The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-26
CLAIMS IN DR.. RuYCE's AIR PATENTS,
DIVISION A, NO. 5,sOl.

The object Of my pneumatic apparatus is 10
charge or nil reservoirs or cOndultS Win com
pressed serifOrm bodies by means of some
known mechanical power. The fOrce-pumps
A. A.. refrigerRting-pipes r I" Z" f'i', and
main reservoir are stationary, as SHOWN ia @ Ihe
drawing, and the compressed gaseous medluIns
are transferred from the fOrce-pump or pumps
or main pipes, or from this fixed main reser-
vOir BY means OF pipes, tubes, StOp-cOckS, ana
the proper valves and Valve-gearing and ap-
pendageS. BY means Of my invention the COM
pressed gaseous bodies can be used Tor the pur-
poses Of transmitting power, and 10 reproduce
some considerable portion OF the power re-
quired for the compression, at the extremity OF
the conduit from the condenser or main reseT-
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 for the purpose, ana with or
without the addition of heat, as may be re-
quired; or by detaching the reservoir from the
condenser the power contained in the COM
pressed air may be used for the purposes of To-
comotion or navigation as We'll as Tor operating
machinery.
The condenser may consist Of one or more
cylinders and plstons, OF eoncentric cylinders
worked by any power and discharging the con-
densed fluid into a reservoir or through pipes
for use, S aforesaid.
What / claim as my invention, and desire to
secure by letters patent OF the United states is:
!. The method of COMPRISING or packing
/ gaseous mediums in reservoir for the purpose
| of being used a means of storing and trans
hitting power beyond the apparatus itself by
means OF pump or condenser, combined with
/ the means OF absorbing the heat evolved in the
/ process Of compression, and with a reservoir
and conduit suitable Tor holding ana transmit
/ ting the power confined in the compressed me-
diums OF impaired by the condensing apparat-
us, substantially as described.
, The employment OF a main reservoir hiled
with gaseous mediums compressed by means
OF pumps OF other condensing apparatus, and
fitted with suitable pipes, tubes. stOp-cOcks,
valves, valve-gearing, and appendages for the
purpose Of storing, retaining, distributing and
transmitting, for use outside Of the condensing
apparatus or mechanism the power confined
in the pressed mediums or impaired by
the condensed apparatus, substantially as de-
scribed.
& The use Of metallic reservoirs, pipes, tubes,
and other accompanying mechanism, coated
on the inside with clOse-grained metals, vege-
table gums. resins, oils or extracts, when filed
with compressed mediums to prevent the es-
cape of the ga eOus bodies through the pores OF
the investing metal as above described.
4. The use of the refrigerating or cooling ap-
paratus with the cylinder In which the gaseous
mediums are condensed for the purposes Of
power, when combined with the cylinder eth
er externally or internally, substantially as de-
scrtbed-
valves and connections, Tor the purpose OF
causing current of cool fluid to circulate
through the piston and connections, for the
purpose and in the manner set forth.
6. The combination of a reservoir of COM
pressed gaseous mediums by means of tubes or
pipes Of any suitable material, with stOp-cocks,
pendagcS, through and by means Of which the
power confined in the compressed mediums
may be drawn on Tor use and Tor the purpose OF
transmitting power to machinery outside OF
the cOndenSing apparatus.
In testimony whereof, etc, etc
PATENT No. 5,sO2 DIVISION B-CLAIM.
l. The serial impression, whether effected
simultaneously, by two or more cOmpressOrs,
in gang, by first charging one or more reser-
vOiTS, then transferring that condensed matter
through the same cOmpresSOrs, and adding
greater condensation before again entering q
reservoir or canduit, and the privilege Of facil-
ity TO refrigerate anywhere at any stage of con-
deusatiOn, either by immersion of any or all
parts Of the apparatus, or by the other mode
stated.
,. The said apparatus and mechanism, and
the several parts thereof, as claimed in the
other division of my reissued patent, when
used to produce cooling disinfecting, or thera-
peutic and chemical effect by infuSing into the
atmosphere of the Sick-rOOm or the wards of
hospitals or other Enclosures talSO the cOuches
or mattresses ON which sick persons or invalids
reclinel compressed air or other gases and vap-
Ors, ,singly, or combined in due proportions, TO
the special diseases or eases being treated, on
insulated bedsteads OF bedding, if desirable, to
subtract electricity or CalOric from the patient,
through the absorbing quality Of expanding
air NapOr.
In testimony whereof, etc. 24I-ly