Apparatus for admixing a gas to a liquid, in particular for admixing oxygen to polluted water

Claim 1

An apparatus for admixing a gas to a liquid, in particular for admixing oxygen to polluted water, comprising: a tank containing a liquid to be oxygenated, said liquid having a free surface; a vertical tubular column having a lower inlet and an upper outlet, said column being immersed, in use, in said liquid to be oxygenated, said upper outlet extending, in use, below the free surface of the liquid; a pump connected to said lower inlet and adapted to draw the liquid into said tubular column through said lower inlet and to pump it upwardly to said upper outlet; a liquid deflector substantially in the form of an inverted cone, said deflector extending through said outlet coaxially with said column, being, in use, at least partially immersed and diverting the liquid flowing vertically through said column in a substantially radial direction with respect to said column; a laminating plate located above said deflector and, in use, approximately level with the free surface of the liquid, said laminating plate having a central opening coaxial with said column, said opening being smaller than said laminating plate; an upper axial gas intake conduit fixed to said laminating plate, coaxial and communicating with said central opening; and means supported by said intake conduit for adjusting the axial position of said deflector relatively to said column.

Claim 2

An apparatus for admixing a gas to a liquid, in particular for admixing oxygen to polluted water, comprising: a tank containing a liquid to be oxygenated, said liquid having a free surface; a vertical tubular column having a lower inlet and an upper outlet, said column being immersed, in use, in said liquid to be oxygenated, said upper outlet extending, in use, below the free surface of the liquid; a pump connected to said lower inlet and adapted to draw the liquid into said tubular column through said lower inlet and to pump it upwardly to said upper outlet; a liquid deflector substantially in the form of an inverted cone, said deflector extending through said outlet coaxially with said column, being, in use, at least partially immersed and diverting the liquid flowing vertically through said column in a substantially radial direction with respect to said column; a laminating plate located above said deflector and, in use, approximately level with the free surface of the liquid, said laminating plate having a central opening coaxial with said column, said opening being smaller than said laminating plate; an upper axial gas intake conduit fixed to said laminating plate, coaxial and communicating with said central opening; and means supported by said intake conduit for adjusting the axial position of said deflector relatively to said column.

Claim 3

An apparatus for admixing a gas to a liquid, in particular for admixing oxygen to polluted water, comprising: a tank containing a liquid to be oxygenated, said liquid having a free surface; a vertical tubular column having a lower inlet and an upper outlet, said column being immersed, in use, in said liquid to be oxygenated, said upper outlet extending, in use, below the free surface of the liquid; a pump connected to said lower inlet and adapted to draw the liquid into said tubular column through said lower inlet and to pump it upwardly to said upper outlet; a liquid deflector substantially in the form of an inverted cone, said deflector extending through said outlet coaxially with said column, being, in use, at least partially immersed and diverting the liquid flowing vertically through said column in a substantially radial direction with respect to said column; a laminating plate located above said deflector and, in use, approximately level with the free surface of the liquid, said laminating plate having a central opening coaxial with said column, said opening being smaller than said laminating plate; an upper axial gas intake conduit fixed to said laminating plate, coaxial and communicating with said central opening; and means supported by said intake conduit for adjusting the axial position of said deflector relatively to said column, wherein said means for adjusting comprises at least one threaded shank connected to said deflector and coaxial with said intake conduit, a threaded hub cooperating with said at least one shank and arranged coaxially in said intake conduit, and an annular ring having radial spokes fixed to said hub, said ring being fixed to said laminating plate in the central opening thereof.

Claim 4

An apparatus for admixing a gas to a liquid, in particular for admixing oxygen to polluted water, comprising: a tank containing a liquid to be oxygenated, said liquid having a free surface; a vertical tubular column having a lower inlet and an upper outlet, said column being immersed, in use, in said liquid to be oxygenated, said upper outlet extending, in use, below the free surface of the liquid; a pump connected to said lower inlet and adapted to draw the liquid into said tubular column through said lower inlet and to pump it upwardly to said upper outlet; a liquid deflector substantially in the form of an inverted cone, said deflector extending through said outlet coaxially with said column, being, in use, at least partially immersed and diverting the liquid flowing vertically through said column in a substantially radial direction with respect to said column; a laminating plate located above said deflector and, in use, approximately level with the free surface of the liquid, said laminating plate having a central opening coaxial with said column, said opening being smaller than said laminating plate; an upper axial gas intake conduit fixed to said laminating plate, coaxial and communicating with said central opening; and means supported by said intake conduit for adjusting the axial position of said deflector relatively to said column, wherein said means for adjusting comprises at least one threaded shank connected to said deflector and coaxial with said intake conduit, a threaded hub cooperating with said at least one shank and arranged coaxially in said intake conduit, and an annular ring having radial spokes fixed to said hub, said ring being fixed to said laminating plate in the central opening thereof.