US530191A

US530191A - Charles e

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Publication number: US530191A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-12-04
Anticipated expiration: 1911-12-04

Description

(No Model.)

C. E. MANNING.

APPARATUS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES.

No. 530,191. Patented Dec. 4,1894.

UNITED TATES PATENT OFFicE.

CHARLES E. MANNING, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ADDISON ALLEN, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,191, dated December 4,1894.

Application filed September 9, 1893. Renewed May 14, 1894. Serielll'o. 511,257. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. MANNING, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Extinguishing Fires; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for extinguishing fires, and it is especially adapted for use in cities where water I mains and electric mains are carried through the streets.

When fires break out in buildings, during the few minutes that elapse from the time of the discovery of the fire, until the fire alarm has been sounded, and the steam fire engine is able to reach the scene of action, and to throw a stream of water upon the fire, the fire is likely to obtain dangerous headway, and it is the object of my present invention, to provide a system by which one person may almost instantly turn a stream of water from hose upon the fire.

Referenceishad tothe accompanying drawing, in which A represents the water main running along beneath the surface of street.

B represents a water pipe leading from the main A to the pump 0 operated by the shaft D of the electric motor E. the pump 0 is delivered to the pipe B having one or more hose F connected thereto on each of the floors II, III, 850., of the build-' ing. These hose may be mounted on a reel,

stowed in a box, or otherwise placed, and,

40 should preferably have the nozzle always attached as shown in the figure. The branch pipe 2) leading from the pipe B to each hose, is controlled by a valve f. Adjacent to the said valve f, an electric switch M, and rheostat M are placed, the former connected by the wires on and k to the electric motor E, and

the latter by the wires m It, h, to the electric main H, which is in turn connected to the electric motor by the leading in Wire h.

The operation of the device is as follows:

Whenever the watchman or other person on The water from.

the floor discovers the fire, as for instance on the floor III, he closes the switch M on that floor, thus starting the electric motor. He then immediately opens the valve f, and runs out the hose F to the scene of the fire. The stream from the pump C will reach the fire almost instantaneously, and in the great majority of cases the discoverer of the fire will be enabled to put it out before it has done 5 any material damage.

If desired, a fire alarm may be so connected to each of the rheostats as to be operated by closing the switch, or it may be automatically operated by unwinding the hose reel, or if 6 preferred, it may be entirely distinct from the apparatus for putting out the fire.

The electric motor and the various parts immediately connected thereto, should preferably be inclosed in a dust proof casing N, and would ordinarily be placed in the collar of one of the buildings to be protected by the apparatus herein described.

While I have shown a single building as provided with an electric motor,it will be obvious that one electric motor would ordinarily be sufficient for a group of buildings, and that pipes may be let out therefrom in various directions, the pump first delivering its water under pressure to the reservoir, not shown, so into which the various pipes connected to the building are led.

These and various other modifications might be used without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. An apparatusfor extinguishing fires in buildings, comprising a source of water sup- 9o ply, and a source of electricity an electric motor, a pump driven thereby, electric wires connected to said source of electricity and to said motor, electric switches adapted to close the circuit through said wires and operate said 5 motor, water pipes leading from said water supply to said pump, and from said pump through the building a plurality of branch pipes, and independent valves for each leadingfrom said waterpipes,andahoseconnected to each of said branch pipes, substantially as and for the purposes described.

said water main and forcing water into said system of pipes, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. MANNING.

Witnesses:

ROBERT B. ALLING, R. JOHNSTON.