US847185A - Air cooling and humidifying apparatus. - Google Patents

Description

PATBNTED MAR. 12

J. KELLY. .AIR COOLING AND HUMIDIFYING APPARATUS.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT.15.1905.

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' JAMES KELLY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES D. MINTO, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

AIR COOLING AND HUMIDIFYING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 15, 1906. Serial No. 278,651.

Patented March 12, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air Coolin and Humidifying Apparatus, of which the fo lowmg is a specification.

This invention has relation'to air cooling and humidifying apparatus, and has for its object the provision of a novel apparatus ada ted to cool, purify, and moisten air and disc arge the same into apartments, such as textile machinery rooms and other apartments where the air is liable. to be dry and charged with articles of dust or fiber detrimental to h'ea th; and the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and

' arran ement of parts hereinafter described and c aimed.

Theinventionis illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in the several figures of which like reference-letters designate corresponding parts, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete apparatus. Fig. 2 is a detail view, partly in section, taken on the line a: a: of Fi 1. Fig.

3 is a vertical longitudinal sectiona view of a.

separator forming a part of the ap aratus shown in Fig. 1, said figure being ta lgen' on an enlargedlscale. F 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the separator shown in Fig. 2 and taken on the line y y of said Fig. 2;

' and Fig. 5 is a detail vertical sectional view,

on an enlarged scale, of a distributer forming part of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1.

The present invention is an improvement upon the ventilating and air cooling mechanismshown and described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 787,454, issued to me April 18, 1905, and is designed enerally to perform the same functions as the apparatus shown and described in said Letters -Patent; but embodies novel features of construction and operation adapted to perform the desired functions in a more perfect manner than they are performed by the apparatus of the patent.

Referring first to Fig. 1 of the drawing, a

designates a fan-blower of appropriate form,

l scale in this'fan-blower receiving motion from any regulated.

,more fully escribed.

suitable source of power through a belt a and being provided with an airinlet pipe (1- and air-outlet pipe a the latter being pro vided with a valve a A pipe I) is connected to the pipe at by a suitable coupling 1), and the said coupling, which is a T-coupling, is connected to a relief-valve b". The pipe 6 extends vertically above the pipe a and then descends vertically and turns horizontally and connects with a' T-coupling b which receives a large vertical pipe 6 and a similar horizontal pipe e, the pipe e being connected by acoupling 6 with a horizontal pipe e and a vertical stand-pipef, said vertical pipe being some what larger than the pipes e e? and extending above the coupling e as shown. The coupling e receives a short section of pipe fin its lower side, which section seats in a supporting-standard f and receives a water-supply pipe 9 and a steam-supply pipe '9, that are provided with valves g 9 by means of which the supply of water and steam flowin through said pipes g 9 may be he pipe e is connected to a horizontal pipe 2, and the pipe e is connected to a vertical pipe 6 the pipes e a entering a check-valve casing i, in which is arranged a check-valve 'i, which carries on its face a number of projecting pins 11 that serve to break up the Water passing therethrough into small articles, as will be hereinafter A pipe j extends up Wardly from the valve-casing i and connects at j with the vertical pipe f, said vertical pipe being provided with a reducing coupling j from which leads a small pipe 7' that is connected toa larger horizontal pipe is, which is'in turn connected to a T-coupling is, having a reduced end le from which a short pipe k leads to a separator 0. A pipe k depends from the coupling is and carries on its lower end a drip-pipe Z, said drip-pipe being provided with a valve l.' The pipe k extends into the coupling is and is provided with a depending end '11, that extends down into the pipe k, and the pipe 76* is provided with a Water-gage m, by means of which the level of the dripped water in the pipe k may be seen.

The se arator 0 is shown on an enlarged igs. 3 and 4 of the drawing, and

+5 shown by dotted lines h h and also fills the power-driven air-pump.

this separator comprises a rectangular cas ing having a removable side 0, within which casing are arranged a series of angularly-die posed corrugated blades 2), each of which extends from one wall of the casing to near the other wall of the same, leaving a sinuous passage between. the sides and around the ends of said blades. The separator 0 carries a depending extension 0 that is provided with a drip-pipe rand awater-gage s, the former being provided with a valve .9, and the separator is provided with a pipe t, which pipe has a depending branch t, on the lower end. of which is arranged a distributer g, said distributer comprising the stationary bell 9i and a deflector T, the latter being provided with a pin-valve 9 which is vertically inovable and connected to a lever g pivoted at g to a bracket g, carried by the deflector If. The pin-valve (1 go erns an orifice g in the center of the bell q and by moving the lever g the said orifice can be opened or closed at will. which serves to indicate the pressure of the air and. water Within said pipe and is also pro.

vided with a thermometer y to indicate the temperature of the air and Water Within said pipcf and with a water age y toshow the height of the water in said pipefj,-the normal height of water being indicated by the dotted line 71 h, which, as shown, is just above, thehorizontal pipe a As an adjunct to the apparatus above described I provide a tank or air-reservoir '0, which is connected to the pipe 5 by a vertical pipe and-whichtank or reservoir is charged with compressed air through a pipe u fronr any suitable air-forci11g apparatus, such as a (Not shown) The p1pe. w is provided with avalve w, and the tank 72 is provided with a relief-valve The apparatus constructed in the abovedescribed manner is operated as follows: Water under pressure is I admitted through the pipe 9 and rises into the pipe f to the level hipcs e c c e 0. Then when the. fan a is set in motion the air-pressure caused thereby throughthe pipe I) produces a circulation'oi the water through the pipes a, 6 a, e", and c and causes the water to be driven against the to the separator 0.

vents the reverse circulation of the Water and valve 'i and is broken up by contact with the points i of the valve and ascends through the pipe in the form olibubbles and also forced upwardly in the form of bubbles throughthc relatively large pipes f and passesinto the com racted pipes ,if, k, and 7c The checlevalve v preinsures its passing in. one direction only through the pipes e and e. 'lhissystem of piping thus divides the water'- and ll'lSUI'GS a more rapid action thereon by the aircur rents. The air, heavily charged with mois- The pipef is provided with a gage y,

ture, passes up through the dependingend a 0 the deposited water flcwing off through the depending pipe 0 and drip-pipe r and the moistened air passing to the distributer q through pipe t and its extension t. When a warm vapor is dcsired hot water is let into the pipe 9, which is provided with a valve g, that connects'with any suitable source of supply. The discharge of air through the distribute]? q is regulated by means of the pin-valve Q3, and the air coming from the dis tributer between the bell q and the deflector will be spread in all directions from the edges of the distributers. The air reservoir or tank '1) is adapted to be used alternatively to the fan-blower a, and in the eventot the air tank or reservoir 1) being used the valve w is opened and the valve is is closed, the

apparatus otherwise operating-in the same manner as when the fan-blower is used. The pin-valve 1 not only regulatesthe prope; discharge of air through the distributer q, but also permits of its.pinpointkeepingthe orifire (1 of. the same free of sediment.

By my construction and arrangement of arts I form an apparatus that contains in itself all that is necessary to give o'fi either a cool' vapor or a warm vapor, as may be'desired. Having now fully, described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r y M 1..ln an apparatus of the character described, the combination ol an air-forcing device, a plurality of pipes connected thereto and arranged in rectangular form, a standpipe connected at its lower end to said pipes, a water s upply pipe connected to said standpipe, a connection from the upper end of said .rectangulally-arranged pipes to the upper part of said stand-pipe, aseparator connected to said stand-pipe, and a distributer connected to said separator. f

2. The combination with an air-forcing device, and a plurality of pipesarranged in rectangularform, of a stand-pipe'connected at I its lower .end to, said rectanguiarly-an ranged pipes and connected at its upper end to the upper portion of said rectangularlyarranged pipes, a check-valve casing arranged atthe upper connection of said rectangularly arranged pipes, with said standpipe, and a flap-valve. arranged in said casing and. provided withprojections on its face.

.lnan apparatns cf the character described, the combination. of a supportingstandard, a standpipe supported tiereby, a

coupling nearthe lower ,end of said standpipe, a water-pipe and a steam-pipe respec tively leading into the lower .end of said stand-pipe, horizontal pipes connected to said coupling, vertical pipes connected to from said valve-casing to the upper end of said horizontal pipes, a horizontal pipe coni said stand-pipe.

nected to said vertical pipes, an air-supply In testimony whereof I aflix my signature pipe leading into one of said Vertical pipes at i in presence of-two subscribing Witnesses.

its juncture with one of said horizontal pipes, J A-l\lES KELLY.

a check-valve casing arranged at the juncture of the other of said vertical pipes with the upper horizontal pipe,- and a pipe leading i Witnesses lnos. A. PRIOR, (J. S. EDWARDS.

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