An Improved Method for the Prevention of Incrustation in Boilers and other Vessels, Domestic or otherwise, used for the purpose of Heating Water.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 25th July, 1892-Accepted, 27th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method for the Prevention of Incrustation in Boilers
and other Vessels, Domestic or otherwise, used for the purpose of
Heating Water.
I JOHN RICHARDS ROWLAND of 51 Rendlesham Road Downs Road Clapton
in the County of Middlesex Accountant do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
The invention is for the prevention of incrustation of lime or other mineral
substances in boilers or other vessels used for the purpose of heating water and
by the manner and means hereinafter mentioned.
My invention consists of a wire or wires of such thickness or size as may be
required and made of steel iron copper zinc or other material combined or otherwise
and into which is entwined or plaited sufficient hemp or other suitable fibre or fine
or medium metallic wire and of such lengths as may be required or deemed necessary
to effect the objects of this invention and the said wire or wires when so constructed
with the said hemp or other suitable fibre or medium or fine metallic wire is
entwined or plaited as aforesaid is then fixed in such manner as may be necessary
to keep the same in position to a solid piece of zinc or other suitable material or
to a frame or frames made of steel iron copper zinc or other material and the
aforesaid solid piece of zinc or other material or frame or frames as aforesaid can
be made flat fluted grooved perforated or otherwise and of such shape or shapes
longitudinal square round oval angular triangular concave pyramidical or other
suitable shape so as to meet the requirements of any particular vessel boiler or
domestic article to which the anti incrustator or apparatus is to be applied or the
said hemp can be fastened to such solid piece of zinc or other material or frame or
frames of such materials and of such shape or shapes as aforesaid by simply placing
a band or piece of wire made of steel iron copper zinc or other material so as to
fix the hemp or other suitable fibre or metallic wire as aforesaid in position. Such
solid piece of zinc or other material or such frame or frames of such construction
and in such suitable shape or shapes as required as aforesaid and having the said
wire or wires with hemp or other suitable fibre or fine or metallic wire so entwined
or plaited as aforesaid or fastened by a wire or band as aforesaid can then be placed
in the vessel boiler or other article in which it is desired to place the same either
loosely or fixed suspended or otherwise as might be deemed necessary for the anti
incrustator or apparatus to effectually perform the work which it is the object of
this invention it should do.
For the purposes of tubular boilers it will not be necessary for the said wire or
wires with the said hemp or other suitable fibre or fine or medium metallic wire so
entwined or plaited as aforesaid to be fastened or fixed to any frame or frames of
any shape but the same can simply be passed into or placed outside the tubes of a
boiler and if necessary fastened at the end of the tubes of the boiler into which
the same is placed in such manner that the anti-incrustator or apparatus will
efficiently perform the work which it is the object of this invention it
should do.
The said anti-incrustator or apparatus can also be constructed in sections made

page_text: of such material as herein before mentioned and in any of the shapes hereinbefore
mentioned and then linked joined or fastened together so as to form a chain or
into such shape or shapes longitudinal square round oval angular triangular
concave pyramidical or other suitable shape so as to meet the requirements of
any particular vessel boiler or domestic articles to which the anti-incrustator or
apparatus is to be applied.
The said anti-incrustator or apparatus can also be constructed in the manner
following that is to say a frame made of iron steel copper zinc or other materials
and of such shape or shapes longitudinal square round oval angular triangular
concave pyramidical or otherwise as required or necessary and made flat fluted
grooved perforated or otherwise according to the requirements of the vessel boiler
or article into which the same is to be placed and then hemp or other suitable fibre
or fine or medium metallic wire can be placed in such lengths as may be necessary or
required across or otherwise the said frame and then a frame corresponding if
necessary with the one upon which such hemp or other suitable fibre or fine or
medium metallic wire shall have been so placed as aforesaid can be placed on
the top of the first frame so arranged as aforesaid and then fastened together
in any suitable manner to keep the said hemp or other material as aforesaid in
position.
Dated this 24th day of Sontember 1801
JOHN R. ROWLAND.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method for the Prevention of Incrustation in Boilers
and other Vessels, Domestic or otherwise, used for the purpose of
Heating Water.
I JOHN RICHARDS ROWLAND of Murchison House Murchison Road Leyton in
the County of Essex late of 51 Rendlesham Road Clapton in the County of Middlesex
Accountant 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 my invention is for the prevention of incrustation of lime or other
mineral substances in boilers or other vessels domestic or otherwise used for the
purpose of heating water.
My invention consists of a wire or wires of such thickness or size as may be
required and made of steel iron copper zinc or.other material combined or otherwise
and into which is entwined or plaited sufficient hemp or other suitable fibre or fine
or medium metallic wire and of such length as may be required or deemed necessary
and according to the vessel or boiler into which the same is to be placed and the
said wire or wires when so constructed with the said hemp or other suitable fibre
or medium or fine metallic wire entwined or plaited as aforesaid is then fixed in
such manner as may be necessary to keep the same in position to a solid piece of
zinc or other suitable material or to a frame or frames made of steel iron copper
zinc or other suitable material combined or otherwise and the aforesaid solid
piece of zinc or other material or frame or frames as aforesaid can be made flat
fluted grooved perforated or otherwise and of such shape or shapes longitudinal
square round oval angular triangular concave pyramidical or other suitable shape
so as to meet the requirements of any particular vessel boiler or domestic article
to which the anti incrustator or apparatus is to be applied or the said hemp or other
suitable fibre or medium or fine metallic wire can be fastened or fixed to such solid
piece of zinc or other materials or frame or frames of such materials and of such
shape or shapes as aforesaid by simply placing a band or piece of wire made of steel
iron copper zinc or other suitable material so as to fix the hemp or other suitable
fibre or metallic wire as aforesaid in position. Such solid piece of zinc or other
material or such frame or frames of such construction and in such suitable shape or

page_text: shapes as required as aforesaid and having the said wire or wires with hemp or other
suitable fibre or fine or medium metallic wire so entwined or plaited as aforesaid or
fastened by a band or wire as aforesaid can then be placed in the vessel boiler or
other article in which it is desired to place the same either loosely or fixed suspended
or otherwise as might be deemed necessary for the hemp or other suitable fibre or
fine or medium metallic wire of the anti-incrustator so constructed and fixed or
fitted where required on any of the frames of such suitable shapes and forms as
hereinbefore or hereinafter mentioned to effectually cause the adhesion of the lime
or other mineral or earthy matter thereto and thus perform the work it is the object
of the invention it should do.
For the purposes of tubular multitubular and in exceptional cases of any other
description of boilers it will not be necessary for the said wire or wires with the
said hemp or other suitable fibre or fine or inedium metallic wire so entwined or
plaited as aforesaid to be fastened or fixed to any frame or frames of any shape
but the same can simply be passed into or placed outside the tubes of a boiler and
if necessary fastened at the end of the tubes of the boiler into which the same is
placed in such manner that the anti-incrustator or apparatus will efficiently perform
the work which it is the object of this invention it should do as aforesaid.
The said anti-incrustator or apparatus can also be constructed in sections made
of such materials as herein before mentioned and of any of the shapes hereinbefore
mentioned and then linked or joined or fastened together so as to form a chain or
into such shape or shapes longitudinal square round oval angular triangular concave
pyramidical or other suitable shape so as to meet the requirements of any particular
vessel boiler or domestic article to which the anti incrustator or apparatus is to be
applied.
The said anti-incrustator or apparatus can be constructed also in the manner
following that is to say a frame made of iron steel copper zinc or other suitable
materials combined or otherwise and of such shape or shapes longitudinal square
round oval angular triangular concave pyramidical or otherwise as required or
necessary and made flat fluted grooved perforated or otherwise according to the
requirements of the vessel boiler or article into which the same is to be placed and
then hemp or other suitable fibre or fine or medium metallic wire can be placed in
such lengths as may be necessary or required across into or otherwise the said
frame and then a frame corresponding if necessary with the one upon which such
hemp or other suitable fibre or fine or medium metallic wire shall have been
so placed as aforesaid can be placed on the top of the first frame so arranged as
aforesaid and then fastened together in any suitable manner to keep the same
in position.
I do not bind myself as to lengths sizes sections or shapes of the anti incrustator
or apparatus or to the lengths or depths of the hemp or other suitable fibre or fine
or medium metallic wire to be entwined or plaited on wire or wires or otherwise
as aforesaid as they may respectively be varied without departing from the nature
and object of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that I am aware that it
has been previously proposed to use fibrous materials for the prevention of incrusta-
tion and in particular I am aware of the Specification of Letters Patent No. 8003
of A.D. 1888 granted to John Langstaffe and Henry Daniel Peckover and I wish
it to be understood that I lay no claim to anything described and claimed therein,
but what I claim is :
1. The application of a wire or wires made of steel iron copper zinc or other
suitable material and into which is entwined or plaited hemp or other suitable fibre
or material or fine or medium metallic wire and then fitted to a piece of solid zinc
or to a frame or frames made of steel iron copper zinc or other suitable material
combined or otherwise and made flat grooved fluted perforated or otherwise and of
such shapes sizes lengths or sections such sections if required being joined or linked

page_text: together as necessary and according to the requirements of the vessel boiler or
domestic article into which the same is to be placed in such manner and for the
purposes substantially herein described.
2. The application of a frame or frames of such shape size lengths or sections
and made of steel iron copper zine or other suitable material combined or otherwise
and the hemp or other suitable fibre or fine or medium metallic wire fastened thereto
by a wire or band to keep the same in position in such manner and for the purposes
substantially herein described.
3. The application of a wire or wires into which is entwined or plaited hemp or
other suitable fibre or fine or medium metallic wire to multitubular and every
description of boilers when and where necessary in such manner and for the purposes
substantially herein described.
4. The application of a frame or frames made of steel iron copper zinc or other
suitable material combined or otherwise and of such construction shape length
section or size as required or necessary and into or between which hemp or other
suitable fibre or fine or medium metallic wire can be placed and fixed or fastened
in a suitable manner to keep the same in position in such manner and for the purposes
substantially herein described.
Dated sh: th 1
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