US1403650A - Apparatus for separating gases from liquids - Google Patents

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"B. SKIDMORE. JR. APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING GASES FROM LIQUIDS.

APPLICATION FILED H8 21; 192l- Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

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BENJAMIN summons, an, or onrca oo, ILLINOIS.

AZ PI 'ARATUS FOB SEPARATILlG- GASESFFOM LIQUIDS.

'Speciflcationof Letters Patent, P t t d 17, 1 2

Application filed February 21, 1921. Serial No. 446,750." I

To all wliom it may concern:

Jr;, a citizen of the United States,-residing at Chicago,'in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented-certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Gases from Liquids, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for separating gases from l quids and one of the objects of the invention s to provide an improved apparatus of th1s character which will be simflple and compact in construction, effective, e cient and automatic in operation.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects as will appear, the invention consists in the features bf novelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing illustrating this invention and in 'which- Figure 1 is a view partly in vertical section and partly in elevation of one form of apparatusw.

igure 2 is a detail sectional view taken on line 2-2, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 1 ofanother formof the invention.-

Figure 4 is a detail view artly 1n vertical section and partly in e evation of still another form of the invention.

. Referring more particularly to the drawing the-numeral 10, designates a chamber which may be. of any desired size and configu outlet 12. The bottom 11, is preferably pro vided with any desired number of bafiies 13, which are arranged in staggered relation "an upright chamber or column 14, the lower end of which extends into a reservoir 15, of any desired size and capacity, and this reservoir is located below the barometric level'of the chamber 10, and is adapted to ration, but is preferably provided with an inclined bottom 11, leading to a discharge receive the liquid from the chamber through Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SKIoMonn,

the column 14.

Discharging into the chamber 10, at any the shape shown, introduces or delivers the liquid into the chamber 10 in a finelydt vided form thereby subjecting larger areas of the liquid to the action of the vacuum which receives its supply from any. suitablesource through a pipe 17'. Arranged in thepipe 17, 1s a valve 18, which is adapted to be controlled by a float 19, located in the reservoir 15, an which float is connected by means of a link 20, tothe valve 18, so that as the liquid rises and falls'in the reservoir 15, the valve 18, will be respectively closed and opened and therebyautomatically cutoff or open the supply of liquid for the nozzle 16. v

Leading from the reservoir 15, is a de llvery pipe 21, and a valve 22 may be provided for controlling the discharge of the liquid from the reservoir.

matically actuated by the suction created in the pipe 23.

desired point is a nozzle 16,- and being of This pipe 23, is provided as a means whereby a vacuum may be produced within the chamber 10, and to that-end the pipe 23, is connected with any suitable vacuum pro ducing device diagrammatically represented at 24:, so that when the vacuum producing device. 24, isin o er'ation a vacuum will be produced in the c amber 10.-

The liquid is introduced'into thew chamber 10, insuch a manner that it willbe disintegrated or broken up or the particles freely separated and the liquid will flow through'and out of the chamber in eddies or in tortuous passages produced preferably by the staggered arrangement of the baffles 13. vacuumchamber. 10 in finely divided form, any gases in the liquid will be rapidly released and the gases will be removed through the suction pipe 23. The liquid flowing from the chamber 10, will be delivered into the reservoir-15, and as the liquid accumulates in the reservoir, the float 19,

The liquid being introduced into the will be operated to close the valve 18, and

thereby shut off the supply of liquid- It will be manifest that as the liquid is delivered from thechamber 10, it will accumulate in the column 14, and in the reservoir 15, and if the vacuum producing device 24, continues to operate after'the valve 18 is closed, the liquid contained in the column14, will rise to the barometric level of the chamber 10; In order to utilize this rising movement of the column of liquid under theeflects of the vacuum, there may be provided in the chamber 14, a float 25,.

which is preferably connected with a rod 26, through the medium of a slot connection 27, so that the float will be adapted to rise and fall for a. predetermined distance independently with respect to the rod 26. This rod 26 is preferably connected to a lever 28, pivotally mounted intermediate its ends as at 29, upon a fulcrum 30. The end 31, of the lever 28, is connected by means of a link 32 with a cut out device 33, such as a knife switch for controlling the circuit to the vacuum producing device 24.

' cut out device 33 but, when the valve 18, is i l the valve 18 1s 0 en'ed closed and thesuction creating device 24, -o crating, then the height of the liquid int c column 14, will be raised to the barometric level causing the float 25, to rise and this rising of the float 25, will operate to draw upon the rod26, rock the lever 28 about its fulcrum 29, and actuate the cut outdevice 33 to render the vacuum producin vdevice 24 inactive.

n the form of the invention shown in Figure 3, the liquid is supplied to the nozzle 16, through the pipe 34, which receives its supply from a tank 35, through a supply pipe 36, and which supplypipe is controlled automatically by a float 37. i

The chain er 10, in this form of the invention, is connected with the reservoir 15,

- through the medium of the pipe 10, and the cut out 33 is preferably controlled by'a float 38, which is arranged within the reservoir 15, and which float is connected by means of a link 39 with the cut out 33, so that when the liquid in the reservoir 15, reaches a predetermined level it will cause the fioat. 38, to actuate the cut out 33, and thereby render the suction producing device 24, inactive.[

In the form of the invention shown in Figure 4, the operation of thesuction creating device 24, is automatically controlled by the vacuum and to that end there may be provided a dlaphragm chamber 40, prothe chamber 10,,

Figure 1, in i lines, that is to say the float will beto be delivered into the vided with a diaphragm 41 therein. The

diaphragm will not be influenced by the vacuum or suction but, when the valve 18, is closed to shut off the supply of liquid and the suction creating device 24, is in operation, the'suction or vacuum will tlienoperate upon the diaphragm 41, and causetho latter, through the medium of the connection 43, to actuate the cut out 33, and thereby render the suction creating device 24 in active.

Obviously, when the valve 22, isopened to discharge some of the liquid from the reservoir 15, the float therein will automatically render its connected part active It .will' also be obvious that the rod 26,

may be made of any desired length accord ing to the-degree of vacuum that it is esired to maintain in the chamber 10. a It is thought that the operation of this apparatus Wlll be clearly understood from the foregoing and while the preferred forms have been herein shown and described, it is to be understood that it is not desired to be limited to any specific means for controlling the degree of vacuum in the separating chamber 10, and therefore it is also to .be

understood that various changes may be made in-the details ofconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts,-within the scope of the claims,-

Without departing from the spirit of this invention.

What is claimed as new is: 1. An apparatus for separating gasesfrom liquids embodying a chamber, a reservoir having reccivlngrthe liquid therefrom,.;means. for

producing a vacuum in the chamber, means whereby such vacuum will cause the. liquid divided form, Ely of li uenced the vacuum producing means. 2. An ap aratusforseparating gases from liquids em dying a chamber, a reservoir having communication with the chamber for receiving the liquid therefrom and disposed below the barometriclevel of the' chamber, means for producing a vacuum in the chammeans for controlling the supuid to the chamber, and means inber, means whereby such vacuum will'cause a liquid to be dehvered into the chamber,

means for ntmning the pp y ofli'quid to the chamber, and means influenced by the communication with the chamber for chamber in a finely y the said vacuum for controlling said vacuum for controlling the vacuum producing means.

3. An apparatus for separating gases from liquids embodying a chamber, a reservoir having communication with the chamber for receiving the liquid therefrom and disposed below the barometric level of the chamber, means for controlling the delivery of liquid from the said reservoir, means for producing a vacuum in the chamber, means whereby such vacuum will cause a liquid to bedelivered into the chamber, means for controlling the supply of liquid to the chamber, and means influenced by the said vacuum for controlling the vacuum producing means.

4. An apparatus for separating gases from liquids embodying a chamber, a reservoir havin communication with the chamber for receiving liquid therefrom and disposed below the barometric level of the chamber,

means for controlling the delivery of the liquid from the reservoir, means for producing a vacuum in the chamber, a cut out for the vacuum producing means, and means influenced by the vacuum at a predetermined stage of the operation of the said apparatus for actuating the said out out to render the said vacuum producing means inactive.

5. An ap aratus for separating gases from liquids em odying a chamber, a reservoir havin .35 ing a quid into the chamber, and means "in-communication with the cham communication with the chamber for '1 receiving the liquid therefrom, means foroperating automatically for controlling the said vacuum producing means and which controlling means is itself influenced by the 4 vacuum. j

receiving liquid therefrom and disposed below the barometric level of the chamber, means for controlling the delivery of the liquid from the reservoir, means for producing a vacuum in the chamber, a cut out for the vacuum producing means, and means influenced by the vacuum at a predetermined stage of the operation of the said apparatus for actuating the said cut out to render the said vacuum producing means inactive, the last recited means embodying a diaphragm operatively connected with the said out out.

7. An a paratus for separating gases liquids em 'odying a chamber, a h uid iholder r or refrom" ceiving the liquid therefrom, means for proa vacuum in the chamber, means ducin iy such vacuum will assist inideliverwhere ing a liquid in a finely divided formlinto the v chamber, and means operating automatically for controllin the said vacuum producing means and wh1ch controlling means is itself influenced by the vacuum.

In testimony-whereof I have signed my name to this specification, on this 15th day of February, A. D. 1921.

' v l i I I BENJAMIN SKI'DMORE, JR.

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