Means of carbonating water

Claim 1

A CARBONATOR COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A TANK HAVING AN INTEGRAL PRESSURE-TIGHT CHAMBER PROVIDED WITH A CARBON DIOXIDE GAS INLET MEANS LEADING INTO SAID CHAMBER; (B) AN OVERFLOWABLE BOWL DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER AND HAVING AN UPWARDLY DIRECTED MOUTH DEFINED BY AN EDGE THEREOF EXTENDING CONTINUALLY ABOUT THE UPPER END THEREOF AND ALONG WHICH EDGE WATER MAY OVERFLOW AT A UNIFORM DEPTH, AND A BOTTOM COMPRISING AN UPWARDLY DIRECTED CONCAVE SURFACE; (C) LUG AND SHOULDER MEANS INTEGRAL WITH THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID BOWL AND THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID TANK AND SUPPORTING SAID BOWL IN THE UPPER PART OF SAID CHAMBER; (D) WATER JET-NOZZLE INLET MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID TANK WITHIN SAID CHAMBER AND HAVING A DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED OUTLET AT ITS LOWER END DISPOSED ABOVE SAID BOWL AND DIRECTED TO DISCHARGE A STREAM OF WATER, THROUGH CARBON DIOXIDE GAS IN THE UPPER PART OF SAID CHAMBER, AND THROUGH SAID MOUTH TOWARD THE CENTER OF SAID CONCAVE SURFACE AND DIRECTLY FROM SAID NOZZLE INTO PREVIOUSLY DISCHARGED WATER IN SAID BOWL FOR AGITATING IT IN THE PRESENCE OF THE GAS, WHEREBY CARBONATED WATER MAY BE COLLECTED AND STORED IN THE LOWER PART OF SAID CHAMBER; AND (E) LOW WATER-LEVEL AND HIGH WATER-LEVEL RESPONSIVE MEANS DISPOSED IN THE STORAGE PART OF SAID CHAMBER FOR USE IN CONTROLLING STARTING AND STOPPING OF ADMISSION OF WATER TO SAID JET NOZZLE, SAID LOW AND HIGH WATER-LEVEL RESPONSIVE MEANS HAVING IN COMMON A HOLLOW ELECTRODE HAVING AN UPPER END EXTENDING OUT OF SAID TANK AND A LOWER END EXTENDING TO NEAR THE BOTTOM OF SAID TANK AND FURTHER SERVING AS A CARBONATED WATER OUTLET MEANS TO CONDUCT CARBONATED WATER OUT OF SAID CHAMBER.