The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-16
TO COMPRESS AIR CHEAPLY.
BOSTON INVENTOR THINKS HE HAS
SOLVED 4 DIFEICULT PROBLEM.
Applies the Law OF Gravity by Running n
Heavy Wheel Over Pistons of n Series
of Diametrically Paired Cylindcrs-lse-
suits ut One-Eighth tho Present Cost.

APPLIES the Law of Gravity by Running n
Heavy Wheel Over Pistous of n Series
of Diametrically Paired Cylindcrs-lte-
suits vt One-Eighth tho Present Cost.
DosToY. July 12.-By the new application Of
a principle In mechanics q young Swede In this
city believes he will rsvolutoni2s existing
methods Of comDresSiug air. Tho inventor
Mr.. K. D. Il. TeXtorus, a graduate OF the Uni
vorsity Of Stockholm, and a mechanical
draughtsman by profession. For seven years
tho machine has been developed until now it Is
almost readytJ be put upon the market at a mo-
ment when air power is one Of the most alb
sOrblng subjects OF study hy engineers and
capitalists Patent rights covering every point
have been secured in this country aud are
pending abroad.
The governmental machine ia IN n room UP
under the skylsht OF tall Office building on
fremont street. and very few. outside the in
ventor and friend who has financial inter-
est have seon it. The model is small. It's -iae
was fixed by the limited dimensions of what
snare room there was in a little ha bedroom IN
South Ind lodging house. whore The machine
was started some years ago. ii tho room had
teen larger. 50 would tho mnchin, have been.
IN thus little lodging room Mr. 1rAtortus filed
and pounded and lifted until the first machine
was ready to BE started. As h. was employed
hy day, all this work had to he done ut n sht.
Just ut the moment when the generator de-
moust rated its success by blowing the weight
of the safety valve. letting it fall on tho floor
with a bang. the other iodgcrs and the landlaty
insisted that Mr. TeXtorius was disturbing
c!cmen' and he had to leave tho house. Then
he went t. the fremont street room. into
which he put the machine and his friends put
a folding he'd. Tho inventor lad little use for
the latter. however. and traded 1t for desk. Mt
which he could work out his plans UrdisturNed
hy any DIES re- 10 SIC hgIo we noara,hEii
| house product was trnmcl ana rruued ana
! Z aft"d uron until the MACHINE AZ II stands TO-
! day was tlNi"hel. Then Mr. TeNtorus went
| abroad 20 study foreign methods OF AIR com;
precision. and. after several mouths OF careful
: Investigations, returned last December fully
! convinced Of the srreriority OF his invention.
/ Mr. IcXtorius was employed by company
| making u specially of heating and Nenti.ntlnE
| to draw plans FOR furnishing fresh mir in stated
| amounts and Temperatures TO large, numbers
OF people. The study of this Irohl"m IN lts
many phases hatulaI!y Led I'm to me study OF
! Inn at the outset was the great cost Of exist
i ing methods, TO COMPRESS the ar slowly in
| It cold and then heat it as quickly as
I9,s.be when wanted fer m'. are t,mEs
lnS '' from - 10 h. Expenditure OF given
! Sir. Tcxiorlus's model says that large ma
chine built On Tie same incs WoMa @n,aia
f! tho or4ar y mcthoi II the Ieory is borne
out III practice, the great va ne OF the invention
! can he seen at once IN these DAYS OF com.
pressed air street cars. Automobiles and liquid
| air for refrgerat inGand other purposes. Com.
preston is the first stage in tho prn pction Of
| !luid air. and an economical methgI Of com
! preston vii! be hailed with delight ~ the
/ manufacturers
| Interesting IN many ways. Nn a iitlio plat
/ form are thee mach ucs-th" ajr-rDwcr en-
ginr. the ar-rower generator ana IL little
light circuit. Note the procession Of forces:
. FRS he Mr-l""cr engine; lack Of that IN an
La, L,tis ia hIA ,tr
| OF that the electric N tor; then the dynamo.
miles away. driven hy the enTlne. and that 10
the rrmal power stored in the coal for count
less centuries To reduce the cost OF THIS
| process Of evolution. from the pOwcr 10 the
coal to the air power In pines or in, steel bot
ties, is one Of the great mechanical problems
Tie revolutionary principle In Mr.. Tex
torin7's machine is the app'lcation OF ne law
II gravity bv the use 81 hlE wheel called an
most equally revo,uIiOuarY. IL that II acts upon
II multiple series o. cylinders arranged ~, q
circi" and tied together Ia uairs on tn" walk
Ing team principle. There are many htua
n,iceurs q adjustment and Application that, IN
theory at least. do much 10 perfect tho machine.
Some Of them can 10 appreciated by even, tho
layEaea A. E,aaee The fyind"ra are long
preston and the maiutenanco of a low tenn
perUture OF the air during compression. The
actua'oris 50 controlled by haIa9crs that tne
low point Is always Just ahead OF II. aud the
two big balance wheels help by their forward
trend us wei rs their momentum.
| torius- Howard air-powcr generator consists 81
! u series Of pumps, eight. ton, Twelve, sixteen
| twrrty-iUur or more. mounted on bed plate
! arranged IN circle aud coupled in nlamet'
| rirully opposite pair1. Thus, as one piston il
, at It's low point itS mate j. at Il, high pom,
! and all tho others are at work. either admitting
! free air or COMPRISING he air admit leu al .
| former point oil the stroke, Free air is adj
mlttcd through an aperture 70 each cylinder
and tho compressed air is delivered into Z
comm"m niGe: through which passes con
In tho centre ot the circle at pumps 10 a shat
| driven by the prime mover. which may, u
course, be a steam, engine, water wheel 81
! electric motor. To the TOP Of this shaft Is At
tarh"d. for powPr for compression, heavy
wheel. TO which the Inventor has given IN,
| nnire "actuator." This rptntcs around the
, "irrn ot purpS, running upOn \ fiat ring, 70
I the lower aldo - which are attached the top'
| of the piston rods In the PuinuS. The weight
! Of the HctuGtor trdusmitS the necessary Uowc'
| or compression 10 the pistOns In very uniform
| and economical manner
| For the governing device there Ia an outside
| circular track on which run two wheels. aud
/ on shafts 10 which these two arc connected
there are two large and heavy wheels situated