An Improved Apparatus for Moistening Air and other Gases.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan., 1894-Accepted, 3rd Mar., 1894
An Improved Apparatus for Moistening Air and other Gases.
I, SERGIUS RESCHETNIKOFF, of 24 and 25 Iljinka, Moscow, in the Empire
of Russia, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
My invention relates to an apparatus designed for moistening air and other,
gases.
This apparatus comprises a cylinder made of sheet iron or other suitable material
which remains open at its upper end while at the centre of its bottom a circular,
aperture is provided for the introduction of the air or other gas, which may be
effected by a fan.
In the interior of the aforesaid cylinder I provide a network or the like covered
with wire gauze or other suitable fabric. Above this fabric terminates the water
inlet pipe carrying a rose or sprinkler from which the water passes in the form of
fine jets on to the said fabric in the opposite direction to that of the current of air
or other gas.
In its passage through the said fabric the air or other gas comes in contact with
the water spread out as a thin stratum on the fabric and carries it away in the form
of almost invisible drops into the upper part of the apparatus. Here the air or
other gas passes into a conical contraction which deflects it towards the centre,
simultaneously throwing out the comparatively heavy drops of water towards the
fabric, so that they mingle again with the stratum of water and will once more be¿
subjected to the action of the current of air or other gas.
The air or other gas saturated with water but freed from the heavy drops leaves
the apparatus through the upper opening.
An overflow pipe serves for the removal of the excess of water from the fabric,
and a discharge pipe for emptying the apparatus. In order to prevent the water
at the bottom of the cylinder flowing over into the aperture for the introduction of
the air this aperture is provided with a short tube or neck extending upwards to a
suitable height.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Moistening Air and other Gases.
I, SERGIUS RESCHETNIKOFF, of 24 and 25 Iljinka, Moscow, in the Empire
of Russia, 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 :-
My invention relates to an apparatus designed for moistening air and other
gases.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Moistening Air and other Gases.
I, SERGIUS RESCHETNIKOFF, of 24 and 25 Iljinka, Moscow, in the Empire
of Russia, 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 :-
My invention relates to an apparatus designed for moistening air and other
gases.
My said invention
illustrated the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 is a vertical section of my improved apparatus, and
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
This apparatus comprises a cylinder A made of sheet iron or other suitable
material, which remains open at its upper end while at the centre of its bottom B

page_text: a circular aperture is provided for the introduction of the air or other gas, which
may be effected by a fan.
In the interior of the aforesaid cylinder A. I provide a network C or the like
covered with wire gauze or other suitable fabric. Above this fabric terminates the
water inlet pipe E carrying a rose or sprinkler D from which the water passes in
the form of fine jets on to the said fabric in the opposite direction to that of.the
current of air or other gas.
In its passage through the said fabric C the air or other gas comes in contact
with the water spread out as a thin stratum on the fabric and carries it away in a
minutely divided state in the form of almost invisible drops into the upper part of
the apparatus. Here the air or other gas passes into a conical contraction F which
deflects it towards the centre, simultaneously throwing out the comparatively heavy
drops of water towards the fabric, so that they mingle again with the stratum of
water and will once more be subjected to the action of the current of air or
other gas.
The air or other gas saturated with water but freed from the heavy drops leaves
the apparatus through the upper opening.
An overflow pipe G serves for the removal of the excess of water from the fabric,
and a discharge pipe H for emptying the apparatus. In order to prevent the
water at the bottom of the cylinder flowing over into the aperture for the intro-
duction of the air, this aperture is provided with a short tube or neck I extending
upwards to a suitable height.
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 :-
An apparatus for moistening air and other gases, characterized by the arrange-
ment of a stratum of water on the network C, through which the air to be moistened
enters and carries away the water, in a minutely divided state, into the room.
Dated this 30th day of January 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.