Improved Means for Saturating or Damping the Air.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Saturating or Damping the Air.
1, HENRY EDWARD BEDFORD, of Billiter Buildings, in the County of London,
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 ascertainod
in and by the following statement :—
This invention is designed to supply simple and efficient means for damping
compressed air to be distributed throughout mines and other places where required,
so that coal dust, for example, in mines may be damped and thus prevent explosions
on account of the dust in such mines, further, this invention will be found very
useful in mills, say cotton mills for instance, as the damp atmosphere distributed
through the mill will have the effect of moistening the yarns or other like material,
and thus save the expensive contrivances which are now used to offect this object.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood, I will refer to the
sheet of drawings accompanying this Specification, which shows an elevation partly
in section of the apparatus I employ for distributing damped compressed air where
required, and in which-
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a shows inlet for air, & inlet for water. The air is forced into the inlet a by
suitable means and passes into the chambers e, c¹ where the water or other liquid is
also admitted through the nozzle d by which the air becomes saturated. The
water is not admitted under pressure into the mixing chamber c but may be simply
supplied by means of a pipe leading from a tank as the pressure of air will cause
the water to be drawn out through the nozzle d. On to the outlet of the mixing
chamber e I connect a pipe h which is connected with other pipes i, these pipes are
fitted in the mine or other place where it is desired to distribute the damp air; and
to the pipes i I connect other pipes & closed at top and provided with cocks 1.
Near the upper end of each of the pipes & I have a hole m for the exit of the damp
air under pressure, these pipes I term distributers. I also provide cocks n in the
pipes i.
o is the cock to the water inlet and p that to air inlet.
The action is as follows:-
The apparatus being suitably fitted so that the distributers are in position at
suitable intervals apart, throughout a mine for example, and the pipe connecting
the mixing chamber with the air supply, also the water pipe, being connected up,
I close the cock n and open the cock on the first distributer, and then open the
cocks and o to admit the air and water which become thoroughly mixed in the
chamber c¹ and the compressed damped air is then forced by the pressure of air
through the pipe into the first distributer k through which it is distributed in the
mine or other place. 1 next close the cock of the first distributer and open the
cock n in the pipe i so as to allow the air to be forced into and through the next
distributer in order to distribute the damped compressed air throughout another
section of the mine or other place and so on throughout the entire series of
distributers.
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. In means for damping air for use in mines and other places the employment of
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page_text: damped or saturated air to pass into or through distributers arranged in the mine
or other place where it is desired to distribute the damped air.
2. The improved means for damping the air substantially as and for the purposes
stated, reference being had to the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this Fourth day of March 1895.
BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, W.C., Agents for Applicant.