Purposes, and Apparatus therefor.
Year: 1885

page_text: Purposes, and Apparatus therefor.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE, of No 11 Wellington Street, Strand, London, in
the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of my
invention for " A PROCESS OF PURIFYING WATER FOR DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL
PURPOSES AND APPARATUS THEREFOR "
to be as follows:
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This Invention relates to a process of purifying water, consisting of filtering the
same through a bed of Peat, also to a filter for carrying out the said process. Peat,
in consequence of the organic acids contained therein and of its absorbing power,
has the property of fixing and retaining all the mineral soluble or insoluble
substances contained in water when the latter passes through a peat filter.
Water purified according to this process may be used as drinkable water or as
feed water for steam boilers as it will be free from every matter forming deposits.
The thus filtered water may therefore be applicable for domestic purposes as well
as for industrial purposes.
The accompanying drawing shews an apparatus suitable for carrying out the
above described process. In a vessel (barrel etc) Z is arranged at a certain
distance from the bottom a second bottom C consisting of perforated sheet-metal
or other suitable material. Upon the bottom C are piled up several layers of
bricks of Peat or of crumbled peat according to the quantity of mineral substances
contained in the water. The space A is filled up to the perforated cover B with
Peat. The water to be filtered enters into the vessel through a pipe F provided
on its orifice with a rose in order to spread the water in a uniforma manner over
the Peat.
The filtered water is gathered at the bottom of the vessel in the space H out of
which it escapes for further use through a cock.

page_text: Purposes, and Apparatus therefor.
I WILLIAM EDWARD GEDGE of N° 11 Wellington Street Strand London, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "A PROCESS OF PURIFYING WATER FOR DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES
AND APPARATUS THEREFOR" (communicated by the firm of Fedor Wolff & Co
Germany) 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 a process of purifying water, consisting of filtering the..
same through a bed of Peat also to a filter for carrying out the said process.
Peat, in consequence of the organic acids contained therein and of its absorbing
power, has the property of fixing and retaining all the mineral soluble or insoluble
substances contained in water when the latter passes through a peat filter.
Water purified according to this process may be used as drinkable water or as
feed water for steam boilers as it will be free from every matter forming deposits.
The thus filtered water may therefore be applicable for domestic purposes as well
as for industrial purposes.
The accompanying drawing shews an apparatus suitable for carrying out the
above described process. In a vessel (barrel etc) Z is arranged at a certain
distance from the bottom a second bottom C consisting of perforated sheet-metal or
other suitable material. Upon the bottom C are piled up several layers of bricks
of peat or of crumbled peat according to the quantity of mineral substances
contained in the water. The space A is filled up to the perforated_cover B with
peat. The water to be filtered enters into the vessel through a pipe F provided on
its orifice with a rose in order to spread the water in a uniform nanner over the
peat. The filtered water is gathered at the bottom of the vessel in the space H
out of which it escapes for further use through a cock.
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
1. The process of purifying water for domestic and industrial purposes consisting
of filtering the same through a bed of peat.
2. A filter for carrying out the above described process consisting in the
arrangement of a vessel Z provided with a second perforated bottom C upon which
bricks of peat or crumbled peat is piled up and into which vessel the water to be
filtered enters in a uniform manner through a pipe provided with a rose.
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