the Treatment of Smoke or other Gases.
Year: 1885

page_text: the Treatment of Smoke or other Gases.
I, EDWARD TOMLINSON, of 58 Holborn Viaduct, in the City of London, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF,
AND APPLIANCES FOR VENTILATION, AND THE TREATMENT OF SMOKE OR OTHER
GASES," to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a method of, and appliances for dealing with the smoke,
generated in household or other grates or fire places, and for carrying away
the vitiated air or other noxious gases, in a simple and efficient manner, and for,
bringing into the apartments or building if desired, warm or fresh air, or any
gases conducive to health.
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My invention consists in a system of piping, and appliances therewith, to collect,
the smoke and vitiated air from houses or other buildings, treated individually or
in blocks, of less or greater number, the smoke and noxious gases being collected in
my system of pipes by an artificial exhaust, and might be aided by natural means,
and after condensation are ejected through a suitable outlet or outlets, situated
either on any individual building or at any part or parts of the block of buildings
or at any suitable distance from a series or block of building, or at a central or
exhaust station,, in the case of the adaptation of my system on a large scale.
To collect the smoke most conveniently, I utilize the present flues and chimney
outlets, affixing a suitable cap or series of collecting cowls upon the top of the
ordinary chimney stacks or chimney pots. Or, I may, if desired, carry down
separate and independent pipes, into as many rooms as may be desired, in houses,
factories, or other public or private structures, the vitiated air being conveniently
drawn from the said rooms by the same flue or pipes as remove the products
of combustion. These outlets from the rooms into the chimnies can be placed in
the most convenient position and the amount of suction outlet can be regulated.
This collecting cowl on the top of the chimney stacks, may, in the case in which
my system is applied to a single building, be carried in any desired manner over or
under the roof or down the sides, rear, or back, of, or in any other position upon,
the house, to expose a large surface for the condensation of the smoke. Or, in the
case of a blook of houses, they may all be connected to a single or to individual
mains running the length of the block, terminating either upon an individual

page_text: house, or upon the blocks of houses, in upcast exit pipes, for the uncondensable
gases. Or, where my system is applied upon a large scale, the mains may be
ultimately connected from street to street, so as to be delivered at a central
station provided with a lofty chimney stack for their ultimate exit, and if desired,
the exhaust may be made so powerful as largely to prevent condensation in the
mains and thus to draw the uncondensed smoke for convenient treatment at the
central station.
In all forms of my system I produce the withdrawal of the smoke and vitiated
air, and the consequent alternative introduction of fresh, or heated, or otherwise
treated air, conveniently supplied from another system of piping, by means of an
artificial exhaust, aided if convenient by natural means.
This may be effected by any suitable exhaust apparatus, such as mechanical or
ventilating cowls, fans, water motors, or hydraulic steam, or air ejectors, or pumps,
of any description, operated if necessary by a steam engine, according to the
magnitude of the installation of my system of ventilation.
I provide self acting valves or openings to my collecting cowls over the chimney
stack or at any other convenient place, to ensure a free exit for the smoke in the
case of any break down in the action of my system, and I may further provide
dampers, applied either in the flues or to the collecting cowls, and conveniently
operated from the interior of the building, to shut off or connect the chimney flue
with my collecting system, as and when desired. I may conveniently connect
ventilating pipes from the closets, soil pipes, traps, or sewers of any house or
building, to my system of ventilating piping, so as to carry the same away by
direct exhaust, and to prevent its hurtful effect upon the inmates of the building.
I provide suitable doors for access to the piping, to enable the same to be readily
cleansed when required, and the uncondensable gases may be passed through a
furnace or fire, of fuel, or coal gas, to destroy the organic matter therein, before
discharge from the upcast outlet. I may provide suitable connections of water
piping from the cisterns or mains to my collecting or main pipes, so that they may
be readily flushed if desired, either by the natural head of water, or by the suction
of the exhaust.
The system of piping herein before described, provides exceptionally simple
and useful means for laying telephonic or electrical wires, from house to house, as
they can be conveniently insulated in any convenient manner and attached to, or led
inside, the said pipes thus affording the wires excellent protection and support,
and obviating the danger which at present exists from overhead wires, liable to
fracture at any time.

page_text: the Treatment of Smoke or other Gases.
I; EDWARD TOMLINSON, of 58 Holborn Viaduct, in the City of London Engineer
do hereby declare the nature of my 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 a method of and appliances for dealing with the smoke
generated in household or other grates or fire places, and for carrying away the
vitiated air or other noxious gases, in a simple and efficient manner, and for
bringing into the apartments or building if desired, warm or fresh air or any gas
conducive to health.
My invention consists in a system of pipes and appliances therewith, to collect
the smoke and vitiated air or smoke from houses or other buildings, treated
individually or in blocks of less or greater number, the smoke and noxious gases
being collected in my system of pipes by an artificial exhaust; which might be
aided by natural means, and after condensation are ejected through a suitable
outlet or outlets, situated on any individual building, or any part or parts of the
block of buildings, or at any suitable distance from a series or block of buildings,
or at a central station, in the case of the adaptation of my system on a large scale.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood, I now proceed to
specify the same in relation to the sheet of drawings hereunto annexed in
which
Figure 1 shows my device applied to a single house.
Figure 2 shows my device applied to a block of houses and with a central
station.
Figures 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are various details.
Like letters refer to like parts throughout the figures.
To collect the smoke most conveniently, and utilise the present appliances and
chimney outlets, I affix a suitable cap A or series of collecting cowls A, upon the
top of the ordinary chimney stacks. I may if desired carry down separate and
independent pipes into as many rooms as may be desired, in houses, factories, or
other public or private structures, the vitiated air being conveniently drawn from
the said rooms by the same flue or pipes as remove the products of combustion.
These outlets from the rooms into the chimneys can be placed in the most con-
venient position, and the amount of suction outlet can be regulated.
This collecting cowl A on the top of the chimney stacks, may in the case in
which my system is applied to a single building (figure 1) be continued as a pipe
or pipes B in any desired manner over or under the roof (as shown in detail
figure 6) or down the sides or rear or in any other position upon the house, to
expose a large surface for the condensation of the smoke. To facilitate this the
condensing chamber C may be conveniently inserted, in the course of the piping
containing simply a series of plates offering a large surface. The pipe is thence led
to an uptake D whence the gases are discharged into the atmosphere. In the case
of a block of houses all the pipes C leading from the various stacks may be con-
nected to a single main E, or to individual mains running the length of the block,
terminating either upon an individual house, or upon the blocks of houses in an

page_text: upcast exit pipe for the uncondensable gases, as specified in relation to figure 1, or
the main may be ultimately connected by means of pipes at central stations G with
a lofty chimney stack D, for their ultimate exit. If desired, in this case, the
draught to the exit situated in the central station G may be made so powerful as
largely to prevent condensation in the mains and thus to draw the uncondensed
smoke for convenient treatment by condensers at the central station.
In all forms of my system I produce the withdrawal of the smoke and vitiated
air, and the consequent alternative introduction of fresh, or heated, or otherwise
treated air, conveniently supplied from another system of piping by means of an
artificial exhaust, aided if convenient, by natural means. This may be effected in
both cases by any suitable exhaust apparatus such as mechanical or ventilating
cowls, fans, water motors, or hydraulic, steam or air ejectors, or pumps of any
description, operated if necessary by a steam engine according to the magnitude of
the installation of my system of ventilation.
A convenient method is shown in figure 1, where H is a pipe leading from the
water main discharging into the downcast pipe D, producing a downward suction.
In the pipe D is introduced a burner K, leading from the gas main which creates
an updraught. I provide self acting valves or openings L figure-4 or valves
operated from the interior L figure 5 to my collecting cowls over the chimney stack
or to any other convenient place to ensure a free exit for the smoke, in the case of
any breakdown in the action of my system, and I may further provide dampers
applied either in the flues or to the collecting cowls, and conveniently operated
from the interior of the building to shut off or connect the chimney flue with my
collecting system as and when desired. I may conveniently connect ventilating
pipes from the closets, soil pipes, traps or sewers of any house or building to my
system of ventilating piping, so as to carry the same away by direct exhaust, and
to prevent its hurtful effect upon the inmates of the building.
:
I provide suitable doors M for access to the piping to enable the same to be
readily cleansed when required, and the uncondensable gases may be passed
through the furnace or fire, of fuel or coal gas to destroy the organic matter
therein before discharge from the upcast outlet. I may provide suitable connections
of water piping from the cisterns or maius to my collecting or main pipes, so that
they may be readily flushed if desired either by the natural head of water or by
the suction of the exhaust.
The system of piping herein before described, provides exceptionally simple and
useful means for laying telephonic or other electrical wires from house to house, as
they can be conveniently insulated in any convenient manner and attached to or
led inside the said pipes, thus affording the wires excellent protection and support,
and obviating the danger which at present exists from overhead wires, which are
liable to fracture at any time.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is
The combination of pipes, cowls, condensers, and subsidiary devices with suitable
exhausting or draught creating appliances, substantially as and for the purposes
specified.