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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
- F01K21/00—Steam engine plants not otherwise provided for
- F01K21/04—Steam engine plants not otherwise provided for using mixtures of steam and gas; Plants generating or heating steam by bringing water or steam into direct contact with hot gas
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- my invention co-nsists, first, in moistening atmospheric air previous to its entrance into the pump so as to refrigerate and render it highly sensitive at comparative low temperatures when pressed into the heater, and thus obtain an expansive force possessing great elasticity and lubricating property not realized in the use of air or the gases in their normal condition, and in modifying the moist condition of the air by the admiXture of dry air.
- the induct pipe (A) of the pump (B) is connected with a tank (C), the connection being made above the center of the tank.
- This tank is filled with wicking, (or other substances) (D) having capillary properties, hanging vertically, which is kept wet by having their lower ends submerged in water (E).
- E submerged in water
- an aperture (F,) corv responding in size with the pump connection.
- condition of moisture most favorable that approaches the condition of the human breath and which is readily attained by causing the air to traverse some lifteen or twenty times the cubic capacity of the pump, of wet surfaces, under such velocities as will not abrade ormechanically separate the aqueous particles.
- I construct the heater in the form of a hollow copper ribbon I) concentrically coiled with a space between each coil, equal to that of the air passages, as draft spaces.
- the moist air is made'to enter this coil on the outer terminations (L) and traverse its curves (IVI) where the cylinder pipe connects.
- the coil is covered with a jacket and dome (N) and the fire placed at a suitable distance below the coil.
- This opening is closed by a valve (P) which by any suitable device is connected with the governor of the engine and by its imitations made to open or close, thus admitting the air in its normal condition to mingle with the moist air and modify its properties.
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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.
HENRY M. PAINE, 0F IVORGESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
AIR-ENGINE.
Specification of Letters Patent No. 212,219, dated November 30, 1858.
To all whom 'it may concern:-
Be' it known that I, HENRY MUNRo PAINE, of the city and county of Iorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a Method of Heat-ing Air and Applying the Same for Purposes of Motive Force and I do hereby declare that the following is an exact and full description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making partof this specification. f
The nature of my invention co-nsists, first, in moistening atmospheric air previous to its entrance into the pump so as to refrigerate and render it highly sensitive at comparative low temperatures when pressed into the heater, and thus obtain an expansive force possessing great elasticity and lubricating property not realized in the use of air or the gases in their normal condition, and in modifying the moist condition of the air by the admiXture of dry air.
In order to moisten the air the induct pipe (A) of the pump (B) is connected with a tank (C), the connection being made above the center of the tank. This tank is filled with wicking, (or other substances) (D) having capillary properties, hanging vertically, which is kept wet by having their lower ends submerged in water (E). In the end of the tank and opposite to the pump connection is an aperture (F,) corv responding in size with the pump connection. It will be seen that by such an arrangement the air entering the pump must traverse the wet interstices of the fibrous matter interposed between the opening (F) and the valve (I-I) and by its impingement vaporize the water and charge itself with moisture.
As the form of all engines actuated by aeriform bodies is as the diiference between the diameter of the pump and cylinder it is important that the air should be drawn through the moistening bodies into the pump instead of forcing air in its normal condition through the moistener into the heater, for the act of moistening is also one of refrigeration.
I have found that condition of moisture most favorable that approaches the condition of the human breath and which is readily attained by causing the air to traverse some lifteen or twenty times the cubic capacity of the pump, of wet surfaces, under such velocities as will not abrade ormechanically separate the aqueous particles.
As all aeriform bodies traverse conduits with but a comparative small portion of their quantities in contact with the walls, it becomes necessary, in order to insure the best results, to reduce the space between the heated surfaces to the least possible measurement. In order to acomplish this resultand secure free passage of the air currents and also provide a great amount of fire surface in small space, I construct the heater in the form of a hollow copper ribbon I) concentrically coiled with a space between each coil, equal to that of the air passages, as draft spaces. The moist air is made'to enter this coil on the outer terminations (L) and traverse its curves (IVI) where the cylinder pipe connects. The coil is covered with a jacket and dome (N) and the lire placed at a suitable distance below the coil.
In order to render the expansive force of the moist air variable and subject to the necessities of unequal resistances I make an opening (O) in the pipe (A) between the tank and pump. This opening is closed by a valve (P) which by any suitable device is connected with the governor of the engine and by its imitations made to open or close, thus admitting the air in its normal condition to mingle with the moist air and modify its properties.
What- I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The simultaneous moistening and refrigerating of the air previous to its entrance into the pump in combination with the modifying valve P substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein described.
HENRY M. PAINE.
lVitn esses SAMUEL SMITH, GEO. IV. WHEELER.
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