USRE10284E - pfaudler - Google Patents

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ULLlVAN," AND JAMES `SARGENT, ALL.

APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE PRESSURE IN A SER1aufgetanENnNGA/'tssns SPECIFICATIO forming part of Reissued Letters Patent No. 10,284, dated February 6,1883. i Original N o. 205,572, datedd'uly?, 187B. Application for reissue tiled August 26, 1STE). y

To 'all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN M. PEAUDLER, of Rochester, in the county ot' Monroe and State ot New York, have invented a new and Improved Pressure-Regulator for Fermenti n g Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1, Sheet l, represents a partly-sectional front or side elevation of my improved pressure-regulator, the section being taken on the line 'w tv ot' Fig. 4, Sheet 2.1 Fig. 2, Sheet 1, is a detail section ot' the check-valve in one ot the section-pipes. Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is anA end elevation ofthe pressure-regulator, partly seen in section on'the line x c of Fig 1. Fig. 4. is a ,vertical cross-section ot' the, same. taken on Similailetters of reference indicate corresponding parts. f

The invention has for its object to provide an effective apparatus for equalizing the pressnre in a series of hogsheads or other vessels containing beer, wines, or other'liquids in a state of fermentation, and for regulating the pressure of the gas caused by suoli fermentatin, so that it shall not exceed a certain number of ponndsto the square inch, previously determined and gaged in the said apparatus.

The invention consists in the combination Ot' one or more section pipes or passages, each having branch pipes connecting it with one or more termentation-vessels, and a check-valve and a stop-cock, with a main pipe connected by branch pipes vand stop-cocks to intercomlnnnicnting cylinders or receivers provided or connected with |iressure-gage. safety-valve, and blow-oil' cocks, as will he hereinafter dcscribcd and claimed.

A isone oft-he section-pipes, ot' which there are one or any number, according to the number of hogsheads or other vessels required to be in Operation at the saule time. The said vessels are arranged in sectionsot' a certain number-'say six-and each connected by a hose to one of the branch pipes of their common section pipe or conduit A. rlhe latter are at-- tached to one common main pipe, E, and each nt' them is provided with a stop-cock, D, for shnttingoif communication with the main pipe E incase of leakage in the fermeuting-vessels inch-the pressure ofthe gas in the cylinders.

DiVIsIoN of that section, or when attaching their hosev '5o tothe pipes B, or for otherpurposes. Between the cock D and the pipeB nearest to it the section pipe or conduit is provided with a check- "valve, C, which opens when the pressurein the f" fermenting-vcssels preponderates and allows the gas to pass off into the main pipe, E, butv closesin the oppositedirection-that is, against'.

a preponderating .counter-pressure in the main pipe E. The main E carries o' the surplus -gas from the several sectionsto 011e 0r more 6o cylinders or receivers, H, by means'ot'ioneaor more brauch pipes, F,each of which is provided t with a stop-cock, G. The cylinders H havey blow-off cocks I' at the bottom. .which 'coelis;:; .Vv may be connected to a common discharge-pipe, 6 5

lJ,and opened to cleanse the cylinders of any Y.

vsediment which may have been carried overy into the cylinders by a sudden rush of gas from extraordinary fermentation in any otr the sections. Communication is keptup between the upper part of the cylinders H by the pipe K, which is connected by a pipe, L, having a stopcock, M, to a manometer, N, orpressure-gage,l indicating-in numbers ot' pounds to the square The pressure (generally five Yor six pounds) at which it is desired to carry on the termentation is gaged and regulated by sliding the weight O on the lever P of the. safety-valve Q nearer to or` farther from its fulcrum, to correspond with the position of the index `of the manometer N at the nnmberou the scale at which it is intended that the valve'should open and let out the surplus gas. The manometer `N may be dispensed -with and the pressurcadjusted and read oli' on a scalo graduated upon the lever P directly. The-safetyvalve is attached on top of the cylinder, and, to guard against the valve getting outofo'rder, two or more safety-valves are used, as shown 9o in the drawings. When using two valves Q they are preferably connected together by a pipe,`R, to discharge through-a common exhaast-pipe, S. The .fermentation-vessels of each section, being all connected'by hoseto the branch pipes B, and by the latter to their' common section-pipe or conduit A, without intermediate valves, it'is evident that thepresssys y, in a state ot' constant agitation.

nre in them all is equalzed by the free access of the gas from one to the other, thus preventv ing the liability of either of them to burst from overpressure, and when the gas has accumulated sutiicicntly to overcome the resisting pressure, the cheek-valve G will open and the surplus of gas pass to the main pipe E, and thence to the cylinders H, where it is stored up until suicient pressure is attained to raise the safety-valves Q and allow the surplus to escape through the exhaust l. S.

By this invention the fermentation can thus sant iilling up, thus keeping the tunniug-easlts always full. The other is for the purpose of conducting the harm as it forms from the t'ernlenting mass into the chamber above. a construction keeps the contents of thc cash The casks are not only entirely t'ull, but the chamber above is also partially illled, so as to act to incessantly iill the cnslts below as the harm boils out. tnnitvior a i'ree access ofthe gus ltrom one vessel to another throughout the series, as in 'my case. l would have itnnderstood that I distinctly disclaim such a construction and mode ot' operation.

Having thus described my invention,y what i claim is ,1. Apparatus for equalizing and limiting the pressure of gas in a. series oi' closed fermenting-vessels Iand permitting free access of the gas from one vessel-to anotherthroughoutthe series, consisting oi' separate gas-conduits 'or cach* vessel, constructed, substantially :is described, to tap the gas-space of each vessel, a common closed conduit with which all said vessel-conduits con'imnnieate, lund a pressureregulator governing the escape ot' gas l'rom such common conduit whenever the pressure shall exceed a preyiouslisdecrmined limit.

2. Apps atus for Vequaliz'ing, limiting, and indicating the pressure in a series oi' closed fermentiiig-vessels and permitting a free ac cess ofthe gas from hne vessel to another throughout the series, consisting oi separate gas-conduits for e-.lch vessei, constructed, suhstantigliy as described, to tap the gas-space ot' each `essel, a common closed conduit; into which said vessel-conduits lead, a pressure l Y,

Such

The cnslis beingfull. there is no opporf regulator constructed to permit an escape of gas from said common conduit' whenever the pressure shall have reached a previously-determined limit,and a pressure-indicating gage.

In apparatus for limiting and equalizing the pressure of gas in a. series consisting ot' two or more sections ot' closed ferm exiting-vessels, and-permitting a free access of the gas from one vessel to another throughout the series, separate gas-conduits for each vessel, a common conduit for cach sectionwith which the vessel-conduits in that section communicate, and check-valves, as described, located in the common conduits, said valves arranged to open hy internal pressure and close by pressure in the opposite direction.

lh apparatus for equalizing the pressure. of gas iu a series ot' closed ferinenting-vesscls arranged in sections, and permittingafree access of the gas from one vessel to another throughout the series, the combination, with the vessel-conduits, the common conduits belonging to each section, a common receiver with which said common conduits communicate, and check-valves, as described, ofa pressure-regulator communicating with. said ieceiver, whereby an escape of gas is permitted when the pressure shall have reached a limit determined by the regulator.

5. In apparatus for equal'izing the pressure ot" gas in a'series of closed fermenting-vcssels, the combination, with the common conduit, of separate gas-conduits foreach vessel, said vessel-conduits between the vessels and the common conduit being elevated te a leve! above' the'point ot' their `union with the said com. mon conduit, whereby hack-drip therefrom is roo 6. A gas-receiver provided with one or more safety-valves and apparatus for gaging thek pressure, and in communication with said receiver a series ot vessel-conduits for permittinga freeV access of gas from one vessel to another throughout a series of closed fermenting-vessels, each conduit constructed to connect with the gas-spaccrof its vessel. v

T; In appara-tus for equalizing the pressure no of gas in a series of closed iermenting-vessels and permitting a free access lof the gas from one vessel to another throughout the series, separate conduits for each vessel, a common gas-receiver with which said vessel-conduits communicate, a pressure-regulator governing an escape-oritice, whereby gas in excess of a iixed limit ot' pressure is permitted to escape.,

and in connection with. said kescape-orifice conduit for carrying away the said escaping izo gus, substantially as described.

JOHN M. PFAUDLEL W'itnesses: l

, lEDWARD WrLnsLi l JN0. J. BONNER.

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