Improvements in Apparatus and Means for Ventilating Sewers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 13th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 20th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus and Means for Ventilating Sewers.
I JOSEPHI EDMUND WEBB of 372 Witton Road Aston Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Builder and Contractor do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to means for ventilating sewers for which purpose I
arrange the tube or passage for the escape of the sewer gas to extend from the sewer
to a vertical column or shaft which may be erected where so preferred in the street
or road to act as a lamp or burner.
The upper part of said column or shaft is arranged with a specially formed
burner the coal gas or other suitable gas being led thereto by a suitable pipe
passing up within said column or shaft and extending from a meter or other
supply.
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The said burner is formed with two annular tubes one situated a distance above
the other and supported by vertical or oblique tubes all of which receive any
suitable number of small burners or nipples fixed at an angle so as to play the
flames laterally and so arranged that the sewer gas must pass through the same
and be burnt previous to escaping from the column or shaft.
In a modification my improved burner is arranged in the form of a coil with any
number of nipples or burners extending from the inner side of said coil and so
arranged that the gases from the sewer pass between the centre of said coil and
through the flames.
I prefer to arrange a conical hood at the top of burner so as to regulate the
draught.
Dated this 12th day of June 180°
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I. Mech. E.,
Commercial Street, Sheffield, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus and Means for Ventilating Sewers.
I JOSEPH EDMUND WEBB, of 372 Witton Road Aston, Birmingham, in the
County of Warwick, Builder and Contractor, 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 means for ventilating sewers, for which purpose I
employ the arrangement as set forth in the accompanying drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of my improvements, and Fig. 2 an enlarged
sectional elevation of a modified detail of said invention.
Like marks of reference denote corresponding parts in each view. I arrange the
tube or passage A, which is employed for the escape of the sewer gas, to extend
from the sewer B, to a vertical column or shaft C, which may be erected where so
preferred, in the street or road to act as a lamp post. The upper part of the
column or shaft C, is arranged with a specially formed burner D, the coal gas or
other suitable inflamable element being conducted or conveyed thereto, by a
suitable supply pipe p, passing preferably up within the column or shaft C as
shown, and extending from a meter M or other supply. The gas burner D may
be formed with two annular tubes d', one situated a distance above the other,
and supported by vertical or oblique tubes d, all of which receive a suitable
number of small burners or nipples ³, which are fixed at an angle so as to play
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page_text: the flames laterally, or radially in such a manner that the sewer gas is obliged to
pass through the same, before escaping out of the top of the column C as shown at
Fig. 1; or my improved burner may be arranged in the form of a coil d', (see
Fig. 2) having any number of nipples or small burners d³, extending laterally or
radially on the inner side of said coil, and so arranged that the gases from the
sewer pass between the centre of said coil, and through the flames before escaping
into the atmosphere; and I prefer to arrange a conical hood H, over each
burner D; and where preferred to use the apparatus as a street or other lamp,
to fit glass or other transparent material G, around the burner D, as shown at
Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1. The combination of a burner D, with a sewer gas escape passage, and so
arranged that the sewer gas is compelled to pass through flame or flames before its
escape to the atmosphere, substantially as described and illustrated at Figs. 1 and 2
of the accompanying drawings.