Improved Means for Humidifying Air.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Humidifying Air.
We DANIEL HALL and JAMES HENRY KAY both of Stockport Road, Ashton-
under-Lyne, in the County of Lancaster, Sheet Metal Workers, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to means for humidifying the air of spinning rooms and
other places where a moist atmosphere is desirable, the object of our invention
being to moisten the air in a natural manner, and not excessively.
We use a trough or a series of water troughs at a suitable height in the spinning
room or other place where moist air is required, and we heat this water by steam
pipes or otherwise; but according to our invention we provide the trough or
troughs with an air space or jacket at sides and bottom, and at intervals along the
trough we form air outlets, preferably in the form of inverted cones, communicating
with the said air jacket and admitting air therefrom into the room. These conical
outlets may pass through the water in the trough, their broad open ends being
above the water level; and above the open ends of these air outlets we propose ia
Bome cases to fix a deflecting plate to spread the air and cause it to mix with the
steam arising from the heated water in the troughs.
The air passing along the outside of the trough in the jacket will prevent too
great radiation of heat from the said trough, and consequent over heating of the
atmosphere in the room or place in which the trough is fixed; and the said air
issuing into the room or place will be warm and will not cause the steam from the
trough to condense, but will ventilate the said room or place and keep it fresh and
sufficiently cool without draught.
Deted this let dow of Kahru 1906
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.
Improved Means for Humidifying Air.
We DANIEL HALL, and JAMES HENRY KAY, both of Stockport Road,
Ashton-under-Lyne, in the County of Lancaster, Sheet Metal Workers, 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 means for humidifying the air of spinning rooms and
other places where a moist atmosphere is desirable, the object of our invention
being to moisten the air in a natural manner and not excessively.
Our invention will be readily understood from the following description on
reference to the accompanying drawings.

page_text: Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a transverse section through one of
our improved appliances for humidifying.
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We use a trough a (or a series of such water troughs) at a suitable height in the
spinning room or other place where moist air is required, and we heat the water in
each trough by a steam-pipe 6 or pipes or otherwise, but according to our invention
we provide the trough a or troughs with an air space or jacket a' at sides and
bottom and at intervals along the trough a we form air outlets c preferably in the
form of inverted cones as shewn communicating with the said air jacket a¹ and
admitting air therefrom into the room. These conical outlets c may pass through
the water in the trough a their broad open ends being above the water level as
shewn; and above the open ends of these air outlets c we fix a deflecting plate c¹ to
spread the air and cause it to mix with the steam or vapor arising from the heated
water in the trough a.
The air passing along the outside of the trough a in the jacket a¹ is or may be
supplied by a suitable fan (not shewn on the drawings) to the inlet a+ and the said
air will prevent too great radiation of heat from the said trough, and consequent
over heating of the atmosphere in the room or place in which the trough is fixed;
and the air thus issuing into the room or place will be warm and will not cause the
steam or vapor from the trough to condense, but will ventilate the said room or
place and keep it fresh and sufficiently cool without draught. Furthermore the air
in the room or space will be kept equally moistened at every part thereof.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The combination of a trough for containing water with a steam pipe or other
heater, and air casing or jacket through which a suitable current of air is passed,
air outlets therefrom, and deflecting plates just above the level of the water in the
trough, the whole forming improved means for humidifying air, substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
Dated this 31st day of October 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.