US869945A - Humidifying apparatus. - Google Patents

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PATENTBD NOV. 5, 1907.

A. W. THOMPSGN. HUMIDIFYING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATIOH FILED AUG.13,190'I.

ipe fa fluid m/cr rcssuro ngrijx'r OFFICE.

ALBERT W. THOMPSON, i MANCHESTER, SEW HAMPSHI RE.

EUMIDIFYING APPAEL AT US.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Agxpiiratinu lied August 13. 1907. Serial X0. 335.325.

To all rt'hom. it may concern:

'Be it known that. I, nun-2m 'lnonns'ox. u Clllm-n 5 of the United Slates. and lbt-hli'lii. orluster. UUliiY oi Hillsboro, State of Ken llzmipslure. iron im't-ittuo' 5 on improvement in llurnidii \'ing Apparatus. oi \vhivh the following description. in (.Ullll'." .l.l( in with iheuuvoun partying drawing, is a specification, like letters on llu: droning representing like parts.

This invention relates to apparatus for imparting additional humidity or moisture to the air in from ry or other buildings where it is often desimlvlo to llll'lLiISi the natural humidity oi the air. Numerous devices have been provided for sneii purpose, varying in \'0ll1 plexity of struo'ture general rniieiency and 02.151 of wl justinent, and my present invent-ion has for its ohjm-is th production of highly efficient but very simple hu-l midifying' apparatus, readilyond uick] y diljllb'libblkf, of g relatively email cost for installation and maintonnnve,

and which by a very sii ht change can be used equally 2O h'ell with either air under pressure or ennui according i to the season of the year and the convenience of the user. -The hater is not under pressure and the amount i used may be regulated at one point ior the system in u.

room or group of rooms, or by means of suita'ole val es pontroilingthe individual nozzles or Vaporizers, and in the latter cause the initial adjustment of the nozzle members would not he duturhcd. While 1 'can regulate the quantity and fineness of the spray to meet widely varying requirements, siinplicity oi construclion land G? V aereasibility for adjustrnent U1 cleaning have been retained, t'zgother with low cost of produc- My improved apparatus is so construct d and arranged that there is no obstruction wlnitever oi light, S5 and there is no necessity for providing more: or less uun borsolue drainage devices, in by 111011115 of my invention .the water is so thoroughly broke-nu and vaporized that preeipitntion of moisture in drops is obviated and hence thore'is no drainage to be taken care of. The 40 walor supplyis maintained at a constant level by any usual or suitable means, and as the water not under .pieeaure there is no possihil l y of damage from overflow, or leaks iii; the wnpdrlzrs or nozzles. 1- y reguhu ing the pressure of the vo'onri ing fluid the amount oi spray can bcgovernod for an entire system or it may be governed by individual adjustment of Lhe several nozzles. il appear hereinafter. i i The structure of the nozzle involves certain novel features, whereby the. jet of lluid under pressure urn-nu; owncuuni which is utilized in lifting flu w; er v) ho vaporized, the energy of the jet o devoted to the thorough pulvr-"izattion f the par-helm. of after. T]: is true whether air under pressur r shun}. he (or ployed as the active medium, but in the :50: of Sll'filll 55 certain blight. modifications in the nozzle are reieml-ly i tlon. i

I fully described in rho suljoiued specihcrttion and parliculurly poin: 0d out in tll; following claims.

Fi ure l a. l)(t"'-':ll\'8 View of a sullioiunt nrtion c l r or an llElzllaihlll or numidnying appamtus embodying one form of my inve mi-an, showing the yrr-ierred relative arrangement of the supply pipes or conduits for the water and Zluicl under pressure. with the connections iherelrotw- -n and the Vaporizers or nozzles; Fig. 2 is an enlarge: side (l'ZYQLiOD of one of the vaporizeru' or nozzles. arranged for use with eornprcssed air; Fig. 3 is a from ell-ration tint-moi; Fig. 4 is a yortieal section on the l u: -4-4, Fig. 3. the general shape-oi the Jul. of vapor lit-in; indicated by dotted lines; Fig. 5 in side elovu- {lo- 1 illmt atm the modified form oi the water inlet.

member when the nozzle to be used with steam as the actiwrin-aiiurn; Fig. 6 is a longitudinal secti nal View oi the cnznpletd nozzle or vaporizer adopted for use with steam. the shape of ill-c jet oi vapor being indicated by dotted lin Fig. 7 5:; a detail showing in section a shield prehra'bly attached to the vaporizer when using i swim, for a purpose .0 he deer-rihod.

In .tho presvnt embodiment of my invention I have shown the nozzles mounted in shell manner that. the

; jets of \ap -r will be expelled in a substantially hurt zonml du'uo-ion. as I find that highly satisfactory results are Lllfl'cb) attained in practice, but the nozz s may be set at angles if desired.

Referring to Fig. 1 the water is obtained from a main supply pip, or mn luit. W provided at desired inver- Yuls with aouplings having upright, nipples 'u." oarh nipple lu-ing (-uuippwl as herein shown. with a rake u of any suitable conru'uclioma length of preferably rubber or other llqniilo tubing w conneeting each nipple \viLh the water inlet member of one of the noz- Z-llS or van im-re indium d in Fig. 1 at V. Th normal water v1-l n. Yhtnipples is indicated at W L, the tops oi the uipph s in practice being well above the irate-r .lUVn'l, and Such level may be maintained in the system in any Well known may. as by a. tank andlloai. Y live. to regulate the inflow o water to the tank, iron.- which leads th supply ('onduit or pipe W the nipples beingiong enough to prevent tho formaiinn of air pg'fiktlfi in thisupply conduit. and also procrnting any danger oi overflow should the 6011- new ii n l t-[178811 the nippl and the adjucent-vuyxwrizer lJOlInl'llU diec-onnoot d. As snvh moons of nguhtion 4 I 862,9 is

means in supply \vnier undgr normal utmuspheriu prrssnrc to Um \vater inllri mombers oi the .Q\'L|'Zl] \iipuiiliilfi.

ii. In lmmidiiyihg nppuratus, a scrim of Vaporizers huh] under prvssnr in the said tangonliui iuiets. and

w th u mnzouvlal inlet, and means to supply finid under 15 j iflt'SSUi'L' in said inlet, and with a watt-r inlet member comuirh having a closed chamber pmridml with an outlet and with :1 tangential inlet. and a watvr inlet m -xnher commuuivutin; axiaily with the chum-her, menus to supply 3iu i-l lInh-r prvsqere Iu lite Kiiid tangential inivls, an up- 'l'igiil nipplv ("mum-led with the water inlet member nf rad! vupmizl-r. and means to supply water at nurmal atrmnmri'i; prussure in the several nipples. the wat'er bning mu nmim-d at u consmm hui in the nipping.

H. in :2 hmnidlLving ammrntus a serieq of vapurizerb,

mvi; having I closed hamher provided with nu uutlet and muniwuting axially with the uhumhur frnni below, and a water supply pipe communicating with the d water in has. the water in the mpply pipes being maintained a ALBERT W. THOEIPSOPZ. Witnesses:

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