The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-10-03
CLAIMS IN DR.. ROYcE'S AIR PATENTS.
DIVISION 4, no. 5,3Ol.

The object OF my pneumatic apparatus is 10
charge or fill reservoirs or cnhduitS win com
preSSed serifOm bodies by means Of some
known mechanical power. The force-pumps
A. A., refrigeTating-pipeS 4 I" ~ f'.', ana
main reservoir are stationary, as SHOWN IN lhe
drawing and the compressed gaseous mediums
are transferred from the fOTce-pump OF pumps
or main pipes, or from this fixed main reSer-
VOfr by means of pipes, tubes, StOp-cOckS, ana
the proper valves and yalVe-gearing and ap-
pendages. BY means OF my invention the COM
,,r.assaI ,aseOllS bodies can be used Tor the pur
poses Of transmitting power, and TO reproduce
some considerable portion Of the power re-
quired for the compression, AZ the extremity OF
the conduit from the condenser or main reSer-
vOir at any desired locality, within any reason
able distance. through any of the convenient
forms OF steam engine or pumps or other mech
-aniSm suitable Tor the purpose ana Win OF
without the addition Of heat, as may be re-
auirctI: or bv detachlng the reservoir from the
condenser the power contained IN the COM
pr,ss.,I ali may be used for the purposes OF To-
cOmOtiOn or navigation as well as Tor operating
machinery.
cylinders and piStOnS, Of COncentrc cylinders
worked by any power and discharging the con-
denScd fluid Into a reservoir or through pipes
for use as aforesaid
What claim as nay invention, and desire 10
secure by letters patent of the United states, Is:
/ The method of compreSSing or packing
gaseous mediums in a reservoir for the purpose
Of being used as a means of storing and trans
mitting power beyond the apparatus itself by
means az Il puulu or condenser. combined with
the means OF absorbing the heat evolved in the
fir,,.sssS of -,,Inprts~iC,u and with a reservoir
ting the power confined in the compressed me-
diuIns or impaired by the cOndensing apparat-
us substantially as described.
> The employment OF main reservoir hlied
with gaseous mediums compressed by means
OF pumps or other cOndensing apparatus, ana
fitted with suitable pipes iuDeSr stop-cOcksI
valves, valyt-tse;Iring, and appendageS Tor the
purpOSe of storing, retaining, distributing and
transmitting, Tor Use outside Of the condensing
apparatus or mechanism the power confined
in the compressed mediums or impaired by
the condensed apparatus, substantially as de-
3 The use Of metallic reservoirs, pipes, tubes,
and other accompanying mechanism, coated
on the inside with ctOSe-srained metals, yege-
table gums, resins, oils or extracts, When hIied
with compressed MEDIUMS, 10 prevent the eS-
/ cape OF the gaseous bodies through the pores OF
| the Investing metal as above described.
| l. The use of the refrigerating or cooling ap-
paratuS with the cylinder IN which the gaseous
power when combined with the cylinder elth-
er externally or internally, substantially as de-
| scribed.
! :. The use Of the hollow piston with suitable
valves and connections, for the purpose OF
/ causing a current of cool fluid 10 circulate
! through the piston and connections, for the
| purpose and in the manner set forth.
/ 8. The combination Of reservoir of COM
I pressed gaseous mediums by means OF tubes or
pipes OF any Sult1blr material, win stOp-cocks,
valves and other proper connections and ap-
pendSgcs, through and by means OF which the
power confined in tile compressed mediums
may De- drawn on for use and for the purpose OF
/ Transmitting power 10 machinery outside of
] the cOndrn~iug apparatus.
In testimony whereof, etc, etc.
PATENT NO. 5,sG DIVISION B-CLAINI.
/ ]. The serial compression, whether effected
simultaneously, by two or more cOmpresSOrS,
in gang, hy FIRST charging -One or more reSer-
vOirs, then transferring thar condensed matter
through the same cOmpreSSOrS, and adding
| greater cQndenSatiOn before again entering a
reservoir or clnduit, and the privilege of facil-
fty 10 refri igerIte anywhere n any stage of con-
densJtiOn. either 10y immersion Of any or all
parts Of the apparatus, or by the other mode
l stated.
| ,. The said apparatus and mechanism, and
the several plTt- thereof, as claimed in the
other division Of my reiSSued patent, when
used 10 produce cooling, diSintecting, or thera-
peutic and chemical effect by infuSing into the
latmoSphcrr OF the Sicil-rOOm or the wards OF
hospitals or other Enclosures (alSo the cOuches
| or mattresses on which sick persons or invalids
| reclinc) mprcSScd air or other gases and vap-
orS. Singly, or combined IN due proportions, 10
the special diseases or eases being treated, on
insulated bedSteads or bedding, IL desirable, "a
subtract electricity or Caluric from the patient
through the absorbing quatity Of expanding
air or vapor.
! In testimony whereof, etc. 2-4l-ly