An Improved Apparatus for Steaming and Humidifying Air in Weaving Sheds and like Places.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date "Application, Ton May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1900-Accented. 17th Mar
1000
Application, roh May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1900-Accepted, 17th Mar
1000
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Steaming and Humidifying Air in
Weaving Sheds and like Places.
We, TOM WALTON, Tin Plate Worker, and JANE HOWARTH WALTON, Married
Woman, both of 25, Talbot Street, Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved means for steaming and humidifying air
in weaving sheds and like places with the object of producing steam from pure
water, and thereby preventing the air being tainted by steam arising from water
that is obtained for the purpose from boilers in the ordinary manner.
For attaining the object of this invention we form a steam and water drum
or tube of any convenient length and diameter, with closed ends, and with inlet
preferably at the top of the tube for admission of pure water which may be heated
in its passage into the tube from the main or service pipe. We pass a pipe
through the said tube from end to end, and near the bottom of the tube, for the
passage of steam from the boiler through the tube, but without the steam from
the boilers entering otherwise or obtaining free admission to the tube, and fit a
stop cock at one end of the said steam pipe for regulating the supply of steam
from the boilers. We fit one, two, or more short vertical pipes in the top of
the tube, each of said vertical pipes is surmounted by a cap, and under the pro-
jecting edge of the said cap small holes are formed for the escape of steam arising
from the pure water when heated that is contained in the aforesaid tube. We
fit a receiver on each vertical pipe for preventing any condensed water dropping
on to the workers below. We fit a gauge at the side of the tube to indicate the
quantity of water in the tube which should ordinarily be about half filled.
In the application of our invention an apparatus such as herein before described
is placed at intervals in the upper part of a weaving shed or other place requiring
the air to be moistened, the pipe for the passage of steam from the boilers being
continuous and passing through any number of tubes placed successively in said
shed or place. Pure water is then let into the tube or tubes, the water level
being about midway between the top and bottom of the tube when the tube is
placed horizontally, the quantity being indicated by the gauge hereinbefore named
and regulated by a float.
Steam is then allowed to pass from the boilers through the continuous steam
pipe that is carried through the tubes, which thereby heats the pure water in
Said tubes and the vapour arising from the pure water passes out into the shed
or room through the holes in the top of the vertical pipes that are fitted on the
upper side of the drum or tube. By these means the air in the shed or other
place is moistened without the atmosphere being polluted.
Dated the 1941
1000
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicauts, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.

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An Improved Apparatus for Steaming and Humidifying Air in
Weaving Sheds and like Places.
We, TOM WALTON, Tin Plate Worker, and JANE HOWARTH WALTON, Married
Woman, both of 25, Talbot Street, Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, 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 improved means for steaming and humidifying air
in weaving sheds and like places with the object of producing steam from pure
water and thereby preventing the air being tainted by steam arising from water
that is obtained in the ordinary way from boilers which may have been supplied
from impure sources.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings to which we hereinafter refer, Fig. 1
illustrates an arrangement of steam and water drums and steam and water pipes
in combination therewith constituting our said invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse
section of the same on line A-A.
C
For the purpose of attaining the object of this invention we place at intervals in
the upper part of a weaving shed or other place requiring the air to be moistened,
one, two, or any required number of steam and water drums or tubes of any con-
venient length and diameter as a with closed ends. We fit one, two, or more
short vertical pipes or an equivalent in the form of curved projections as placed
vertically on the top of each of the steam and water drums a, each of said curved
projections having a narrow opening along the top edge through which steam
passes from an aperture in the top of drum. We fit an inlet pipe e preferably
near the top of the drum a for admission of pure water which may be heated in
its passage into the tube or drum a from the main or service pipe. The inlet
pipe e is formed so as to be flexible to allow for expansion and contraction and
is carried down on the inside as c¹ to within a short distance from the bottom
of the drum. We pass a pipe d through the tube or drum a frour end to end
and near the bottom of said drum, for conveying steam from the boiler through
the tube, but without permitting the steam from the boilers to enter or otherwise
obtain free admission to the interior of the water tube a. We fit a stop cock as d
at one end of the steam pipe d for regulating the supply of steam from the
boilers, and a gauge g in a convenient position on the tube or tubes to indicate
the quantity of water therein which ordinarily should be about half filled. The
water from the main supply pipe may be caused to pass through receiving and
regulating tanks as e and f that are fitted with ball taps by which the water is
caused to flow into the drums a in a continuously even manner as any occasional
extra pressure from the main will be expended in the receiving tank c and the
required pressure will be evenly maintained by the float in the regulating tank
In the application of apparatus such as herein before described drums or tubes
as a are placed at intervals in the upper part of a weaving shed or other place in
which the air is required to be moistened; the pipe d for the passage of steam
from the boilers is made continuous and passed through any number of said
drums or tubes placed successively in a shed or place; pure water is then let inte
the aforesaid drums or.tubes until the water level is about midway between the
top and bottom of the drum when placed horizontally, the quantity being
indicated and regulated as herein before named. Steam is then allowed to pas
from the boilers through the continuous steam pipe d that is carried throug
the drums which thereby heats the pure water in said drums and the vapou

page_text: arising from the pure water passes out into the shed or room through the pipes
or curved projections fitted on the top of the drum or tube. By these means the
air in the shed or other place is moistened without the atmosphere being
polluted..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. Apparatus for steaming and humidifying air in weaving sheds and. like
places consisting of a series of drums or tubes placed horizontally and fitted at
the top with short vertical pipes or with curved projections as for the passage
of steam from the drum or tube to the atmosphere, through an aperture as a¹
in the top of said drum or tube and through openings in said curved pro-
jections, in combination with a pipe for supplying pure water from the main to
said drums or tubes, and a pipe passing continuously through each successive
drum or tube for conveying steam from the boilers by which to heat the pure
water in the drums or tubes but not to mix therewith for the purpose and in the
manner substantially as hereinbefore described and shown on the drawings.
2. Apparatus for steaming and humidifying air in weaving sheds and like
places constructed substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 14th day of February 1900.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicants, 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.