Improvements in Spraying Apparatus for Humidifying Air.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Oct., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 1st July, 1896-Accepted, 19th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Spraying Apparatus for Humidifying Air.
We ALFRED GEORGE_BROWNING, Gas Engineer, of 19 Duke Street, Moss
Side, Manchester, and WILLIAM WILD CHURCHILL of 15, Princess Street
Manchester, Shipper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists principally in the combination of a jet of air and a jet of
water under pressure impinging against each other for producing a fine spray or
vapor for humidifying air.
This invention may be carried out by one or other of the following alternative
arrangements.
First, two jets or sprays under pressure opposed to each other, the one a water
jet or spray, and the other a jet or spray of air.
Secondly, a compound air and water jet or spray made by driving a jet of air
through the centre of a jet of water, both going in the same direction.
Thirdly two of such compound air and water jets opposing each other.
The jets or sprays of air and water (whether simple or compound) may either
oppose each other in a direct line, or cross each other at any suitable angle.
Dated this 28th day of October 1895.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Spraying Apparatus for Humidifying Air.
We ALFRED GEORGE BROWNING, Gas Engineer, formerly of 19 Duke Street,
Moss Side, Manchester, now of 5 Oakland Villa, Flixton near Manchester and
WILLIAM WILD CHURCHILL of 15 Princess Street, Manchester, Shipper, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manuer the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
This invention consists principally in the combination of a jet of water and a jet
of air, both under pressure, impinging against each other for producing a fine spray
or vapor for humidifying air.
The manner of carrying out my invention will be readily understood on
reference to the annexed two sheets of drawings and the following explanation
thereof.
The invention may be carried out by one or other of the following alternative
arrangements.
Fig. 1 on the drawings is a vertical section of the first arrangement, being two
jets or sprays under pressure opposed to each other, the one a a water jet or spray,
and the other ba jet or spray of air.
These may be placed either in a direct vertical line one above the other as
shown, or one may be placed at a suitable angle to the other as may be preferred,
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page_text: and any suitable means may be provided for regulating the distance apart of the
two jets.
Fig. 2 on the drawings is a similar view and Fig. 3 a plan view of a second
arrangement being a compound air and water jet or spray, the water jet b being so
arranged as to surround the air jet a. The former is shown as provided with a
regulating valve c and we would here observe that if preferred a similar regulator
may also be adapted to the air jet. It will also be seen that a spring needle d is
provided for clearing out the fine opening of the jet or jets when required.
The compound jet is shown here in a perpendicular position, but it may, if
preferred, be placed diagonally as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.
In some cases especially for large rooms we also intend to make a compound jet
with several small air jets, instead of one only placed inside a water jet.
Fig. 4 on the drawings illustrates a third arrangement being the combination of
two compound air and water jets opposed to each other.
As before stated in all these cases the jets (whether simple or compound) may
either be opposed to each other in a direct line, or may cross each other at any
suitable angle as circumstances may require.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
The improvements in spraying apparatus for humidifying air consisting in the
combination of impinging jets of air and water under pressure substantially in the
manner described and illustrated and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 30th day of June 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.