of Liquids.
Year: 1888

page_text: of Liquids.
I WILLIAM EDWIN HEYS of 70 Market Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster
Consulting Engineer
This invention relates to apparatus employed in the pulverisation of liquids and
these Improvements consist in a special construction and arrangement of such
apparatus and in the construction and combination of its details or elements.
The liquid is delivered under pressure to a tube, nozzle or jet (tuyau pipeur) which
is capable of rotation about its axis and from thence it is directed upon a surface
which reflects decomposes and directs the jets. The part of the liquid which remains
unatomized falls into a gutter through which it may be conducted to a suitable vessel.
The whole apparatus, or the tube nozzle or pipe only, may have an alternate motion
in the direction of its longitudinal axis.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus Employed
of Liquids.
1, WILLIAM EDWIN HEYS of 70 Market Street Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Consulting Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This Invention relates to apparatus employed in the atomisation of liquids.
A number of apparatus in which brushes, felts, compressed air or steam are employed
are at present in use in the textile industries, in the manufacture of tinted and other
papers, and for disinfecting and other purposes with the object of applying to the
fabric, tissue, or other article, water. mordanting or disinfecting fluids, dye liquors,
solutions of glue and other liquids in the form of fine spray, mist or dew. Nearly all
the apparatus for this purpose which are at present in use are of complicated con-
struction and give rise to annoyance and inconvenience in work because of the
difficulty of keeping them clean and in repair; further, none of them are satisfactory
in the more important matter of uniformity or regularity of work.
These Improvements have for their object the construction of an apparatus which
will keep in working order, and the operation of which will be exact, simple, and
certain and which will moreover permit the increase or diminution at will of the fluid
supply, the fineness and quantity of the spray, and distribute it equally upon the
surface to be damped without the formation of little drops and trails of liquid which
are often so injurious to the finish of the article operated on.
In the accompanying. drawings, to which reference is hereafter made, Fig. 1
illustrates a vertical transverse section of the apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a front view of
the machine partly in elevation and partly in section.
The apparatus consists of a tube A which is capable of being rotated around the
axis, and which is furnished along its length with a series of small jets a. These small
jets may be furnished with cocks or taps as indicated in the drawings. Opposite to
the openings of the small jets a is placed a reflecting surface B C, and underneath the
tube is a gutter D.,
The liquid to be pulverized is forced under pressure into the tube A and issues
from the small jets a in very fine parallel streams. These streams strike against the
surface BC and the spray which is thereby produced is projected in the direction BC
and strikes against the fabric or other material which has to be treated as represented
in Fig. 1, while the rest of the liquid which is not converted into fine spray or mist.
falls into the gutter D which is emptied through the opening d. The amount of spray
or mist which follows the direction B C and falls upon the fabric, may be varied by
turning the-pipo A- upon its axis and thus altering the angle at which the streams
issuing from the jets strike upon the reflecting surface.
The regular and equal division and distribution of the mist or spray depends chiefly
upon the number of the jets or openings a and upon their section, and the object of

page_text: the inventor is to combine the greatest regularity in the distribution of the spray with
the minimum number of openings. To accomplish this, the tube A only, or as shown
in the drawings, the apparatus consisting of the tube A, the reflecting surfaces B C
and the gutter D, is suspended by two rods E E and have a swinging motion imparted
to them by means of the crank pin operated by the bevil wheels F and the
pulley G.
As shown in the drawings the material to be sprinkled may be supplied to the
apparatus from the roller H and after passing in front of the sprinkler is wound upon
the roller I, which may be driven by the main shaft K through the medium of the two
friction rollers L L. By this method of driving the roller I, the fabric is drawn past
the pulveriser at a constant speed. The pulley G may also be driven from the
shaft K.
It will be understood that two of the sprinklers or pulverisors may be combined if
desired, so that both sides of the material may he operated upon at once.
my
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said-Invention
and in what manner the same. is to be performed, as, communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
(1) In my apparatus for atomising or pulverising liquids; a tube furnished with
jets and capable of being turned upon its axis, a reflecting surface opposed to the jets,
and a gutter for receiving the unpulverised liquid; all constructed arranged and
operated substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
(2) In an apparatus for atomising or pulverising liquids; the combination and
arrangement of a tube furnished with jets and capable of being moved around its axis,
a reflecting surface, and a gutter; the tube only or the tube reflector and gutter being
suspended and having a swinging motion imparted thereto by means of a crank pin or
similar device; substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and as.
illustrated by the appended drawings.
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