Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 5th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 17th June, 1887
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow. of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved apparatus for moistening the atmosphere in
mills, factories, and other places.
In order to moisten the air in manufactories and more especially in mills for
spinning and weaving, atomizers or spray producing apparatus are generally
employed, which are fixed at different points of the space to be moistened.
The practical objection to the use of a stationary apparatus is that the atmosphere
in the immediate neighbourhood only of the apparatus becomes moistened.
This invention has for its object to obviate this objection, by causing the spray
producing apparatus to travel in a self-acting manner in a prescribed circuit whereby
the whole atmosphere of the room will be suitably moistened.
In order that the invention may be more readily understood I will proceed to
describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate one example
of the locomotive spray producing apparatus.
Figure 1 represents a part plan of a spinning room in which a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i,
j, k, l, m, n, represents an endless line of railway placed either upon the floor or at
a suitable height above it, upon which travels a carriage E carrying one or more water
spray apparatus of any suitable kind, which act during the time the carriage is in
motion. The travelling motion of the carriage and the action of the spray apparatus
mounted thereon, are produced by a dynamo-electric motor R, also mounted on the
carriage and actuated by a dynamo-electric generator G. located at F. The current
produced by the dynamo-electric generator G passes through the line of rails a bc etc ;

page_text: to the motor R setting the carriage in motion and operating the spray pro-
ducer or producers. Figures 2 and 3 represent the railway as suspended from the
rafters Figures 4 to 7 represent different views of the carriage the wheels of which
conduct the current from the generator G through the rails to the motor R. These
figures also illustrate the arrangement of the spray producer or producers, which are
operated by the movement of the carriage E. His a small fan which may be
employed to promote the diffusion of the moistened air through the surrounding
atmosphere. I is a trough for maintaining a continuous supply of water to the
spray producers and K is a tray beneath the railway for receiving the surplus water.
In the above arrangement, the continuous circulation of the carriage is produced by
means of an electric current, but the arrangement shewn in figure 8 may be adopted
in lieu thereof, in which one or more carriages carrying spray producers are moved
to and fro by means of a cable C or other suitable means of transmission driven by
gearing as shewn.
The Invention is applicable in all cases where it is desired to saturate the air with
moisture, such as in public and private establishments, workshops, concert rooms,
theatres &c. The apparatus may also be used for saturating or charging the
atmosphere in hospitals for example, with vapors or liquids of an antiseptic or other
nature.
A. MELVILLE CLARK.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London,
Patent Agents.

page_text: Improved Apparatus for Moistening the Atmosphere in Mills,
Factories, and other Places.
I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. & Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention (a communication to me from
abroad by Albert Koechlin of Mulhouse, Alsace, Manufacturer) 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 improved self acting apparatus for moistening the
atmosphere of mills, factories, and other places.
In order to moisten the air in manufactories and more especially in mills for
spinning and weaving, atomizers or spray producing apparatus are generally employed,
which are fixed at different points of the space to be moistened.
The practical objection to the use stationary apparatus is that the atmosphere in the
immediate neighbourhood only of the apparatus becomes moistened.
This invention has for its object to obviate this objection, by causing the spray
producing apparatus to travel in a self-acting manner in a prescribed circuit, whereby
the whole atmosphere of the room will be suitably moistened.
In order that the invention may be more readily understood I will proceed to
describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one example
of the locomotive spray producing apparatus.
Figure 1 represents a part plan of a spinning room A B C D in which a, b, c, d, e,
f, g, h, i, represent an endless line of railway placed either upon the floor or at a suitable
height above it, upon which travels a carriage E placed at point carrying one or more
water spray apparatus F F (figures 4, 57) of any suitable kind, which act during the
time the carriage E is in motion. The travelling motion of the carriage E and the
action of the spray apparatus F mounted thereon, are produced by a dynamo-electric
motor R (figures 4, 5, 6.) also mounted on the carriage and actuated by a dynamo-
electric generator G located at y figure 1.
The current produced by the dynamo-electric generator G passes through the line
of rails a, b, c etc. (figure 1) to the motor R setting the carriage E in motion and
operating the spray producer or producers.
Figures 2 and 3 represent the railway V as suspended from the rafters. Figures 4
to 7 represent different views of the carriage E the wheels of which conduct the
current from the generator G through the rails to the motor R. These figures also
illustrate the arrangement of the spray producer or producers, which are operated by
the movement of the carriage E. H (figures 4, 6 and 7) is a small fan, which may be
employed to promote the diffusion of the moistened air through the surrounding
atmosphere. I (figures 5 and 7) is a trough for maintaining a continuous supply of
water to the spray producers and J is a tray beneath the railway for receiving the
surplus water.

page_text: In the above arrangement the continuous circulation of the carriage is produced by
means of an electric current, but the arrangement shown in figures 8, 9 and 10 may
be adopted in lieu thereof, in which one or more carriages E carrying spray producers
are moved to and fro by means of a cable K or other suitable means of transmission
driven by gearing as shown.
The invention is applicable in all cases where it is desired to saturate the air with
moisture, such as in public and private establishments, workshops, concert rooms,
theatres &c. The apparatus may also be used for saturating or charging the
atmosphere with vapors or liquids of an anti-septic or other nature, as in hospitals for
example.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is-
The herein described self-acting locomotive apparatus for moistening air, consisting
essentially of one or more carriages carrying the moistening or spray producing
apparatus travelling on a railway suitably arranged, the carriage and also the spray
producers being preferably operated electrically by means of a stationary dynamo-
electric generator and a dynamo-electric motor on the carriage, or by a cable, or
other mechanical means as shown and described.