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B. MACFADDEN.

COMBINED COOLING, VENTILATING, HEATING, HUMIDIFYING, AND PURIFYING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED AUG.24, 1916.

1,399,953, Patented July 15, 1919.

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INVEMTOR B. MAC/"A DDEN ATTORNEY BERNARR MACFADDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED COOLING, VENTILATING, HEATING, HUMIDIFYING, AND PURIFYING- APPARATUS.

' Specification of Letters Iatent. Patented July 15, 1919.

Application filed August 24, 1916. Serial No. 116,643.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERNARR MACFADDEN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Combined Cooling, Ventilating. Heating, Humidifying, and Purify ing Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

This invention relates to a combined cooling, ventilating, heating, humidifying and purifying apparatus.

One object of the invention is to provide an apparatus that may beused either for cooling in hot weather or heating in cold weather, or clearing the air of dust or other 4 impurities.

Other objects are to providean apparatus adaptable for .use under a variety of conditions and for a variety of purposes.

Still other objects will appear hereinafter.

While I describe the invention in minute detail, the invention is not limited to these, as the details of combination and structure may be greatly varied without departing from the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, showing, by way of example, one of many possible embodiments of the invention Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view partly in elevation;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a detail.

The apparatus is shown as applied to a building having a wall 10 and floors 11 and 12. the latter of which may be a basement or cellar floor.

Through the wall 10 is passed an elongated box 14 adapted to receive outside air at its outside end and terminating at its inner end in conduits 15 leading to the rooms to be cooled or heated.

The interior of the box contains the heating and cooling apparatus as will be explained.

In order to insure that a suflicient current of air pass through the apparatus to the rooms, a motor driven fan 16 is installed.

If there is a breeze outside of the building the use of the fan may be dispensed with even for cooling and to this end I have provided a hood 18, pivotally supported by a pin 19, in a bracket 20, and provided with a vane opposite to its normally open side 22.

If the breeze moves in any direction parallel to the Wall 10, the vane 21 keeps the open side 22 headed toward the breeze which is deflected through the box 14 by the balanced door 24 pivoted at 25 and carrying a counterweight 26.

If the breeze comes perpendicularly to the wall 10, the door 24 closes the open side 22 and the air passes'through the open end 28 and thence through the box 14.

When the apparatus is used as a heating plant, heat is derived from a hot water heater 29 of suitable construction, the heated water passes upwardly through the pipe 30 to the coils 31, 32, the valves 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 being open and the valves 40, 41, 42 being closed.

From the coils 32 the water passes through the pipes 44, 45, 46, 47, "48 back to the heater 29, the valves 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 being open, the valves 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 being closed.

If desired, the valves 57 and 58 may remain wholly or partly open, in which case water also passes through the lower perforated pipe 63 (Fig. 3) and percolates upon the curtains 64.

' The perforated pipe 63 comprises a plurality of zig-zag portions, just under and having the general shape of the upper perforated pipe 65 shown in Fig. 2.

The pipes 63 and 65 are both of the same configuration and are each bent to form substantially parallel zig-zag sections as shown in Fig. 2.

Hanging from each zig-zag portion of the lower pipe 63 is the curtain 64, secured at the bottom to a similar zig-zag rod 66 se cured to the bottom of the box 14. Thus zig-zag paths are formed between the moisture laden curtains from which water is evaporated and absorbed by the air passing therethrough.

The curtains are provided with U-shaped cut-out portions forming flaps 68 which wave in the air and serve to increase the evapor tion. v a

The expansion tank 69, connected through the valve 35 with the pipe 30 serves to store any overflow from the system.

Water may be introduced into the system through the water main 70; while the systern may be drained through the waste pipe 72 and valve 73.

When the apparatus is used as a cooling plant, the cooling may be by iced or cold water used once, or repeatedly, by water from the water main 70 cooled or not by ice, or by iced water and water from the main 70 combined. a

Water from the main 70 is assed through the valve 71, the main pipe 47, the valve 59, cold coils 75, in the ice box 85, through the pipe 77, the valve 40, the pipe 30 to the coils 31 and 32, the valves 73, 54, 61, 58, 53, 60, 36 being closed.

From the coils 31, part of the water passes through the valve 42 and pipe 76 to the spray nozzles 80.

From the coils 32 the water passes through the valve 50 into the pipe 81, and through the valve 56 into the pipe 82. Part of the water passes out through the spray nozzles.84.

From the pipe 82 water passes through the pipe 45, the valve 57 and out through the perforations of the pipe 63- on to the curtains 64.

The ice box 85, may contain ice for cooling the water passing through the coils 75. The drip from the ice may pass out through the pipes 86 and 87 to the waste pipe 72, or it may pass through the valve 89 and upper perforated pipe 65 on to the curtain 64.

The coils 31 are covered with a covering of felt or other absorbing material 7 0 which is kept wet from the spray nozzles 80, or they can be used without cov'ering.

The overflow from the nozzles 80 and 84,

and the pipes 63 and 65 may overflow through the pipes 87 and 72, or some or all of it may be drawn through the pipe 90, the

, valve 91, the pump 92, the pipe 93 and the and is somewhat cooled, but not to the dew point and the air is not saturated. Passing over the wet covered or uncovered coils 31, the air takes up moisture therefrom by evaporation and absorption which cools the water in the coils 31. This cooled water passes into the coils 32, which it cools; and the air coming in contact with these cold coils is further cooled, and all dust and impurities removed therefrom.

Next the air meets the spray from the nozzles 84 and is further cooled, washed and mixed with the spray but is not fully saturated. Thence the air comes into contact with the curtains 64, whereupon the free particles of water are absorbed by the curtain and held in contact with the current of unsaturated air passing thereover, whereupon further evaporation and cooling take place; and the cooled air passes out through the conduit. Should the carrying out (if the above process be interfered with by the air becoming saturated, obviously the amount of Water sprayed into the air would be decreased until saturation no longer takes place.

It will be noted that the apparatus may be used in a greater variety of ways, that parts may be used in combination with other parts, be put out of action or omitted entirely. For instance, any one or several of the parts 16, 18, 29, 76, 31, 32, so, 84, 63, 65, 92, may be put out of action or omitted.

Many other obvious omissions, changes of structure and modifications of process will suggest themselves.

I claim as my invention:

1. In combination, a continuous elongated box open at both ends; coils connected in series in said box; absorbent material around the coils at the inlet end of said series; means for passing Water through the covered coils at the inlet end of the box and thence through the remaining. coils; means for spraying water on the absorbent material; a conduit connecting the outlet end of said box with the room to be cooled; and means for causing a current of air to pass through said box to the room to be cooled.

2. In combination, a continuous elongated box open at both ends and adapted to be closed between the ends thereof; coils connected in series in said box; absorbent material around the coils at the inlet end of said series; means for passing water through the covered coils at the inlet end of the box and thence through the remaining coils; "means for spraying water on the absorbent material; a conduit connectiifg the outlet end of said box with the room'to be cooled; and means for causing a current of air to pass through said box to the room to be cooled.

3. In combinatioma continuous elongated box open at both ends; coils connected in series in said box; absorbent material around the coils at the inlet end of said series, the coils nearer the outlet end of the box being free of'absorbent material; means for passing water through the covered coils at the inlet end of the box and thence through the remaining co1ls; means for spraying water on the absorbent material; a conduit connecting the outlet end of said box with the room to be cooled; and means for causing a current of air to pass through said box to at" ;the inletrvend g of: the; box; and; thence throughthe rem'almng c co1ls;, means for spraying waiter onthe absorbentmaterml; a

room or, compartment to becooled a conduit 5. In combination, acontinuouselongated I box open' at both ends; coils connected'in series in said box; absorbent material around thecoils at the'inlet end of said series; means for passing water through the covered coils atthcqinlet end of the box and thence through the remaining coils; means for spraying water on the absorbent material: a conduit connecting the outletend of said box with the room to be cooled; absorbent hangings in the box between saidcoils and the outleteud; and means for causing a current of airto pass throughsaid boxto the room to'bejcooled." f

(S. In combination, a continuous elongated box open at I both 2 ends; coils connected in series inv'said box absorbent material around thecoils at the inlet end ofsaid series means for passing water through the'covered coils at the inletendof -the box and vthence through i the remaining coils; means for spraying water on the absorbentmaterial; a conduit connecting the outlet end of said box with the room to be-cooled; absorbent hangings in the box between said coils andthe outlet end; means for spraying water into said'absorbenthangings and means for causing a current of air to pass through said box to the room to be cooled.

7. In combination, a continuous elongated box openat both ends; coils connected in series in said box; absorbent material around the coils at the inlet end of said series; means for passing water through the covered coils at the inlet end of the box and thence through the remaining coils; means for spraying water on the absorbent material; a conduit connecting the outlet end of said box with the room to be cooled; absorbent hangings in the box between said coils and-the outlet end; means for spraying water from said uncovered coils into said absorbent hangings and means for causing a current of air to pass through said box to the room to be cooled. y

8. In combination, a continuous elongated box open at both ends and adapted to be closed between the ends thereof; coils connected in series in said box; absorbent material around the coils at the'inlet end of said series, the coils nearer the outlet end of the box being free of absorbent material;

'means for passing water through the cov ered coils at the inlet end of the box and thence through the remaining coils; means for spraymg water on the absorbent material; a room or compartment to be cooled;

a conduit connecting the outletend of said box with the ,room to be cooled; absorbenthangings inthe box betweenlfsaid' coils and the outlet.end;means for spraying water from said uncovered coil'into said absorbenthangings and means forcausing a current of air to pass through said boxto the room to be cooled. V I a v 9. In a combined heating and cooling system, a main box having open inlet and outlet ends; a \plurality of series connected coils,

thecoils nearest the inlet end of the box being covered with absorbent material; nozzles adapted to spray water on the covered coils; curtains in the box between, the coils and outlet end; a ,.main;'pipe; and a perforated pipe abovefthe curtains and connects ing the main pipe with the'coils.

10. Ina combined heating and cooling system, a main box having open inlet and outlet ends; a plurality of series connected coils, the coils nearest the inlet end of the box being covered with absorbent material; nozzles adapted to spray wateron the covered coils; curtains in the box between the coils and outlet end; a mainpiipe; fa perforated pipe above the curtains. and connecting the main pipe withthe coils; an ice box; and a pipepassing through the ice box and connecting the mainepi'pe with the covered coils.' a I;

11. In a. combined heating and cooling system, a main box haying open inlet and outletends; aplurality of series connected coils,the.coilslne9 t the inlet end of the box being covered with absorbent material;

nozzles adapted to spray water on the cov-i ered coils; curtains in the box between the coils and outlet end; a main pipe; a perforated pipe above the curtains and connecting the main pipe with the coils; and a hot water heater having its upper part communicating with the coils and its lower part with the main pipe.

12. In a. combined heating and cooling system, a main box having open inlet and outlet ends; a plurality of series connected coils, the coils nearest the inlet end ot'the box being covered with absorbent material; nozzles adapted to spray water on the covered coils; curtains in the box between the coils and outlet end; a main pipe; a perforaited pipe above the curtains and connecting the main pipe with the coils; an ice box; a pipe passing through the ice box and connecting the main pipe with the covered coils; and a hot water heater having its upper part communicating with the coilsand its lower part with the main pipe.

13. In a combined heating and cooling system, the combination of a main box; a conduit leading from one end of the main box; a fan in the conduit; a plurality of series connected coils in said box, some of which are covered; nozzlescommunicating with the coils and directed toward the covered coils; curtains in the box between the conduit and coils; a main'pipe; a perforated pipe above the curtains and connecting the main pipe and coils; an ice box; a pipe passing through the ice box and connecting the main pipe with the covered coils; and a pump for pumping water from the main box to the main pipe.

14. In a combined heating and cooling system, the combination of a main box; a conduit leading from one end of the main box; a fan in the conduit; a plurality of series connected coils in said box, some of which are covered; nozzles communicating with the coils and directed toward the covered coils; curtains in the box between the conduit and coils; a main pipe; a perforated pipe above the curtains and connecting the main pipe and coils; an ice box; a pipe pass ing through the ice box and connecting the main pipe with the covered coils; a pump the covered coils; curtains in said box between said conduit and coils; a main pipe; perforated pipes above sald curtams and connecting said mam pipe and 0011s; nozzles connected to said coils between the coils and curtains and directed toward the curtains; an ice box; apipe passing through the ice box and connecting said main pipe with the coils; an overflow for the ice box discharging over said curtains; an overflow for the mainbox; and a pump for pumping overflow water from the main box to the main pipe.

16. In a combined heating, cooling, moistening and ventilating apparatus, the combination of an elongated box; a hood pivoted at one end of the box and having thereon a vane, a pair of openings and a balanced door adapted to close either opening; a conduit leading from the other end of the box; a fan in said conduit; a plurality of series connected coils in said box, some of which are covered; nozzles connected therewith and directed against the covered coils; a plurality of curtains hung in said box between said coils and conduit; perforated pipes above said curtains and connected to said coils; nozzles connected to said coils and directed toward said curtains; an ice box; a pipe passing through the ice box and communicating with sald coils; an overflow for the ice box discharging over said curtains; an overflow for said box; and a pump for pumping water from the box back into said pipe. r

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

BERNARR MAGFADDE-N.

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