Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1908 . t»AIH TO Typical Installation of Acme Air Wash er Equipped With Autonatic Humidity Control. us installed by this firm in the MajesticTheatre, Chicago, and in the Hippo-drome Building, Cleveland. The air, after passing through the airwasher, is delivered to the throat ofthe fan in the fan wall between the chamber and the heating cham-ber. This fan, which takes care of thepntirc air supply, is a 90-inch Baldwin fan is 60 inches in diameter and is runby a 1\ direct connected motor at300 This fan chamber is con-necte
Mechanical Contracting & Plumbing January-December 1908 . t»AIH TO Typical Installation of Acme Air Wash er Equipped With Autonatic Humidity Control. us installed by this firm in the MajesticTheatre, Chicago, and in the Hippo-drome Building, Cleveland. The air, after passing through the airwasher, is delivered to the throat ofthe fan in the fan wall between the chamber and the heating cham-ber. This fan, which takes care of thepntirc air supply, is a 90-inch Baldwin fan is 60 inches in diameter and is runby a 1\ direct connected motor at300 This fan chamber is con-nected with eight outlets in the mainceiling (which are not shown in the il-lustration) and a large centre opening,by means of galvanized iron screens are placed at all hot10 ing and Ventilating Magazine for theplans, secured from the New Yorkcontractors. HOME-MADE PNEUMATIC WATERSYSTEM. A party living some distance from acity wished to have a cheap water sys-tem for his buildings and grounds andhe constructed a successful one, as. Pneumatic Water Supply. shown in the accompanying sketch, re-produced from Popular barrels and a 20-gal. keg weresecured. The keg was used for a hotwater tank in the kitchen connected upin the same manner as connecting arange boiler. The three barrels wereconnected as shown by first removingone head of each barrel in order to putlock nuts, F, on the pipe. After re-I)lacing the heads two i-in. rods wererun through each barrel, as shown atA, and a heavy washer placed on eachend with the nuts so as to hold thepressure. The pipe E leads to a forcepump at the well and a check valve isplaced in this pipe at D to prevent thewater being forced back into the pipe G connects with the house,chicken yards and the barn. A bicyclepump is used to supply the air pressureand is connected to a bicycleltire valvewhich may be fastened in any one ofthe barrels, as shown at H. If all theconnections are air tight it will requireair
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