Improvements in or connected with the Quenching or Humidifying of Dust in Breweries and other Places.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Mar., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 29th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 26th Feb., 1898
Improvements in or connected with the Quenching or Humidifying
of Dust in Breweries and other Places.
I, GEORGE PORTEUS, of Hunslet New Road, in the City of Leeds, Millwright and
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide means or apparatus for quenching or
humidifying dust in breweries and other places.
In carrying out my invention I employ a fan or fans which by suitable tubes or
trunk connections are in communication with the different machines from which
the dust is forthcoming. The said fan or fans cause the said dust to pass into what
may be termed "Expansion" chambers. From these chambers the dust is carried
or forced up a tube or trunk and comes in contact with a series of sprinklers, or
the like means, which causes water to be sprayed upon the said dust by which it
is caused to settle, and not pass into the atmosphere. The chamber in which the said
pipe or tube passes is provided with a series of baffle plates or louvres with domes
and saucers.
When the dust passes down the said tube or trunk the action of the spray or
water causes it to settle, and nothing but pure air passes out to the atmosphere.
Any number or series of sprinklers may be used, and these may be in connection
with a pipe from a pump, or from one working under towns' pressure.
By the use of this invention dust is prevented from impregnating the air and
collected at a desired point.
Improvements in or connected with the Quenching or Humidifying
of Dust in Breweries and other Places.
I, GEORGE PORTEUS, of Hunslet New Road, in the City of Leeds, Engineer and
Millwright, 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:―
The object of this invention is to provide means or apparatus for quenching or
humidifying dust in breweries and other places.
In carrying out my invention I employ a fan or fans which by suitable tubes or
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page_text: The separator N¹ is as ordinary, has sieves and is carried by springs which are
also as ordinary. The fan L is placed on the top of the machine (or other con-
venient position) and has a pipe L' through which the fan extracts the dust from
the separator, a trunk pipe K joining into the fan casing and through which the
dust is passed to the quencher or humidifier A' in which the dust is acted on as
previously described.
In some cases where the pressure of the water mud and air issuing from the
outlet is greater than the vessel tank or cistern can withstand without spilling or
flooding, I connect to the outlet O a pipe Na (with dome shaped top, having exits
for air) by which the excess of pressure is exhausted, but such an arrangement is
not necessary when the outlet O passes the impurities direct to a drain.
By the use of this invention dust, microbes, and other impurities are prevented
from impregnating the air and are collected at any desired point.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is: :-
1. Quenching or humidifying dust in breweries and other places by causing
water to be sprayed thereon in the manner and by apparatus constructed and
arranged substantially as set forth.
2. The construction and arrangement of quencher or humidifier, operating sub-
stantially as and for the purposes set forth.
3. The combination with an extracting arrangement, such as described, of a
quencher or humidifier operating and constructed substantially as and for the
purposes set forth.
Dated this 9th day of November 1897.