Improvements in Blowing and Cleansing Apparatus, chiefly designed for Use with Devices for Consuming the Gaseous Products of Combustion.
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE SIMULE
[Communicated from abroad by MARTIN ROSE RUBLE, of 282, Halsey Street,
Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Mechanical Engineer.]
Improvements in Blowing and Cleansing Apparatus, chiefly
designed for Use with Devices for Consuming the Gaseous
Products of Combustion.
I, IMRE KIRALFY, of 52 Woburn Place, Russell Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, 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 blowing and cleansing apparatus and comprises the
improvements hereinafter described.
My improved blowing and cleansing apparatus is chiefly designed for use with
devices for consuming smoke and gaseous products of combustion but said
apparatus is also applicable for other uses.
The chief feature of my improved blowing apparatus relates to the construction
of the rotary portion thereof in which I provide radial plates or partitions bent at
their outer ends in a manner hereinafter fully described to form a series of cups at
the periphery of said rotary part..
In my improved cleansing apparatus I provide paddle-wheels of an improved
design which are adapted to be rotated by a stream of air or gas which is forced
through the apparatus. The air or gas is cleansed by water which is contained in
the apparatus and which is splashed and thrown up by the aforesaid rotating
paddle-wheels.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood
will now proceed
to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly sectional shewing a blower intended for use
in a smoke consuming apparatus and constructed according to my invention.
Figure 2 is a front elevation partly sectional of the same.
Figures 3 and 4 are detail views drawn to a larger scale and hereinafter
described.
Figure 5 is an elevation partly sectional, and
Figure 6 is a plan partly sectional of my improved washing device.
Like letters denote similar parts throughout the drawings.
Referring now to Figures 1 and 2, A is the casing of the blower provided with a
central air-inlet A' on one side and an inlet A2 on the other side for the furnace
gases; the outlet pipes are shewn at A3 and A'. The rotary portion of the blower
consists of two annular dises B, B which are connected together by bolts B', B¹
and B2, B². Some of the bolts B', B' also serve to secure spiders B3, B³ to the
annular discs, by means of which spiders the rotary portion is mounted on a
Between the
shaft C which is adapted to rotate in suitable bearings A³, Aº.
discs B, BI provide radial plates or vanes D, D one of which is very clearly
shown in the perspective view Figure 3, said plates being held in place by the
bolts B', B' which pass through the grooves or channels D', D' in the inner ends
of said plates, and by the bolts B2, B2 lying snugly in the angles D³, D³ of the
plates and passing through holes D³, D³, Figure 3 in projecting parts on the outer

page_text: euds of said plates. Figure 4 shows the outline of one of the plates D the plates
being bent at the dotted lines to the shape shown in Figure 3.
The plates D project as shewn on the outer periphery of the discs B B and form
a series of cups D', D'. When the discs are rotated in the direction shewn by the
arrow in Figure 1 the cups D', D' create a vacuum at the periphery of the said
discs into which vacuum air is drawn from between the discs. Moreover the
parts D, D' of the plates prevent air from rushing into said vacuum from the
annular space between the rotary part of the blower and the casing.
The blower is driven by a belt working on a pulley C
The blower shewn in the drawings is especially designed for use in smoke
consuming devices and for this purpose is provided with a pipe E for leading from
a smoke stack or flue the gaseous products of combustion which it is desired to
consume. The said pipe E slides on to a flanged ring A which is secured to the
outer casing A of the blower and which is arranged to form an approximately air-
tight joint between the spider B³ secured to the rotary portion of the blower and
the casing A.
My improved washing device is shewn in Figures 5 and 6. F is a tank having
an inlet pipe F1 and outlet pipe F2; G, G, G are paddle-wheels supported in
suitable bearings in the sides of the tank. The construction of said paddle-wheels
is very clearly shewn in Figure 6 where G is a shaft having arms G2, G² fixed
thereto said arms supporting at a suitable distance from the shaft a plate G³ and a
piece of wire gauze G. The tank F is filled with water to such a height that
when the paddle-wheels are rotated the wire gauze portions G dip in the water
as shewn in Figure 5. I may provide more than three paddle-wheels in the washer
if desired.
The operation of my improved washing device is as follows, that is to say, the
air or gas to be cleansed is blown in at the inlet F' and causes the paddle-wheels to
rotate as shewn by the arrows in Figure 5. The gauze on the ends of the paddles
then splashes the water up so that the air or gas is brought into intimate contact
therewith and is thus thoroughly cleansed during its passage through the washer.
Said air or gas finally escapes by the outlet F³.
When my improved blowing and cleansing apparatus is to be used with a smoke
consuming device the blower is connected by the pipe E to the smoke-stack or flue
of the furnace the gaseous products of which are required to be consumed.
When the blower is operated air is drawn in through the inlet A' and the gases
from the smoke-stack are drawn through the pipe E and inlet A2, the mixed air
and gases being passed out by the outlet pipes A3 and A' at a considerable
pressure.
The mixed air and gas then pass to the washer entering the latter by the
inlet F. The stream of air and gas as it passes through the washer is cleansed as
hereinbefore described the carbonic acid gas being absorbed by the water so that
the mixture of air and gas which is finally delivered from the outlet F2 is such as
will very readily be consumed in any furnace to which it is supplied.
My improved blower and washer are not necessarily used in combination but
may be used separately, the blower for example being very suitable for use as a
ventilating fan and for various other purposes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is:-
1. A blower constructed substantially as described with reference to Figures 1
to 4 of the accompanying drawings, for the purposes specified.
2. In a washing device for cleansing furnace gases, a paddle-wheel constructed
as described with reference to Figure 6 of the accompanying drawings.
3. A washer constructed and operating substantially as described with reference
to Figures 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings for the purpose specified.

page_text: 4. The apparatus consisting of the aforesaid blower and washer arranged in
combination with a furnace for the purpose specified.
Dated this 4th day of August 1894.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.