IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPARATUS FOR MOISTENING AND COOLING AIR, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR SPINNING AND OTHER MILLS AND PLACES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Clayton Mewburn, of 169, Fleet Street, in the City
of London, Patent Agent and Consulting Engineer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPARATUS FOR MOISTENING AND COOLING AIR,
ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR SPINNING AND OTHER MILLS AND PLACES."
A communication from abroad by Paul Pacher von Theinburg, of Vienna,
Austria
Sealed the 12th August 1879, and dated the 22nd-February 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Clayton Mewburn at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd February 1879.
JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN, of 169, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent
Agent and Consulting Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPARATUS FOR
MOISTENING AND COOLING AIR, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR SPINNING AND
OTHER MILLS AND PLACES." [A communication from abroad by Paul Pacher von
Theinburg, of Vienna, Austria.]
The object of this Invention is to provide means for moistening the air in
spinning or other mills or places where humidity or coolness is desirable.
This object is effected by leading a blast or current in a perpendicular direction
or nearly so against a thin jet or jets of water or other liquid, whereby the liquid
will be dispersed in very minute particles, and will become suspended in and
moisten the air.
In carrying out this Invention, a vessel of suitable form may be placed within
another vessel in such a manner that an annular space is formed between, the
vessels through which the blast or current is directed.
The first mentioned vessel is provided with an adjustable lid, which by screw and
nut may be pressed upon the rim of this vessel; water or other liquid under
pressure is forced continuously into this vessel; as soon as the latter is filled the
liquid will escape between the lid and the rim of the vessel in a thin circular jet,
and this jet will be reduced and dispersed in the form of very minute particles or
fine spray by the blast or current which passes through the annular space formed
by the two vessels. This arrangement may of course be varied without departing
from the main feature of the Invention, which consists essentially in forcing a
current of air through one or more horizontal thin jets of water or other liquid,
whereby the latter is dispersed in very minute particles or fine spray, for the
purpose of moistening or cooling the air in spinning or other mills or places.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Clayton Mewburn in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th August 1879.
JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN, of 169, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent
Agent and Consulting Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND APPARATUS FOR
MOISTENING AND COOLING AIR, ESPECIALLY APPLICABLE FOR SPINNING AND
OTHER MILLS AND PLACES." A communication from abroad by Paul Pacher von
Theinburg, of Vienna, Austria.
The object of this Invention is to secure the thorough moistening of the air in
spinning or other mills or places where humidity or coolness is desirable.
Figure 1 of the annexed Drawing is a central vertical section, and Figure 2 is a
horizontal section through the line X, X, of Figure 1 (looking from the underside)
of an apparatus constructed in accordance with this Invention.
A is a vessel made of any convenient material, and supported by the arms a, b,
c, d, within the vessel B in such a manner that an annular space is left between :
the tops of the two vessels. One of these arms, viz., that marked d, is made
hollow, and through this water under pressure is forced into the vessel A, which is
provided with a lid or cover C. The latter may be more or less pressed down upon
its rim by a screw E and nut D. The screw spindle E may be fixed in the bottom
of the vessel A. or otherwise.
The water forced into the vessel A. will, after this vessel has become full, escape
between the lid and the rim in flat thin circular jets, and these jets will be reduced
and dispersed in the form of very minute particles or fine spray by a blast or
current produced by a fan or blowing engine or otherwise, and which passes into
the vessel B, and escapes through the annular space formed between the two
vessels.
It is obvious that in this way the air can easily and in a continuous manner be
moistened and cooled, and that by adjusting or regulating the pressure of the lid, a
constant and uniform degree of moisture may be attained. The apparatus may be
employed for cooling buildings, ships, railway carriages, &c.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,-
The construction and employment for moistening and cooling air in spinning and
other mills and places, of apparatus acting substantially in the manner hereinbefore
described and represented in the aunexed Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Clayton Mewburn, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of August, One thousand eight
hundred and seventy nine.
DANINTYAY