Apparatus for sterilization of liquids
OwnerHerve X. Bronnertinventor
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Abstract
An infusion heating apparatus, including a hollow sealed vessel having a porous steam dispensing cylinder located along the central axis of the vessel, a number of spray nozzles mounted in a circle at the top of the vessel and arranged to introduce a liquid form material to be treated in a continuous shower of droplets directed radially and downwardly between the interior walls of the vessel and the steam dispensing cylinder, a frusto-conical cylindrical member mounted in the housing below the spray nozzles to separate the shower of droplets from the dispensing cylinder, an air and gas discharge tube passing axially through the dispensing cylinder and terminating at the bottom of the vessel and a cooling jacket surrounding the outside surface of the vessel.
Claims14
An infusion heating apparatus comprising a generally vertically disposed hollow pressure vessel having a top, a bottom and sides walls, said side walls being sealed to the top and bottom of said vessel and having a central axis,
- spray means in said top for introducing a liquid form material into the top of said vessel in a form of a continuous shower of droplets of liquid form material onto said entire interior side wall surfaces of said vessel,
- steam dispensing means for dispensing saturated steam into said vessel for heating said liquid form material,
- said dispensing means being located along the central axis of said side walls and being spaced intermediate said top and bottom of said vessel in a spaced relation to said side walls and
- means for removing the heated liquid form material from the bottom of said vessel.
An infusion heating apparatus comprising a generally vertically disposed hollow pressure vessel having a top, bottom and side walls, said sides walls being sealed to said top and bottom of said vessel and having a central axis,
- steam dispensing means for dispensing saturated steam into said vessel for heating said liquid form material,
- said dispensing means being located along the central axis of said vessel and being spaced intermediate said top and bottom of said vessel in a spaced relation to the vessel side walls and
- a plurality of spray nozzles mounted in a circle in said top of said vessel and directed to introduce a continuous rotating shower of droplets of liquid form material between the entire interior side wall surfaces of said vessel and said steam dispensing means, means mounted below said spray nozzles and above said steam dispensing means for separating the shower of droplets from said steam dispensing means, and
- means for removing the heated liquid form material from said bottom of said vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.