US888091A

US888091A - Apparatus for atomizing liquids.

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Publication number: US888091A
Application number: US33822706A
Authority: US
Inventors: Paul Kestner
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1906-10-10
Filing date: 1906-10-10
Publication date: 1908-05-19
Anticipated expiration: 1925-05-19

Description

No. 888,091. PATENTED MAY 19, 1908. P. KESTNER.

APPARATUS FOR ATOMIZING LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.10,1906.

, on to a rapidly rotating disk is broken up and it consists essentially in an improved drum or wheel for breaking up water or other 11 uid into minute particles and simul- UNITE sTATEs PATENT or rron.

PAUL KESTNER, OF LILLE, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR ATOMIZING- LIQUIDS.

Application filed October 10,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL KEsTNER, a citizen of the French Republic, residing at Lille, in the N 0rd Province of France, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Atomizing Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in apparatus for atomizing liquids and simultaneously mixing them with air or gas,

taneous y mixing the atomized liquid in the form of mist with air or gas, for such pur poses as moistening air or washing gases.

Centrifugal fans have been commonly em ployed heretofore for the purposes indicated,

ut the power required to drive them at the high speed necessary to accomplish the atomization of the water is very considerable.

In my improved drum or wheel, the blades or wings of the centrifugal fan are replaced by sheet metal flat rings mounted parallel and very near to each other and perpendicular to the axis of the drum.

It is well known that water when projected into fine particles, and. it will be readily understood that in constructing a drum of a series of flat rings as described and employing means for spraying water on to these rings from the interior of the drum I provide a very effective apparatus for atomizing water. At the same time a somewhat remarkable result is attained in that such a drum or wheel displaces a considerable volume of air when rotated at a high speed and this volume is in creased by increasing the quantity of water injected. This displacement of air, which is accomplished with a small expenditure of power, is brought about partly by the rotation of the rings but more particularly by the inductiveaction of the water atomized at the periphery of the disks, between which the air is drawn. I

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 shows my complete ap aratus, the atomizing drum being shown in ongitudinal section, and Fig. 2 is a cross section of the drum. Figs. 3 and 4 show in side elevation cases in which the atomizing fan is ada ted to operate depending u on the use to w ich it is put as will hereinaffer be explained.

In Fig. 1, D, D are the fiat sheet-metal rings. They aremounted on bars or arms I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 19, 1908.

1906. Serial No. {338,227.

T, and the drum thus formed is mounted on a disk P which is carried by a shaft A that rotates in bearings N and is provided with a pulley M. R is a nozzle by means of which water is s rayed regularly upon the rings D through t 1e open end of the drum; this may be a simple expanding jet, as shown.

Fig. 2 shows one of the rings D. The arms T only serve to support and maintain the rings inposition and may be ,of circular or any other cross section.

Any number of rings may be connected together in the manner indicated to constitute the atomizing drum. The nearer they are to each other and the greater their number, the

greater will be the quantity of water which the drum will be capable of breaking up or atomizing, and the greater also will be the volume of air drawn through between the" rings.

My improved atomizing drum may be mounted in the free air or in a suitable chamber. Or it may be mounted in an ordinary centrifugal-fan snail-shell casin as shown in Fig. 3in which E indicates the casing, O the eye or air-intake, and U the outlet. The same drum or wheel may also be employed for separating a gas or a vapor from dust or water carried along therewith. In this case the-drum is mounted in a chamber or in a snail-shell casing, but instead of allowing the air, or the gas to be washed, to circulate in the normal way, 'i. e. instead of the air being drawn through from the center towards the circumference it is forced in by mechanical means from the back, i. e. in the opposite direction, against the current created by the rotation of the drum. Fig. 4 illustrates this application. Referring to this figure, D is an atomizing drum constructed in accordance with my invention mounted in a snailshell casing B. Air is forced in by mechanical means at U and makes its exit at 0; it is thus forced to pass between the fiat rings forming the drum from the periphery towards the center. When water is sprayed into this drum by means of a nozzle R as in Fig. 1, air forced through between the rings as indicated has to pass through a counter current of mist, Without being able to carry this along with it, for centrifugal force acts against it and forces the mist constantly outwards, and the apparatus thus constitutes a very effective washer and at the same time a powerful separator.

, It will be understood of course that when the drum is to be used for the purposes just referred to, the rings must not be mounted too near to each other to cause an undue resistance to the passage of the counter current of air.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An apparatus for atomizing liquids comprising a rotary carriage, and supported to be rotated thereby a series of rings separated from one another and parallelly arranged at right angles to the axis of their rotation.

2. An apparatus for atomizing liquids comprising a rotary carriage, and supported to be rotated thereby a series of flat rings separated from one another and parallelly arranged at right angles to the axis of their rotation, said carriage being adapted in part to close one end of the chamber formed Within said rings.

3. An apparatus comprising a rotary disk,

for atomizing liquids a series 'of flat .rings connected therewith to be rotated thereby, said rings being separated from one.

I l l right angles another and parallelly arranged at right angles to the axis of their rotation.

4. An apparatus for atomizing liquids comprising a rotary disk, arms extending therefrom, a series of flat rings mounted upon said arms to be rotated by. said disk, said rings being separated from one another and parallelly arranged at right angles to the axis of their rotation.

5. Apparatus for atomizing liquids, consisting of a drum made up of a number of flat rings arranged parallel to each other at or perpendicularto the axis of the drum and carried by arms projecting from a disk mounted on a rotatable shaft, and means for-spraying liquid on to said disks substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof name to this specification in tWo subscribing Witnesses.

PAUL KESTNER.

I have signed my the presence of Witnesses:

CHARRIER, HENRI, LEON PEOKEL.