R,

which is simply a support of wood with apercontaining water to be frozen. These may be of any desired form, and are held in place by projections F near their tops, and provided with covers Q, preferably of Wood.

N indicates the salt-feeder, which passes through the cover of the apparatus, through the can-holder, and down through the vessel A, and rests upon a block or socket, M. It is a hollow cylinder of tin orpaper or wood pulp, perforated along its lower part by numerous large holes, 0, and carrying atthe top a hopper or a funnel, as shown. This saltteeder is made fast to'the can-holder by any suit-ablemeans, such as plates and screws X.

W W indicate parts fixed to the upper part of the salt-feeder above the cover of the ap paratus, provided with handles S, by means of holder Rand cans, can be oscillated to agitate the liquid in the vessel A. f 05 An opening, 19, is provided for the overflowv from the vessel A into vessel B, and an. opening,-'n, isprovided for overflow from the vessel B into the vessel 0, which latter overflows by'nieans'of the pipe m into evaporators or vessels. (Not shown.)

' The feed-water is supplied from a reservoir or hydrant, D, under pressure. It tlowsthrough the pipes E E into coil F. in vessel 0, and reaching the connection G into the coil F of vessel B, andfrom'there by the pipe H, provided with a valve, V,through the pipe K, preferably surrounded by an envelope of paper-pulp, K, to prevent the freezing of water delivered downward into the vessel A beneath F the false bottom L, as indicated by the arrows. Then the feed-water strikes the salt charged at the start in freezer A through salt-feeder M, it dissolves the salt, producing an intense cold, which, being transmitted to the ice-cans N, freezes the water they contain, or, more properly speaking, absorbs the heat of the water they contain, so as to congeal it. The

A, overflows into vessel C", and further cools the feed-water flowing through. coil F of yessel C. Finally the solution overflows from vessel C through pipe m to evaporators, or to f be utilized to cool distilled water for drinking purposes in a water-cooler,-or for cooling water to be used to fill ice-cans, or for any other cooling purpose. As the cold water dissolves the salt contained in vessel A and in the lower part of the salt-feeder tube M, the salt drops in the salt-feeder M by gravity, taking the place of that which has been dissolved. More salt is supplied as the hopper is emp-l tied, andv the process of freezing continues in the cans N.

A trap or regulator, T, of ordinary kin d, may be provided to regulate the feed of the salt from the hopper into the tubular part of the salt-feeder. By a proper regulation 'of the admission-valve V on the feed-water pipe II and of the delivery-valve X of the reservoir or hydrant D, it is easy to provide a proper supply and flow of water, and salt can be supplied, so that the freezing will continue constantly, the only interruption being the removal of the ice made and the replacing of can-holder, R, resting upon supports b and adapted to be oscillated, the salt-feeder so:

the cans N filled with pure. water for freezing. It is not necessary to agitate the i'reezing-solution in vessel. A; but the operation of 5 handles S and block M and surrounded by freezing will be promoted by so doing. It is not. absolutely necessary to employ the false bottom L, but generally desirable.

The lower end of the pipe K might be in the form of a nozzle or sprinkler to divide the inflow of feed-water to vessel A into numer ou's jets. y

I do not confine my invention to the precise form ofappa'ratus shown, because varioi'ls formal changes niiglitbe made. For example, 2

coils F F are merely provided to give a greater extent of flow of the. water-supply and more time for cooling; but any other form of pipe might be adopted, although I think coils preferable. The vessels or tubs (freezer and economizers) might be contiguous and not concentrical to each other. They might be put in line close together and one after the other, or in the shape of a tria'l'igle, i t two economize-rs be used, or of a rectangle it" three economizers be used; butthc concentric form is generally preferable. The mode of operation in. any of these dispositions is substantially the same. 7

Of course it will be understood that the water at first inflowing will not be cooled until it reaches the freezer, the special cooling operation of the infiowing water only beginning outside of the freezer after it has been filled and the overflowhas commenced; but in prac:

- tice this is immediately after the operation be -ins so that ver soon the water that comes b r 5 1n contact with the salt to be reduced 1n temperature will have been already materially reduced in the economizers, so that the salt in the freezer does its work with great perfection. Of course a cold solution might be. placed in the economizers before the inflow commences, and this may be done. whenever desired.

Having thus described my machine, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In an ice-machinedhe combination of the freezing-vessel A, provided with the canholder R, resting upon supports 1) and adapted to be'oscillated, the salt-feeder secured to the can-holder and provided with handles S, the

block M, for supporting the lower end of the.

can-holder in its socket, so that the oscillation of the canholder and cans can beeileeted, substantially as set forth.

2. In an ice-machine, the combination of a central freezing-vessel, A, provided with a cured to the can-holder and provided with ALFRED EUCLID POIRIER, Janus LEWIS (ionr'ron

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