CA2094747A1 - Pneumatic water vaporizing system - Google Patents

Abstract

B) ABSTRACT
Existing methods used to remove water from compressed air are well known. These systems incorporate containers to trap the moisture removed, these traps require constant attention to remove the water taken from the air processed.
The disadvantages of these methods is the need for the equipment, due to the size, weight, the noise they produce, and the need to drain the water removed, to be located at a distance from the tool to be run by compressed air.
When air, under compression, travels through a tube moisture is automatically generated and the further the compressor or the drier is from the equipment to be powered the more moisture is generated. The device which is small and light is designed to be located on or immediately alongside the item of equipment to be powered. This proximity results in the elimination of moisture generated in the pressure tubing when it arrives at the item to be powered by air.

The unit which can be as small as 4"x1" incorporates a system which increases the speed of the air passing through and vapourizes any remaining moisture contained in the air lines.

Description

SPECIFICATION
The invention relates to the device which dries by pneumatically vaporizing air after it has passed through tubing from a compressor or a drier unit9 such as a freeze or other type of air drier to the invention, which is located adjacent to the item to be powered, and which vaporizes and dries any air which has generated moisture during its passage through tubing.
The present methods used to dry air after compression include: 1. freeze dryers, these are large expensive units requiring power to operate, `
and 2. water collection bottles, these do not extract all the moisture in the air, are too large to be located adjacent to the tool to be powered are relatively expensive and require constant maintenance.
These methods result in a generally unacceptable .

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~947~7 4 situation where it is necessary directs the incoming air into a to have a working ambience vortex through the fine mesh uncluttered with equipment screen vaporizer. Figure 3A is and hampered by noise. an isometric projection of the fine vaporizer tube The invention is small, 4"10ng surrounding the vortex xl"diameter, produces no creator. Figure 4 is an noise when operating, and can isometric projection of the be connected to air lines assembled internal vortex immediately adjacent to the creating vaporizer showing the -item to be powered. The size passage of the air through the of the unit enables it to be embodiment. Figure 5 is a plan connected within 8 feet of the of the medical gauze and the item to be powered. When sreening wound on the compressed air passes through armature with the gauze.
an air line for a distance more than 8 feet water moisture is The invention comprises a created. This moisture affects capsule, fig. 1(h) & (i) into the working of power tools and which a vortex creating the efficiency of air when used vaporizer can be placed. The to dry materials which have to size of the capsule can be be glued. An example of this is adapted to accommodate the use of air to dry teeth differences in the volume of when amalgam or other types air processed. The capsule is of fillings and adhesives are machined cone shaped at the used. exit end, fig. 1 (a) to eliminate irregular air flow from the The drawings attached capsule. At the entrance is a illustrate embodiments of the washer fig.1(b) with a hole the invention, Figure 1 is an same size as the hole in the isometric projection and a entrance end of the internal section through the cartridge fig. 4. The ends are embodiment of the invention. tapped for standard 1\4"
Figure 2 is an exploded national pipe thread isometric projection of the connections. Larger units apparatus. Figure 3 is an incorporate larger thread isometric projection of the connections. The entrance end internal vortex creating has a cap fig.1(h) which can be vaporizer and the way it unscrewed to allow the vortex .
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vaporizer to be changed ~hen passage of air through the necessary. body of the filtering media.
The air then passes through a An exploded isometric fine mesh screen fig.3 (g) {in projection of the capsule larger scale for descriptive container and a complete purposes fig.3A~ which ~ -vortex creating vaporizer is vaporizes the air flow to shown in fig. 2. eliminate air globulation and start the first process to The construction of the produce dry air. Having armature forming the heart of passed through the first screen the vortex creating vaporizer the air passes through medical is shown in fig. 3 & 3A. Shown fig.5(1) gauze and a further in fig. 3 (b) is the entrance to screen fig.5(k) which is wound the vaporizer for the passage around the armature core of the air flow. This entrance fig.3(e). This results in the is in the entrance end cap of water molecules in the air the vaporizer and is in the being reduced to a size form of a cross which is resulting in their ~aporization twisted into a spiral for half and the production of dry air.
the length of the vaporizer fig.3 (d) to create a spiral The completed vaporizer action to the air flow. The armature is shown in fig.4 remaining half of the showing the entrance and exit ~aporizer is solid fig.3(e) and end of the vaporizer and the does not allow the passage of materials which are wound air. The entrance end cap to around the armature of the the vaporizer core is of a vaporizer. The medical gauze - -~
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being inserted incorrectly material which is wound -fig.3(c) and allows it to dictate around the core with the -the end of the vaporizer which medical gauze. These must be first inserted in the materials complete the process ~ ~-capsule. The other end of the of drying the air before it exits vaporizer core is of a diameter the capsule to whatever item equivalent to the internal the air is being used to power.
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Claims (2)

1. The invention relates to a device which creates a vortex of the air which is passing through it and accelerates and vaporizes air as it passes through the various screening materials. This results in the water molecules in the air being reduced to a size which results in their vaporization and the production of dry air.

2. The vaporizer as described in claim 1 is of a size which enables it to be attached immediately adjacent to items required to be powered by dry air without impeding the performance of these tools through the size of the vaporizer, the noise created by the vaporizer, or the need to empty a container of water.