AN IMPROVED TANK FOR CARRYING LIQUIDS WITH OR WITHOUT CHEMICALS FOR LAYING THE DUST IN MINES AND OTHER PLACES, ALSO FOR DISTRIBUTING DISINFECTANTS WHEN REQUIRED
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Herbert Kirkhouse, of Penarth, and Henry Watkin Lewis,
of Treherbert, both in the County of Glamorgan, for an Invention of "AN
IMPROVED TANK FOR CARRYING LIQUIDS WITH OR WITHOUT CHEMICALS FOR
LAYING THE DUST IN MINES AND OTHER PLACES, ALSO FOR DISTRIBUTING
DISINFECTANTS WHEN REQUIRED."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Herbert Kirkhouse and
Henry Watkin Lewis at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
12th May 1881.
HERBERT KIRKHOUSE, of Penarth, and HENRY WATKIN LEWIS, of Treherbert,
both in the County of Glamorgan. "AN IMPROVED TANK FOR CARRYING LIQUIDS
WITH OR WITHOUT CHEMICALS FOR LAYING THE DUST IN MINES AND OTHER
PLACES, ALSO FOR DISTRIBUTING DISINFECTANTS WHEN REQUIRED."
It being a well known fact that the coal and other dust suspended in the air in
mines is explosive and otherwise injurious to workmen, we have devised an
apparatus for laying such dust and thereby preventing accidents.
Our Invention consists of a cistern or cisterns carried upon a framing made of
wood, iron, or steel, or any other suitable material, with wheels and axles to run
upon the same road as the trams or wagons, or upon any road in the mines or
other places. The said axles are secured to the framing with ordinary plummer-
blocks or brackets, and one or both of the said axles are single or double cranked,
or fitted with eccentrics from which a pump or pumps can be driven. As the tank
travels along with the full or empty journeys through the mines or other places,
the said pump or pumps is or are driven by the said cranked axle or axles, or
eccentrics, and fed from the tank or tanks.
At either end and on each side of the tank is fixed a circular pipe perforated
with small holes or saw-cuts or other openings which are supplied with liquid

page_text: from the said pump or pumps, and forms a complete jet or spray as the tank or
tanks travel, thereby laying the dust which is suspended in the air or
atmosphere.
The pump or pumps is or are fitted with a balance relieving valve and stop cock,
so that the liquid can be worked through the pump or pumps and back into the
tank without forming a jet or spray in case it should not be required, and thereby
saving the liquid while the tank is still in motion.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Herbert Kirkhouse and Henry Watkin Lewis in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 10th November 1881.
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HERBERT KIRKHOUSE, of Penarth, and HENRY WATKIN LEWIS, of Treherbert,
both in the County of Glamorgan, Wales. AN IMPROVED TANK FOR CARRYING
LIQUIDS WITH OR WITHOUT CHEMICALS FOR LAYING THE DUST IN MINES AND
OTHER PLACES, ALSO FOR DISTRIBUTING DISINFECTANTS WHEN REQUIRED."
It being a well known fact that the coal and other dust suspended in the air in
mines is explosive and otherwise injurious to workmen, we have devised an
apparatus for laying such dust and thereby preventing accidents.
Our Invention consists of a cistern or cisterns carried upon a framing made of
wood, iron, or steel, or any other suitable material, with wheels and axles to run
upon the same road as the trams or wagons, or upon any road in the mines or
other places. The said axles are secured to the framing with ordinary plummer-
blocks or brackets, and one or both of the said axles are single or double cranked,
or fitted with eccentrics from which a pump or pumps can be driven. As the tank
travels along with full or empty journeys through the mines or other places, that
is to say, with the wagons loaded or unloaded, the said pump or pumps is or are
driven by the said cranked axle or axles, or eccentrics; and fed from the tank or
tanks.
At either end is fixed a circular pipe, and at both sides are fitted straight pipes
which are perforated with small holes or saw-cuts or other openings which are
supplied with liquid from the said pump or pumps, and forms a complete jet or
spray as the tank or tanks travel, thereby laying the dust which is suspended in
the air or atmosphere.
The pump or pumps is or are fitted with a balance relieving valve and stop cock,
so that the liquid can be worked through the pump or pumps and back into the
tank without forming a jet or spray in case it should not be required, and thereby
saving the liquid while the tank is still in motion.
But in order that our Invention may be more clearly understood, we will proceed
to describe the same by the aid of the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which
Fig. 1 is an end view, and Fig. 2 a sectional elevation of the apparatus. A is a
cylindrical cistern carried upon the framing B, with wheels and axles to run upon

page_text: the tram rails, as shown. The axle C is shown double cranked, from which the
pumps D are driven. E is the circular pipe fixed at one end, and F, F, are the
straight pipes fitted at both sides, which pipes are perforated, as above described,
and supplied with the liquid from the pumps. G is the ordinary air chamber of
the pumps for the purpose of causing a regular supply of liquid.
The pumps can be put in any position, either vertical, horizontal, or oblique, and
can be driven from the outside of the wheels by friction when rotary or centrifugal
pumps are employed.
Having now described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of carrying
the same into effect, we wish it to be understood that we claim the exclusive right
of manufacturing the improved tank for carrying liquids with or without chemicals
for laying the dust in mines and other places, also for distributing disinfectants
when required, substantially as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Watkin Lewis, on behalf of the said
Herbert Kirkhouse and myself, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this
Eighth day of November, in the year of our Lord 1881.
HENRY WATKIN LEWIS. (L.S.)