The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-22
CLAIMS IN Or. ROYcE,s AIR PATENTS.
DIVISION 4, 80. ID.

The object of my pneumatic apparatus Is TO
charge or nil reservoirs or cOndultS Win COM
pressed sriform bodies by means OF some some
known mechanical power. The force-puinps
A. AZ, refrgerating-pipes + I" +" f",', ana
main reservoir are stationary, as shown N tue
drawing, and the com pressed gaseous mediums
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, and
the proper valves and valve-gearing and ap-
pendageS. BY means Of my invention the COM
pressed gaseous bodies can be used the pur-
poses of transmitting power, and TO reproduce
some considerable portion OF the power re-
Quired for the compression, at 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 for the purpose, and with or
without the addition of heat, 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 lo-
eomotion or navigation as well as FOR operating
machinery.
The condenser may consist OF one or more
cylinders and pistOnS, OF cOncentrlc cylinders
worked by any power and diScharging the con-
densed fluid into a reservoir or through pipes
for use, as 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 a reservoir for the purpose
OF being used as means OF storing and trans
mitting power beyond the apparatus itself by
means OF a pump or condenser, com bined with
the means OF absorbing the heat evolved in the
process OF compression, and with a reservoir
ting the power confined in the compressed me-
diums or impaired by the cOndensing apparat-
us, substantially as described.
2. The employment OF a main reservoir filed
with gaseous mediums compressed by means
Of pumps or 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 compressed mediums or impaired by
the condensed apparatus, substantially as de-
scribed.
J The use of metallic reservoirs, pipes, tubes,
and other accompanying mechanism, coated
table gums, resins, oils or extracts, when filed
with compressed mediums, TO prevent the es-
cape of the gaseous bodies through the pores OF
the investing metal as above described.
4. The use of the refrigerating OF 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-
scribed.
). The use of the hollow piston with suitable
valves and connections, for the purpose Of
through the piston and connections, for the
purpose and in the manner set forth.
{. The combination of reservoir OF COM
pressed gaseous mediums by means of tubes or
pipes OF any suitable material with stOp-cOcks
valves and other proper connections and ap-
pendages, through and by means OF which the
power confined IN the compressed mediums
may be drawn of for use and for the purpose OF
Transmitting power TO machinery outside OF
the condensing apparatus.
In testimony whereof, etc, etc.
PATENT NO. 5,902. DIVISION B-CLAINf.
/. The serial compression, whether effected
simultaneously, by two or more com pressors,
in gang, by nrSt charging one or more reser-
voiTs, then transferring that condensed matter
through the same compreSsOTS, and adding
greater condensation before again entering a
reservoir or canduit, and the privilege of facil-
ity TO refrigerate anywhere at any stage of con-
densatiOn, either by immersion OF any or all
parts OF the apparatus, or by the other mode
stated.
2 The said apparatus and mechanism, and
the several parts thereof, claimed in the
other division Of my reiSSued patent, when
used 10 produce cooling, disinfecting, or thera-
peutic and chemical effect by infuSfng into the
atmosphere Of the Sick-rOOm or the wards of
hospitals or other Enclosures (alsO the couches
or mattresses on which sick persons or invalids
recline) compressed air or other gases and vap-
Ors, singly, or combined in due proportions, 70
the special diseases or cases being treated, on
insulated bedsteadS or bedding, il desirable, to
subtract electricity or calOrc from the patient
through the absorbing quality Of expanding
air or vapOT.
In testimony whereof, etc. 2-4l-ly