Improvements in Apparatus for Laying Dust in the Roadways of Coal and other Mines.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 12th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1893,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Laying Dust in the Roadways of
Coal and other Mines.
I, WALTER KITSON WOOD of Uddingston in the County of Lanark, Colliery
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for laying dust in
the rondways of coal and other mines and the improved apparatus consists of a
tank mounted on wheels running on the rails or track in the roadway. On the axle
of one pair of wheels there is secured a bevel wheel which is geared with a like
wheel fixed on the lower end of a spindle passing vertically through a stuffing box
in the bottom of the tank another bevel wheel being secured on the upper end of
the said spindle and geared with a wheel on the inner end of a tube which is laid
horizontally in the tank and as near the bottom as possible. The tube passes out
through a stuffing box at the end of the tank and on the outer extremity of the
tube a rose is fixed the perforations in which are around its circumference. The
tank is filled with water and by moving the tank truck along the roadway the tube
and its rose are through the gearing above mentioned caused to rotate whereby a
shower of water is distributed on the roof, sides and bottom of the roadway having
the effect of damping and laying dust particles.
The tube instead of being situated within the tank may be carried below the
framing of the truck and connected by a branch with the interior of the tank and
it has or may have a cock to prevent the escape of water except at the desired
time and the dust laying apparatus may be used separately or it may be coupled to
a train of hutches.
Dated this Eleventh day of April 1892.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Laying Dust in the Roadways of
Coal and other Mines.
I, WALTER KITSON WOOD of Uddingston in the County of Lanark, Colliery
Manager, 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 :-
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This invention has for its object improvements in apparatus for laying dust in
the roadways of coal and other mines and as shewn in longitudinal section by
Figure 1 and in transverse section by Figure 2 of the annexed drawings the
improved apparatus consists of a tank A mounted on wheels B running on the rails
or track in the roadway. On the axle C of one pair of wheels there is secured a
bevel wheel D which is geared with a like wheel E fixed on the lower end of a
spindle F passing vertically through a stuffing box G in the bottom of the tank
another bevel wheel H being secured on the upper end of the said spindle F and
geared with a wheel I on the inner end of a tube J which is laid horizontally in
the tank and carried in bearings as near the bottom as possible. The tube which
is preferably perforated with holes passes out through a stuffing box K at the end
of the tank and on its outer extremity a rose L is fixed the perforations in which
are around its circumference. Figure 3 is a detailed front elevation of the rose and

page_text: as shewn thereby and by Figure 1 the rose is preferably composed of an outer
circumferential perforated rim and a hollow boss fixed on the tube a series of
radial tubes extending between the rim and boss the latter having a screw or other
valve passed through it for regulating or stopping the flow of water from the tube J
as desired. The tank A which has a strainer M to trap mud stones or other
objectionable matter is filled with water and by moving the tank truck along the
railway the tube J and its rose L are through the gearing above mentioned caused
to rotate whereby a shower of water is distributed on the roof, sides and bottom
of the roadway having the effect of damping and laying dust particles.
Under a modification the tube J instead of being situated within the tank may
be carried below the framing of the truck and be connected by a branch with the
interior of the tank. The apparatus may be used separately or it may be coupled
to a train of hutches.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved apparatus constructed substantially as herein before described for
laying dust in the roadways of coal and other mines.
Dated this Eleventh day of January 1893.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.