IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES, APPLICABLE ALSO FOR VENTILATING AND FUMIGATING, AND FOR SUPPLYING, DELIVERING, AND DISTRIBUTING FLUIDS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Burridge, of No. 15, Grenville Street,
Brunswick Square, in the County of Middlesex, Builder, for the Inven-
tion of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES, APPLICABLE
ALSO FOR VENTILATING AND FUMIGATING, AND FOR SUPPLYING, DELIVERING,
AND DISTRIBUTING FLUIDS."
ealed the 8th May 1863, and dated the 11th November 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Burridge at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th November 1862.
I, HENRY BURRIDGE, of. No. 15, Grenville Street, Brunswick Square, in the
County of Middlesex, Buildér, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS YOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES, APPLICABLE
ALSO POR VENTILATING AND FUMIGATING, AND FOR SUPPLYING, DELIVERING, AND
DISTRIBUTING FLUIDS," to be as follows:-
My apparatus consists in the employment of a service pipe or pipes con-
nected to and communicating with one or more perforated pipes, tubes,
troughs, jets, gratings, or plates arranged in the form of a framework or
otherwise; the said service pipe or pipes being also connected to and com-
municating with a hose or hoses, which may be attached, as desired, to a supply
of water

page_text: In applying my apparatus to houses and other land structures, the service
pipe combined with taps, plugs, or other controlling agents, may be conducted
up the inside or outside walls (or both), or between the walls and through the
walls into the rooms or interior, or it may be conducted through the decks in
ships or other vessels, and connected to the perforated pipes, troughs, gratings,
or other perforated appliances, which being in the interior of the rooms or
other parts of the structure at the ceiling, wall, or elsewhere, water, steam, or
other agent may be at once projected in case of fire from the ceiling, walls, or
other convenient parts on to the flames in the interior.
I generally recommend that the pipes forming the apparatus be arranged
in the form of a framework, extending under the ceiling the whole length and
breadth of such ceiling and across it, and having perforations on the upper and
lateral sides. The perforated frameworks of a number of rooms, may,
desirable, communicate with a single service pipe.
if
The apparatus may also be applied for ventilating, fumigating, and supplying,
delivering, or distributing fluids. Perforated pipes, troughs, gratings, or plates
may be fitted to the floors of the buildings for the escape of the waste fluid to
the outside.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Burridge in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
11th May 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
BURRIDGE, of No. 15, Grenville Street, Brunswick Square, in the County of
Middlesex, Builder, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Henry Burridge, Her special licence, that I, the said Henry Burridge,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Burridge, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter diaring
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
EXTINGUISHING FIRES, APPLICABLE ALSO FOR VENTILATING AND FUMIGATING, AND

page_text: FOR SUPPLYING, DELIVERING, AND DISTRIBUTING FLUIDS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Henry Burridge, my executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of
the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Burridge, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed; to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, and to
the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
My apparatus consists in the employment of a service pipe or pipes con-
nected to and communicating with one or more perforated pipes or tubes,
arranged in the form of a framework or otherwise, and extending under the
ceiling the whole length and breadth of such ceiling and across it. I recom-
mend that the perforations of the pipes be formed in their upper and lateral
sides. The said service pipe is also connected to and communicates with a
hose attached, as desired, to a supply of water.
In applying my apparatus to houses and other land structures, the service
pipe, combined with taps, plugs, or other like controlling agents, is con-
ducted up the inside or outside walls (or both), or between the walls and
through them into the rooms or interior of the structure (or through the
decks in ships or other vessels), and connected to the perforated pipes or
tubes, which being in the interior of the rooms at or near the ceiling, water,
steam, or other agent may, in case of fire, be at once projected from the
piping on the flames in the interior. The perforated piping or framework
of a number of rooms may communicate with a single service pipe.. The
apparatus may be applied for ventilating and fumigating, and for supplying,
delivering, ог distributing fluids.
;
Perforated pipes, troughs, gratings, or plates are fitted to the floors of the
buildings for the escape of the waste fluid to the outside. When. I use.steam.
as the fire-extinguishing agent, I sometimes use gratings or perforated plates;.
as afterwards described.
The accompanying Drawings exemplify the manner in which my Invention.
may be carried into effect...
Figure 1 is an elevation of. the exterior of a house, having my apparatus..
applied thereto; and Figure 2, perspective view. of the interior of such house...

page_text: :
A is a service pipe shewn on an enlarged scale, Figure 3, and communicating
with an ordinary water main B. The pipe A is carried up the wall, and com-
municates with the pipes D, D, through branches C, C, which pass through
the wall; D, D, are perforated pipes fixed to the ceiling or walls of the rooms
and extending under the ceilings in the form of a framework; there is a
framework of pipes D in each room. These pipes extend along the whole
length and breadth of the ceiling and across it in longitudinal and other
directions; the exact form or design of this, framework of piping may be varied,
but it should be so arranged as to extend along and across the ceiling to com-
mand the whole area of the room.
Figure 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of a pipe D: I prefer to form
the pipes D with perforations on their upper and lateral sides, so that water
may be projected sidewise, and also against the ceiling, and thence fall into the
room:
Figure 1 also shews a set of service pipes L, herein-after described to be
used instead of the pipes A. When the pipes A are used, the pipes Lare not
required, though both arrangements A and L are shewn in the same Figure for
convenience.
E is an orifice in the service pipe, having a threaded collar on the edge, to
which a hose is screwed when water is to be forced in by a fire engine or other
pump. This orifice E is closed by a cap or cover F when the hose is discon-
nected; G is a cock for admitting, intercepting, and regulating the flow of
water from the main B through the pipes A and C to the piping D. Water
when forced or admitted into the pipes D, D, will be promptly and plentifully
projected into the interior of the room, and will rapidly extinguish any fire that
may have broken out therein. H, H, are valves or plugs in the pipes C, one
to each room; these valves are raised or opened by chains I, passing over
spiked wheels J, and are kept open by fastening the chains to spurs let into
the wall. The chain of each plug or valve is designated by a name plate j, so
that if a fire should break out in any one or more rooms or floors, and not in
the others, water may be admitted into the required rooms or floors only by
opening the corresponding valve or valves, while the other valves are kept
closed. K is a channel in the floor towards which the floor slopes gently;
this channel is covered with a grating flush with the floor, and leads into a
waste pipe, communicating with the sewer or other receptacle. This outlet
will also serve to carry off burning spirits or other fluids.
Instead of using a single service pipe A with valves H, I sometimes use a
set of pipes L, L, one such pipe L to each room. These service pipes lead
from the main through branches M to the pipes D, and are similar to the

page_text: pipes A, except that there is a separate pipe L leading from the main B to
each room, and they have no valves H, but instead thereof each pipe L has
a cock m for admitting and shutting off the flow of water from the main B; n
are caps covering orifices, to which hoses may be screwed. By opening any
particular cock m, I can admit water into the corresponding room without
interfering with the other rooms.
In applying my apparatus to steam vessels or buildings having a steam
engine on the premises, steam may be used instead of water for extinguishing
fire, for which purpose a pipe is led from the engine to the pipes D, so that
steam may be injected through them; or instead of using pipes D, a grating or
perforated plate may be fitted in the floor or other part of the room, and a
steam pipe carried' underneath such grating or plate to admit steam into the
room.
may
It
My apparatus may be used for admitting fumigating agents, and for irriga-
ting and for delivering fluids for purposes other than extinguishing fire.
also serve for ventilating, by opening the orifices E and plugs or valves H.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner
the same may be performed, I declare that I claim as my Invention, arranging
and combining apparatus in the manner and for the purposes herein-before
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Burridge, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
5 Witness,
HENRY GEORGE BURRIDGE.
HENRY BURRIDGE. (L.S.)