Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-26
4 NEW INVENTION.
4 Design for Cooling Railway
Coaches.

Design for Cooling Railway
Coaches.
A Kansas City man has invented a sys-
TEN for cooling railway coaches with COM
pressed air, says the Memphis Commercial
The management of the Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Memphis road have become inter-
ested in the invention and General Super
intendent Fagan's private car was placed
at the disposal of II. G. Orr, the inventor
and 4 thorough test is now being made.
The following Is description Of the inven-
ton.
The temperature in the coaches is cooled
with compressed air and can DE regulated
To any degree. The average reduction will
probably be from 20 degrees down to % de-
grees. Absolute ventilation is obtained by
excluding al impurities from the air such
as cinderS. dust ard smoke The air is
compressed with the air pump, and is con-
Quoted from the pump on the engine into
the water tank by means of rubber or iron
pipes. The interior of the tank is fitted out
with coiled pipes. which enter a small sub
tank at the rear Of and inside of the engine
tank The air is pumped into the small
tank and passing through the water is puri-
fled and the heat with all impurities Is
taken from il. The extraction of the heat
leaves the air ut freezing point. and in
this state il is forced through pipes from
the tank into the cars.
The coaches are equipped with either 4
set of pipes or with Il reservoir. The Mem
phis coach has the reservoir placed in the
forward end. The air is forced into this
reservoir from which it is allowed to per-
colate through the coach, and when impure
is taken out by means of an exhaust fan at
the rear, which is operated by the COM
pressed air. The water cooler is also fitted
out with 4 coil of pipe and the water Is
.saaaed with the air instead of ice. Another
feature. ana one which is intended more
for ornament than anything else, rs it is not
a necessity, is portable fan which can be
placed in any part of the car and is run by
means of the compressed air. II distrib-
uteS the cold air and is designed especially
for the Smoking-room.
The temperature of the coaches can be
reduced 10 almost freezing on the hottest
day, and the traveller who has suffered in 4
hot and sitting car on summer day will
certainly be able 10 appreciate the inven-
ton. The cool temperature Is obtained
from the compressed air run through the
water,and no chemicals oriammonia is used
There are no sudden or strong gusts or
draughts. as with AL electric fan, and in
stead of the draught beng all in one partic-
SSSsr place, the air flows gently through the
coach, coming fresh and cold from the res
ervoir. The invention applies not only to
one coach. but ten cars can be cooled as
easily as one. The cost of equipping a
train is light. and without doubt il will
only be a short time until all of the leading
in the country will have their
trains equipped with the coolers, and the
traveller will be able TO board train on the
hottest day and be more comfortable than
at home
1t is theintention TO apply the invention
to houses also, and any room in the house
can be kept at a low temperature during the
entire summer
That the test will prove complete sue