A New or Improved Method of and Apparatus for Dispersing or otherwise Removing Fog from the Path of Moving Bodies or Vessels.
Year: 1896

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of and Apparatus for Dispersing or
otherwise Removing Fog from the Path of Moving Bodies
or Vessels.
I FRANK FREY Manufacturer of Electrical Instruments residing at North
East Corner of Avenue C and Harris Avenue Rochester Monroe County State of
New York United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of my said
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 has for its object the raising lowering displacing or dispersing of
fogs mainly in the path of moving bodies or vessels. and it consists in a.novel method
and means of accomplishing the same.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings in which
similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding parts and which
illustrate apparatus suitable for carrying my invention into effect.
Figure 1 represents a view in perspective of a ferry or other vessel in part with
one suitable form of apparatus applied by way of illustration.
Figure 2 is a broken front view of the means, for carrying out, the invention in
the illustration shewn in Figure 1..and
Figure 3 is a broken and partly sectional side view of the same.
Figure 4 is a partly sectional elevation of another form of fog dispersing
apparatus.
Fig. 5 is a side view of the distributing pipe and attached nozzles.
Figure 6 is a plan of one: of the.connections.
Figure 7 is a plan of the hollow base or standard.
To explain the action and operation of my invention, it should first be observed
that a fog is a dense watery vapour exhaled from the earth or from rivers.or lakes
or generated in the atmosphere near, the earth. Thus there is a constant. ascent
of watery particles from. the surface of the earth occasioned by the evaporation
from masses of water and moist bodies and when the air is:saturated with vapour,
the watery particles which continue to rise are, no: longer dissolved:..but remain
suspended in vesicular vapours which form. clouds when they rise to a great.height
and fogs when they hover near the surface of. the earth.
To dissolve or disperse these. fogs or dense atmospheres-heavily-charged-with
vapour or moisture in an economic and effective manner in advance.iof. or around
above moving bodies such as ships or vessels and so forth I produce an artificial
rain or shower of water or other liquid or liquified gas such as carbonic acid gas
or liquid mixed with air of greater density than the constituents of the fog and so
precipitate or otherwise disperse the latter in the path or advance of the moving
body or vessel.
As an illustration by way of explaining how my invention is or may be carried
into practice on a ferry boat or other vessel A erected in front of the boat is an
arched pipe B made high enough to admit of wagons passing beneath itrand of a
width to suit the vessel. This arched pipe is provided with jet pipes C.of reduced
diameter sloping upward and forward distributed over. or .along. it.and..hasan
inlet b.below which may have a hose a fastened to it and the.other end of the hose
secured to, a powerful pump adapted to pass water..under-pressure carbonic acid

page_text: gas or other liquified gases or fluids of the proper density but preferably water as
being both safer and cheaper through the arched pipe B and out through the
angularly arranged jet pipes C to send the ejected water or liquid a considerable
distance ahead and come down like a heavy shower of rain. In this way or by
these means the vapour or aqueous matter held in suspension in the fog is dissolved
precipitated or absorbed so as to cause a removal of the fog. I do not confine myself
to any particular liquid or gas or aeriform fluid or liquid either alone or combined
for accomplishing this.
In Figures 4 to 7 of the drawings the reference numeral 1 designates a hollow
standard or base having an inlet opening 2 and communicating with a supply pipe
(not shewn) and provided at its rim or top with a series of sea's 3 having recesses 4
therein. Into the open top of the hollow standard 1 a vertical conduit 5 is tightly
screwed having its upper end provided with an inwardly bevelled seat 6 for a
purpose that will hereinafter appear. Surrounding the conduit 5 is a sleeve or
jacket 7 having a lower screw threaded end on which a nut 8 is secured. To the
upper end of the sleeve or jacket 7 is attached a nut 9 connecting the sleeve with
an upper conduit 10 the lower end of which is bevelled to seat upon the upper
bevelled end 6 of the stationary conduit section. The upper end of the movable
conduit section 10 is provided with a socket 11 in which is secured an arched
pipe 12 having its ends closed preferably by caps 13 as shewn.
The arched distributing pipe 12 is provided at suitable intervals with a series
of attached jet tubes 14 which extend therefrom in an upward and outward direction.
Secured to the sleeve or jacket. 7 is a handle 15 by which said sleeve (the connected
upper conduit section 10 and attached distributing pipe 12) may be turned or
rotated to present the attached tubes 14 in any required direction to throw the
fog dispersing material in various directions as may be desired.
To the nut 8 attached to the lower end of sleeve 7 is pivotted a gravity latch 16
adapted to engage in one of the recesses + in the seats 3 that are provided in the
base of the apparatus as before mentioned. A spring 17 may be arranged to hold
the latch 16 to its engagement with any one of the recessed seats.
Between the lower end of the conduit section 5 and jacket 7 is arranged a
packing 18 that may have a bearing at its upper end against a ring or shoulder 19
on the conduit section 5 when the nut 8 is tightened up.
The catch 16 is normally engaged with one of the recessed seats 4 and will
thus firmly hold the rotatable sleeve 7 and attached upper conduit section 10 at
any position to which they may have been turned. By lifting this catch 16 against
the pressure of its spring 17 the sleeve 7 will be released and may then be rotated
by means of the handle 15 so as to carry the upper conduit sectn. 10 and attached
distributing pipe 12 to any desired position.
By means of the apparatus herein described the distributing pipe 12 and jet
tubes 14 are capable of being readily turned to permit the throwing of the fog
dispersing material to any required direction such for instance as in advance of
and somewhat above the path of a vessel or other moving body.
In practice the hollow standard or base 1 may be securely bolted to the deck
or other part of a vessel or other moving body and by means of a suitable pipe
or hose the inlet 2 may be connected with a tank or reservoir (not shown) or other
source of fog dispersing material.
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 method herein described of dispersing fogs in the path of moving bodies
or vessels which consists in causing water or other liquid or gas of greater
density than the constituent parts of the fog to be projected into a fog in-an
spward or upward and outward direction from the moving body or vessel.
2. The method herein described of dispersing fogs in the path of moving bodies
or vessels which consists in causing gas of greater density than the constituent

page_text: parts of the fog to be projected into a fog in an upward or upward and outward
direction from the moving body or vessel.
3. An apparatus for dispersing fog and as an attachment to a body or vessel
comprising an arched supply pipe connected therewith for the water or other fog
dispersing liquid or gas and a series of inclined jet pipes arranged on the curved
or raised portion of the arched supply pipe for projecting the liquid therethrough
in an upward or upward and outward direction substantially as set forth and
illustrated by Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings.
4. In a fog dispersing apparatus the combination with a standard of a rotatable
conduit a distributing pipe communicating with and carried by said conduit and
provided with a series of jet tubes and means for locking the conduit and attached
distributing pipe in an adjusted position substantially as described and illustrated
by Figs. 4 to 7 of the drawings.
5. In a fog dispersing apparatus the combination with a hollow standard provided
with an inlet and a rotatable conduit communicating with said hollow standard
of a distributing pipe communicating with and carried by said conduit and provided
with a series of outwardly and upwardly projecting jet tubes and means for locking
said conduit to the standard substantially as described.
6. In a fog dispersing apparatus the combination with a standard provided at
its top with a series of recesses of a rotatable conduit supported on said standard,
a distributing pipe carried by said conduit and provided with a series of jet tubes
and a latch connected with the conduit and adapted to engage the recesses of the
standard substantially as described.
7. In a fog dispersing apparatus the combination of a hollow standard having
an inlet, a lower stationary conduit section rigidly connected to and communicating
with said standard a rotatable jacket or sleeve surrounding the said lower conduit
section, an upper rotatable conduit section connected to and carried by said sleeve
and seated upon the upper end of the lower conduit section a distributing pipe
carried by the upper rotatable conduit section and provided with a series of jet
tubes and means for locking the conduit and sleeve in an adjusted position
substantially as described.
8. The apparatus for dispersing fogs as herein before described with reference to
Figures 2 and 3 of the drawings.
9. The apparatus for dispersing fogs as hereinbefore described with reference to
Figures 4. 5. 6 and 7 of the drawings.
Dated 28th April 1896.
GEO.
DOWNING,
8 Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.