A NEW OR IMPROVED SYSTEM OF PUMPING APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING ATMOSPHERIC AIR OR OTHER GASES
Year: 1872

page_text: ETTERS PATENT to Matthew Augustus Soul, of No. 6, Southampton
Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Consulting
Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of "A NEW OR
IMPROVED SYSTEM OF PUMPING APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING ATMOSPHERIC
AIR OR OTHER GASES."-A communication from abroad by Martin
Neuerburg, of the Machine Manufacturing Company, "Humbold,"
late Sievers and Co., of Kalk, near Cologne, in the Empire of
Germany.
ealed the 19th November 1872, and dated the 22nd May 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Matthew Augustus
Soul at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 22nd May 1872.
I, MATTHEW AUGUSTUS SOUL, of No. 6, Southampton Buildings,
Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"A NEW OR IMPROVED SYSTEM OF PUMPING APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING
ATMOSPHERIC AIR OR OTHER GASES," a communication from Martin Neuer-
burg, of the Machine Manufacturing Company, Humbold," late

page_text: Sievers and Company, of Kalk, near Cologne, in the Empire of
Germany, to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a machine in which a two-ended plunger
moves to and fro in two suitable bodies or castings. This alternative
movement is produced by a steam engine, whose piston is directly con-
nected with the plunger. In the middle of the plunger is fixed a
transverse rod which transfers the movement of the piston to two fly
wheels by means of connecting rods. The pistons finish in curvated
tubes on which are fastened clack door pieces. The whole of the inner
space of the pistons and tubes is filled with water or other fluid,
which follows the alternative movement of the plunger. This moveable
water column forms a kind of fluid prolongation of the plunger and
fills up the whole of the inner space of the pistons and tubes. In this
way all unnecessary space is avoided. At each stroke a little water
may get exhausted into the air tubes, but is pumped back again by
means of a pump which is connected with the steam engine.
By this
arrangement all unnecessary space is avoided, and the machine will
maintain a good condition, even when worked at a great volocity.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Matthew Augustus Soul in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 22nd November 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MATTHEW
AUGUSTUS SOUL, of No. 6, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Matthew Augustus Soul, Her special licence
that I, the said Matthew Augustus Soul, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Matthew Augustus Soul, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, excrcise,

page_text: and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED
SYSTEM OF PUMPING APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING ATMOSPHERIC AIR OR OTHER
GASES," a communication to me from abroad by Martin Neuerburg, of
the Machine Manufacturing Company, "Humbold," late Sievers and
Co., of Kalk, near Cologne, in the Empire of Germany, upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Matthew Augustus Soul, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Matthew Augustus Soul, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement :—
This machinery or apparatus as will be seen by reference to the
Drawings accompanying this Specification consists of a plunger A, A,
which with its two ends moves to and fro in two castings or bodies B¹, B¹.
This alternative movement is produced by a steam engine B, whose piston
rod is directly joined to the plunger A, A. In the middle of the
plunger is fixed a transverse rod E, which transfers the movement of
the piston to two fly wheels C by means of the connecting rods D, D.
The pistons B¹, B', terminate in curvated tubes F, F, on which are
fastened the clack door pieces G, G, with the clacks of vulcanized india-
rubber or other similar suitable material. The whole inner space of
the pistons B', B', and of the tubes F, F, is filled with water or other
fluid, which fluid follows the alternative movement of the plunger. This
moveable water column forms a kind of elastic prolongation of the
plunger, and fills up the whole inner space of the piston, the tubes,
and the clack door pieces. In this way all useless or unnecessary space
is avoided. At each stroke a little excess of water is exhausted into
the air tubes G, G. This water is pumped backwards by means of a
pump H connected with the steam engine.
The advantages of this arrangement are:-

page_text: 2. The air is not heated by the compression.
3. A good working condition of the machine is maintained even when
working with great volecity.
Having now particularly described the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same is effected, let it be understood that what i
is claimed and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is, the mechanical
arrangement of parts in combination with the elastic plunger, all as
herein in this Specification described and in the accompanying Drawings
illustrated for the purpose or purposes herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Matthew Augustus Soul, have here- 1
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two.
MATTHEW AUGUSTUS SOUL. (L.S.)