IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS OF RESPIRATION FOR VENTILATING DWELLINGS AND CARRIAGES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, HERRMAN, OTTO, ALBERT, EMIL GRUENBAUM Dentist of N° 10 Upper
William Street, Angel Lane, Stratford, in the County of Essex do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS
OF RESPIRATION FOR VENTILATING DWELLINGS AND CARRIAGES and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
The object of my Invention is, 1) to afford both, egress and ingress entirely
free of draught. 2) to afford its being adapted and easily adjusted anywhere, in
old and new houses, and by anybody however inexpe: ienced. 3) To avoid
interference with outer walls, and to render it ornamental so as to qualify it for
noble Mansions as well as for the poor cottage.-To carry my invention into effect,
I adjust egress and ingress in such a manner as to counteract the law of gravity
of the air, that is to say, by causing the hot air to descend and the cold air to
ascend and in this wise so as to effect on a less violent principle the sanitary
exchange of air within dwelling rooms, workshops, carriages free of draught to the
inmates, as follows: Perforated cornices are adjusted, running underneath the
corners of the ceiling, and which communicate with the window, ending there in
a box (so called "lung") situated above and forming part of the window. This
box or lung is divided into two or three compartments, according to require-
ments, two of which are designed for the inlet of fresh air, while the third
compartment serves for the outlet of vitiated air, and which latter compartment
communicates with a chamber, situated between the ceiling and two joistes in an
elevated position to its outlet, and which chamber terminates in a circular opening
in the ceiling. The opening of the lung-box outside the house, as well as the
circular opening in the ceiling, is closed by means of gauze wire or other suitable
material. From this it is obvious that the vitiated air, entering by means of the
circular hole in the ceiling, in its egress has to travel at last in an anti-natural
direction e. downwards, in order to escape by means of that outlet within the
lung-box, thus preventing the cold air from rushing in which would otherwise be
the case and result in violent draught.

page_text: The cold air entering into the before described cornices by means of the one or
two compartments, situated as aforesaid, within the lung or window-box, diffuses
itself within the cornices, and by its escaping through the perforations, it
invigorates the vitiated air in the room.
The cornices of one room communicate with those of other rooms by means of
holes through the partition walls and junction boxes affixed, and in this manner
Ventilation may be carried into every floor or corner of the house, giving ingress
of fresh air at every spot available.
In old houses, this method of respiration is effected by doors and windows,
which latter simply require to be opened sufficiently to free the aperture of the
lung-box, or by perforating the window glass, whereas in new buildings the window
frame may be formed so as to include at once the before mentioned lung box, which
dispenses with opening the window.
The materials used for making the whole of the required Apparatus may consist
of any kind and in various designs, such as glass, metals, wood, Millboard according
to means or taste.
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 mode of affording both egress and ingress on a principle, contrary to the
law of gravity of the air, as before described.
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2) The mode or modes of making or forming glass, metals, wood, Millboards or
such other materials as aforesaid with holes or openings therein, in manner and for
the purposes herein before described.
3) The mode or modes of applying such glass metals, wood, Millboard or
substances as aforesaid in the construction of ventilators, in manner and for the
purposes herein-before described.
In witness thereof I, the said Herrman, Otto, Albert, Emil Gruenbaum have
bereunto set my hand and seal, this Second day of February in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty four.
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