A New Apparatus for or Method of Clearing away Fog or other Vapoury Impurities from the Atmosphere.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 27th Oct., 1887
Complete Accepted, 29th Nov., 1887
A New Apparatus for or Method of Clearing away Fog or other
Vapoury Impurities from the Atmosphere.
I RICHARD BALLARD of No. 2 Cliffords Inn in the City of London Solicitor do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of a new apparatus for or method of clearing away fog or
other vapoury impurities from the atmosphere by means of nozzles or roses through
which water is passed under pressure forming jets or sprays of water and the jets or
sprays of water in falling absorbing and beating down the watery vapour of the
fog and the matter thereby held in suspension or other vapoury impurities.
The invention is specially adapted for clearing away fog in streets railways tunnels
rivers canals and open or covered spaces and can be used for other cognate purposes
such as clearing away the vapoury smoke after the explosion of gunpowder above or
below ground.
I propose to effect the objects of this invention where a water main is available by
affixing nozzles or roses at suitable distances from each other to a water main or a pipe or
pipes communicating with and fed from a water main the pressure of the water on the
nozzles or roses will separate the stream of water into jets or sprays and will force
such jets or sprays into the space required to be cleared." When not required to be in
use the nozzles or roses can be disconnected or in case of pipes connected with a main
the pipes can be disconnected from the main. Where there is no water main available
or it is not desired to resort to a water main the same results can be attained by
pumping or forcing water under pressure through a pipe or pipes supplied with a
nozzle or rose or nozzles or roses.
The spraying of the water may also be assisted or effected by pumping or forcing
air or compressed air into the pipes or into the nozzles or roses.
The pipe or pipes to convey the water may be carried or laid or suspended
along the sides of or over or across streets railways or other place to be
operated on.
Dated this 24th day of Forny 1007

page_text: Vapoury Impurities from the Atmosphere.
I RICHARD BALLARD of No. 2 Cliffords Inn in the City of London Solicitor 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 consists of a new apparatus for or method of clearing away fog or
other vapoury impurities from the atmosphere by means of nozzles or roses through
which water is passed under pressure forming jets or sprays of water and the jets or
sprays of water in falling absorbing and beating down the watery vapour of the fog
and the matter thereby held in suspension or other vapoury impurities. The invention
is specially adapted for clearing away fog in streets railways tunnels rivers canals
and open or covered spaces and can be used for other cognate purposes such as clearing
away the vapoury smoke after the explosion of gunpowder above or below ground or
above water such as the sea or other water. I propose to effect the objects of this
invention where a water main is available by affixing nozzles or roses at suitable
distances from each other to a water main or a pipe or pipes communicating with and
fed from a water main the pressure of the water on the nozzles or roses will separate
the stream of water into jets or sprays and will force such jets or sprays into the space
required to be cleared. When not required to be in use the nozzles or roses can be
disconnected or in case of pipes connected with a main the pipes can be disconnected
from the main. Where there is no water main available or it is not desired to resort
to a water main the same results can be attained by pumping or forcing water under
pressure through a pipe or pipes supplied with a nozzle or rose or nozzles or roses.
The spraying of the water may also be assisted or effected by pumping or forcing air
or compressed air into the pipes or into the nozzles or roses. The pipe or pipes to
convey the water may be carried or laid or suspended along the sides of or over or
across streets railways or other place to be operated on.
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 :
The application of jets or sprays of water to clear away fog or other vapoury
impurities from the atmosphere.