Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-08-11
THE AEROPHOR.
A Continuance for Producing Atmos-
pheric Moisture in Cotton Mills.


A Continuance for Producing Atmos-
pheric Moisture in Cotton Mills.
1t is of the first Importance in textile
factories to have u continuous and
equable degree of atmospheric moist
ure. In spinning sheds a large amount
of FRACTIONAL electricity is generated by
the running Of the spindles and of the
machinery generally, and this clectrici-
/ ty, if it be not absorbed by moisture i'm
the air, has an injurious effect upon the
! yarns and fibers In weaving sheds n
humid atmosphere is of equal impor-
/ lance, otherwise there is "A continual
! breaking of threads and other preiudi-
cial occurrences. The necessary difTu-
/ sion of moisture has hitherto been Sc
/ cured at the expense Of the comfort,
and even the health, of the factory
hands, by the projection of steam into
the atmosphere and by dampening the
! floors with water. In either case dam
age is caused to the machinery and
buildings, while an unhealthy atmos-
! phere is created, in which the opera
tives- are obliged to work.
In order to obviate all this the
aerophor has been invented by a Ger
man engineer, and is largely in use in
Germany. The aerophor is an appa-
ratus for distributing moisture in the
form of a very fine water cloud, which
may be either cold or warm. The appa-
ratus, which is not large, contains no
movable parts, and a single high press
ure pump can work anynumber of aero
/ II,
just under the ceiling at given points,
| consists of two separate nozzles one
for prOpelling the air by creating an in
duced current and the other for moist
ening it. A jet Of water under pressure
is projected through a horizontal noz-
Zle into Il casing in which there is
vertical nozzle. The jet from the hori-
zOntal nozzle causes the induced cur
rent of air to act upon the water enter
ing the casing at its upper part through
the vertical nozzle. The water is passed
into the atmosphere in the form of a
fine, diffusive cloud, the large drops of
water being caught and retained by the
apparatus.
The aerophor will only project into
the atmosphere such particles of water
as are capable Of being absorbed inn
mediately, so that damage to the
machinery or fabric is impossible. In
the same way, the atmosphere not
being supersaturated, there is no injury
to health installations Of this inven-
ton have recently been put up in
several Lancashire mills, one of which,
belonging to the Hurst Mills company
AshtOn-under-Lyne was recently in
spected by a number OF mill owners
and other gentlemen interested in the
production of textile fabrics In the
shed inspected there were 46S looms
out of the 2, 100 at work in the mill.
The moistening is there successfully
performed by eleven aerophors while
ventilation is aided by an aerophor
ventilatOr. The recording instruments
showed the temperature to be rs dogs.
Fahrenheit with rs per cent. ofmoisture.
Inquiries of the manager and of several
of the operatives elected but one
answer, and that was one of thorough
satisfaction. Mr.. Osborne, one of her
maiesty's inspectors of factories, was
present, and stated that the aerophor
met the requirements of the govern
ment and was boon to the operatives.
He observed that the aerophor, or any
similar apparatus efficiently effecting
the same object, was greatly wanted in
textile factories. Public Opinion.