Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Newly Erected Buildings.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Newly Erected Buildings.
I, STANISLAUS VON KOSINSKI, of 55, Kaiser Friedrichstrasse, Charlottenburg, in
the Empire of Germany, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
For the purpose of drying newly erected buildings a number of coke fires are
usually employed. The open grates or baskets in which the coke is burned are
not adapted, however, to effect a rapid drying of the newly built walls, as the
carbonic acid which is produced by the combustion of the coke and which floats
freely in the room or building which is being dried rapidly coats the outer sur-
face of the plaster with a layer of carbonate of lime, thus stopping up the pores
and obstructing the escape of the moisture from the underneath layers of plaster,
whereby a superficial drying only is effected.
This invention relates to a drying stove which obviates the defects of the
open coke fires hitherto employed, increasing the drying action, serving to
prevent dry rot and rendering the dwelling more sanitary owing to the great
heat which may be produced by its use.
The improved apparatus consists of an elongated basket or grate for the
reception of the coke, above which is arranged a roof or cover serving to collect
the smoke; below the grate is placed an air reservoir in the upper portion of
which are provided small sockets whilst laterally it is furnished with tubular
sockets of larger size. In the grate are provided circular apertures registering
with the sockets in the air reservoir.
Cast iron pipes which are bent and provided with sockets at their upper por-
tions are introduced through the grate from above and inserted in the sunall
sockets in such a manner that the sockets or sleeves register with circular aper-
tures formed in the cover through which short lengths of pipe are inserted in the
said sleeves, the whole being so connected as to establish communication which
is as air-tight as possible between the pipes and the air reservoir.
The intense drying action of an apparatus of this kind, which immediately
converts any apartment in which it is placed into a drying room capable of drying
objects of various kinds, is produced in the following manner, the windows
doors and so forth of the apartment being of course closed for the time being.
The smoke flue is connected by means of sheet metal pipes with the chimney,
or this piping may be conducted into the outer air through the window. A special
admission pipe is provided upon the flooring of the apartment connecting with
the tubular sockets of the air reservoir and conducting the external air.
When the cast iron pipes become red or white hot in the incandescent
coke, the air which is conducted to them from outside in a continuous stream
through the air reservoir and which becomes heated to several hundred degrees,
escapes through the pipes into the apartment where the unimpeded radiation
of heat from the burning fuel also maintains a high temperature.
The air thus entering and filling the apartment, which frequently exceeds

page_text: 100 degrees Centigrade in temperature and is relatively rarified, draws the mois-
ture from the surrounding walls and surfaces. The air saturated with moisture
descends to the floor, streams upwards through the burning fuel and mingles
with the combustion gases, passing under the smoke collector and so into the
open air. Owing to this admission and discharge of air the atmosphere of the
apartment is completely changed many times per hour, whilst the high tempera-
ture produced effects an extremely rapid drying.
The high temperature penetrates the walls and partitions destroying any dry
rot spores, fungi or the like which may be present.
Dated this 28th day of Faluare 1800
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Apparatus for Drying Newly Erected Buildings.
I, STANISLAUS VON KOSINSKI, of 55, Kaiser Friedrichstrasse, Charlottenburg, in
the Empire of Germany, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion-to-be-as-follows:-
For the purpose of drying newly erected buildings,-a-number-of-coke-fires are
usually employed. The ordinary open brazier used for this purpose is, however,
not adapted to effect a rapid drying of the new-brick work, as the carbonic-
acid produced by the combustion of the coke, and which pervades the room or
building which is being dried, rapidly covers the surface of the mortar or plaster
with a layer of carbonate of lime thus stopping up the pores and obstructing the
escape of the moisture from the inner parts whereby a superficial drying only
is effected.
Referring to the accompanying drawings:
Figure I shews a side elevation of an apparatus constructed in accordance
with my invention part being shewn in section.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Figure 3 shews a section of the brazier used in connection with my improved
apparatus.
The apparatus shown in the drawings consists of an elongated coke-brazier kk
in which the coke is burned, and which is surmounted by a funnel d for drawing-
off the smoke. Below the brazier grate is arranged an air chamber provided
at the top thereof with short sockets tt, and at the sides with tubes T. The
grate is formed with circular openings facing the sockets of the air-chamber l.
The said sockets are fitted with pipes which pass through the grate up-
wards beyond the brazier, said pipes being bent at their upper ends and formed
with sockets m m. These sockets are fitted with short tubes passing through
the funnel-shaped cover and forming an almost air-tight connection with the
air-chamber 7.
The very intense drying-action of this apparatus, which at once converts any
room in which it may be placed, into a drying-chamber for different objects, is pro-
duced in the following manner, the windows doors and the like of the apartment
being of course closed for the time being.
The smoke-funnel a is connected with the chimney by means of stove-piping,
or such piping may lead through the window or door of the room, and an admis-
sion pipe is connected through a passage in the window or door with the pipe T
of the air chamber 7 for the purpose of conducting the external air.

page_text: When the pipes
become heated by the burning coke to a red or white-
heat, the air in the interior of the pipes, thus heated to several hundred degrees,
escapes through the pipes into the room, and is constantly followed by
other air from the air-chamber /, while at the same time the direct heat rays
from the burning fire keeps the room at a high temperature.
The hot air, which frequently exceeds 100° Centigrade, which thus flows into
the room, is relatively rarified, and draws the moisture from the surrounding
walls and surfaces.
The air saturated with moisture, descending to the floor, streams upwards
through the burning fuel and mixes with the gases of combustion, and finally
passes through the funnel, into the chimney to the exterior. This constant
inflow and outflow of air produces a complete change of air per hour and the
high temperature penetrating the walls and partitions, effects an extremely rapid
drying; and at the same time destroys any dry-rot spors, fungi and the like
which may be present.
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:
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1. The herein described apparatus for drying newly erected buildings and
the like, consisting of a brazier kan air-collector pipings or conduits rr pol
and cover d.
2. The hereinbefore described apparatus for drying habitations and the like
constructed arranged and combined substantially as herein described and illus-
trated in the accompanying drawings.
MASENZY
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.