IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN VARIOUS PROCESSES WHERE INFLAMMABLE OILS ARE USED
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Moseley, of the City of Manchester, India-rubber
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED
IN VARIOUS PROCESSES WHERE INFLAMMABLE OILS ARE USED."
Sealed the 27th June 1876, and dated the 8th April 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Moseley at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th April 1876.
CHARLES MOSELEY, of the City of Manchester, India-rubber Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN VARIOUS PROCESSES WHERE IN-
FLAMMABLE OILS ARE USED."
My Invention is particularly applicable in the processes employed in collecting
and condensing the vapours of naphtha used in the manufacture of india-rubber, but
it may be applied in various other processes in which inflammable oils are
employed.
The object of my Invention is to confine within certain limits the flames of such
vapours or oils when they become ignited by accident.
My Invention consists in placing screens of wire gauze or perforated sheet metal
in the flues, passages, pipes, or vessels through which the inflammable vapours or
oils circulate, or in which they are contained; these screens do not prevent the
passage of the vapours or oils, but in case of fire they effectually intercept the
passing of the flames, thereby confining the fire within certain limits, and preventing
to a great extent the destruction of property.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Charles Moseley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 2nd October
1876.
CHARLES MOSELEY, of the City of Manchester, India-rubber Manufacturer.
"JMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN VARIOUS PROCESSES WHERE IN-
FLAMMABLE OILS ARE USED,”
My Invention is particularly applicable in the processes employed in collecting
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page_text: and condensing the vapours of naphtha or other solvent used in the manufacture of
india-rubber, but it may be applied in various other processes in which inflammable
oils are employed.
The object of my Invention is to confine within certain limits the flames of such
vapours or oils when they become ignited by accident...
My Invention consists in placing screens of wire gauze or perforated sheet metal
in the flues, passages, pipes, or vessels, through which the inflammable vapours or
oils circulate, or in which they are contained; these screens do not prevent the
passage of the vapours or oils, but in case of fire they effectually intercept the
passing of the flames, thereby confining the fire within certain limits and preventing
to a great extent the destruction of property.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
describe a convenient mode of carrying the same into operation, reference being had
to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
Fig. 1 is an elevation, and Fig. 2, a transverse section of the end of an ordinary
spreading machine employed in the manufacture of waterproof fabrics. In these
machines the cotton or other fabric to be operated upon is coated with a solution of
india-rubber, in naphtha, or other solvent, and in passing over the steam chest a,
the heat evaporates the naphtha or other solvent leaving the india-rubber adhering
to the fabric, the vapours of the naphtha or other inflammable oil used as solvent
are usually allowed to escape into the room, or they are conveyed by tubes to the
condensing apparatus described in the Specifications of former Letters Patent
granted to me on the 30th day of May 1872; No. 1637, and on the 13th day of
March 1873, No. 916. Now my present Invention is particularly applicable to
the condensing apparatus above referred to, but it may be applied to other apparatus
for collecting the vapours of naphtha and to other purposes; the steam chest a is
provided with a lid b, above which is the inverted funnel c connected by the pipe d to
the main pipe c, which conveys the vapours of naphtha or other inflammable oil from
several spreading machines to the receiver f, from which they are pumped into the
condensers through the pipes g, g; all these parts are made as usual or in the
manner described in the Specifications of the Patents above referred to. At the
'base of the inverted cone c I place a screen i made of wire gauze or perforated
sheet metal, and in the pipe & I place a similar screen h, shewn detached in Fig. 3,
both these screens are made so that they can be easily drawn out for being cleaned.
Other screens may be placed at other points in the pipes between the spreading
machine and the receiver f, as shewn at j, j. In this receiver I also place one or
more screens, as shown at k, k. These screens do not prevent the passage of the
inflammable oils or of the vapours of inflammable oils, but in case of fire they
effectually intercept the passing of the flames, thereby confining the fire within
certain fixed limits and preventing to a great extent the destruction of property.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention and described a convenient mode
of carrying the same into operation as applied to the spreading machines used in
the manufacture of waterproof fabrics, I wish it to be understood that my Invention
is applicable to various other processes in which inflammable oils, or the vapours of
inflammable oils are used or conveyed through flues, passages, pipes, or vessels.
I claim the use of screens made of wire gauze or perforated sheet metal to intercept
the flame of inflammable oils as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Moseley, have hereto set my hand and
seal, this Thirtieth day of September, One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six
CHARLES MOSELEY. (L.S.)