Improvements in or relating to Ice Floors for Skating Rinks, and in the Manufacture of Ice; also applicable for Cooling and Purifying Air in Dairies, Hospitals, and other similar Buildings and Places.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Ice Floors for Skating Rinks, and in
the Manufacture of Ice; also applicable for Cooling and Purifying
Air in Dairies, Hospitals, and other similar Buildings and Places.
I, ANDREW GREIG ANDERSON, 29, Castle Street, Edinburgh, in the County of
Mid-Lothian, North Britain, Fishmonger and Ice Merchant, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows;-
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This invention relates to improvements in or connected with ice floors for
skating rinks and in the manufacture of ice and forms additions to or modifi-
cations of the invention described in the Specification of my application for
Patent No. 23553 of 13th October 1897; the said improvements also being
applicable for cooling and purifying air in dairies, hospitals and other similar
buildings and places.
In accordance with my present improvements I employ a service of brine
pipes situated below the tray or floor upon which the water is frozen, to form
the skating or curling rink or ice for other purposes, the said pipes being
arranged between the parallel rows of wooden joists supporting the floor and
connected with a tank in the cold room in such a manner that cold brine can
be caused to circulate freely from the tank, through below the floor, and back
to the tank again. These brine pipes are used in addition to and along with
the current of cold air as described in my prior specification or may be used as
an alternative if found convenient.
Also to enable the cold air which freezes the rink to be used at á distance
from the cold room, or plant producing same, I carry the air through insulated
trunks or ducts arranged as found most suitable in practice.
The said insulated trunks may also be employed for cooling tables and shelves
of dairies, or provision stores or any business requiring protection from high
temperatures, by carrying the cold air trunks underneath said tables or shelves,
having the underpart all insulated to prevent the cold air escaping. Also for
this purpose I may arrange the service of brine pipes in a similar manner either
insulated or otherwise.
The foregoing arrangement can also be applied for cooling and purifying the
air in hospitals, sick rooms, public halls or other buildings.
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page_text: Improvements in or relating to Ice Floors for Skating Rinks, and in
the Manufacture of Ice; also applicable for Cooling and Puritying
Air in Dairies, Hospitals, and other similar Buildings and Places.
I, ANDREW GREIG ANDERSON, of 29, Castle Street, Edinburgh, in the County of
Mid-Lothian, North Britain, Fishmonger and Ice Merchant, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention, 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 improvements in or connected with ice floors for
skating rinks.and in the manufacture of ice, and forms additions to or modifi-
cations of the invention described in the Specification of my application for
Patent No. 23553 of 13th October 1897; the said improvements also being
applicable for cooling and purifying air in dairies; hospitals and other similar
buildings and places."
But in order that my said invention may be readily understood and easily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the
accompanying drawings in which.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation
Fig. 2 a plan, partly in section, and
Fig. 3 across section of a portion of a skating rink as constructed in accord.
ance with my said former patent and shewing my present improvements applied
thereto.
Referring to the said drawings I employ a service of brine pipes A situated
below the tray or floor B upon which the water is frozen to form the skating. or
curling rink or ice for other purposes, the said pipes being placed.. upon the
top of the alternately arranged joists C so as to support the tray or floor, and
connected with an ordinary tank in the cold room (not shewn) in such a manner
that cold brine. can be pumped therethrough, and thus circulate freely from the
tank, through below the floor, and back to the tank again. These brine pipes
are used in addition to and along with the current of cold air as described in
my prior specification or may be used as an alternative if found convenient
and may also be arranged between the wooden joists in place of upon the top
thereof.
The floor B is formed of slabs, as shewn, the abutting joints being arranged
to rest upon the brine pipes, and may be of metal, of concrete or other substance
as described in the specification of my said former patent.
Also to enable the cold air which freezes the rink to be used at a distance
from the cold room or plant producing same, I carry the air through insulated
trunks or ducts D'arranged as found most suitable in practice.
The said insulated trunks may also be employed for cooling tables and shelves
of dairies or provision stores or any business requiring protection from high
temperatures, by carrying the cold air trunks underneath such tables or shelves,
having the underpart all insulated to prevent the cold air escaping. Also for
this purpose I may arrange the service of brine pipes in a similar manner either 4
insulated or otherwise.
The foregoing arrangement can also be applied for cooling and purifying the
air in hospitals, sick rooms, public halls or other buildings.

page_text: 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 service of brine pipes arranged below the tray or floor upon which the
water is to be frozen, substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the
accompanying drawings.
2. The employment of insulated trunks for the purpose of enabling cold air
to be used at a distance for freezing water in skating rinks, and for cooling and
purifying air in dairies, hospitals and other places, substantially as hereinbefore
described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
Date 11011
JOHNSONS,
Applicant's Agents, 115, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow.