IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE PASSAGE OR FLOW OF STEAM, WATER, AND OTHER FLUIDS
Year: 1865

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Adrienne Anastasie Foubert, of Saint Helliers,
Jersey, one of the Channel Islands, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE PASSAGE OR FLOW OF STEAM, WATER,
AND OTHER FLUIDS."
Sealed the 2nd February 1866, and dated the 7th August 1865.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Adrienne Anastasie Foubert
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th August 1865.
I, ADRIENNE ANASTASIE FOUBERT, of Saint Helliers, Jersey, one of the
Channel Islands, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE PASSAGE OR FLOW OF STEAM,
WATER, AND OTHER FLUIDS," to be as follows:-
My Invention will be best-understood by reference to the accompanying
Drawings, of which Figure 1 is a plan, and Figure 2 a vertical section through
the line A, B, of the same Figure.
. a. is, the inlet for steam, water, gas, or other fluid; 6 is an enlarged
aperture for the exit of the same; c is a piston, on which the pressure is
exerted, and which causes the aperture 6 to open or close more or less ; d, d,
are two metal rods for communicating a to-and-fro motion to a slide pipe e,
placed in the chief tube h, and which acts as a valve for regulating the size of
the aperture 6. The motion of the pipe e is regulated according to the
pressure of the steam, water, or other fluid passing through; f is a helical

page_text: spring, which is free to expand or contract according to the pressure of the
fluid; i is a pipe to receive the fluid passing from the regulator; k is a needle
united at one end to the piston c, and traversing the centre of the helical
spring and pressure screw m, indicating the atmospheres on the graduated
and movable plate at the other end.
Another arrangement is shown at. Figure 3, where A is the inlet for the
fluid; B, exit for the same; C, slide, pipe, which works according to the
pressure; D, guide of slide pipe; E, body of the apparatus; F, stuffing box;
G, tubular spring; H, balance lever; i, inlet for fluid in the tubular spring,
for causing it to act according to the pressure; K, tap for setting the regulator
at work, as well as for stopping the same.
In rectifying alcohol with regulators constructed according to my Invention
the same quantity of steam always enters the boiler; it is even guided by the
pressure of the steam in the pipe which conveys it. As the pressure increases,
the aperture by which the steam escapes diminishes in proportion, and on the
other hand, as the supply of steam or the pressure decreases the aperture
already mentioned increases in proportion, from whence it follows that the
steam never varies whatever the pressure may be. These regulators are
applicable to all kinds of machines, not only for the rectification of alcohols,
but are equally applicable to water pipes, either for regulating the cooling in
refrigerators and condensers, or for obtaining and giving a regular jet of
water; in this case, as well as for the steam, it is the pressure of the water
itself which opens or closes the exit pipe; it will also act as a manometer to
indicate the atmospheres of heat.
These regulators are also useful for distilling wines, to make the jet régular
as the vats are full or not. A regulator being placed at the distilling column,
and another at the wine vats, the action must be regular without an attendant
to open the full vats and close the empty.
These regulators are also applicable to gasometers, and generally to all
purposes where a regulation of pressure is required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Adrienne Anastasie Foubert in the Great Seal, Patent Office
on the 7th February 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ADRIENNE
ANASTASIE FOUBERT, of Saint Helliers, Jersey, one of the Channel Islands,
send' greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, in the twenty-ninth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Adrienne Anastasie, Foubert, Her special licence that I, the said Adrienne
Anastasie Foubert, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Adrienne Anastasie Foubert, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully,
might make, use, exercise, and vend within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for, "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE PASSAGE OR FLOW OF
STEAM, WATER, AND OTHER FLUIDS," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Adrienne Anastasie Foubert, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in
the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Adrienne Anastasie Foubert, do hereby.
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say :-
My Invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying
Drawings, of which Figure 1 is a plan, and Figure 2 a vertical section through
the line A, B, of the same Figure.
a is the inlet for steam, water, gas, or other fluid; b is an aperture for the
exit of the same; this aperture may be made of any desired shape, whether
it be round, conical, oblong, as found most convenient; c is a piston, ou
which the pressure is exerted, and which causes to open or close, more or
less, the aperture 6. This piston is made steam, water, and air tight by
metallic springs, hemp packing, vulcanized rubber, or other approved material."
d, d, are two metal rods for communicating a to-and-fro motion to a slide
pipe e, placed in the chief tube h. The sliding tube can be connected to the
piston in different ways; for example, the rod can traverse the piston far
enough in the centre of the tube, and be attached to it by means of a cross
stay. The motion of the pipe e is regulated according to the pressure of the
steam, water, or other fluid passing through. is a helical or spiral spring,

page_text: which is free to expand or contract according to the pressure of the fluid;
w is a flanged washer, upon which the spring f rests; m is a set screw for
regulating the size of the aperture 6; the outer end of this screw is made, by
preference, hexagonal to receive a spanner for turning the same; k is a needle,
united at one end to the piston c, and traversing the centre of the helical or
spiral spring and pressure screw; m, indicates the atmospheres as well as the
size of the opening at 6 on the graduated and movable plate 9 at the other
end; is a strap, attached by the screw a to the cup o for fixing over the
end of the piston rod to keep the aperture 6 full open when required. The
action is as follows:-Steam, water, gas, or other fluid entering at a press
against the piston c, causing it to descend, and thereby compressing the spring f..
The piston in its motion draws with it the sliding tube e, and thus tends to
close the opening b. When the pressure on the piston decreases, the springf
expands, and driving the piston back, opens the aperture 6, and thus at
varying pressures a regular and even supply of fluid is maintained at b.
Another arrangement is shown in longitudinal section at Figure 3, and in
vertical section at Figure 4.
A is the inlet for the fluid; B is the exit for the same; C is the slide pipe,
which regulates the flow of fluid; D is a rod attached to the sliding tube;
F is a stuffing box; G is a tubular or hollow spring, which is free to yield to
the pressure of fluid entering by the cock K; H, H, are balance levers,
attached to the head of rod D, and to one end of the spring G, as shown, and
causing the sliding tube to move up or down with the spring G; E is the
body or case of the regulator; Q is a cap, screwed on the body to admit or
withdraw the sliding tube G ; X is a screwed socket, tapped with right and
left handed screws, and serving to regulate the size of the aperture B. The
action is as follows:-As the fluid is admitted, in which case the cock K must
be open, it enters the hollow spring G, causing the latter to expand and
contract as the pressure varies, and at the same time causing the sliding tube C
to rise or fall, and consequently opening or closing the inlet and outlet A and B,
so that however great the pressure of fluid may be, that which escapes by the
outlet B will not vary. When the tap or cock K is shut, and no pressure in
the spring, the apertures A and B are full open.
In rectifying alcohol with regulators constructed according to my Invention'
the same quantity of steam always enters the boiler; it is even guided by the
pressure of the steam in the pipe which conveys it. As the pressure increases,
the aperture by which the steam escapes diminishes in proportion, and on the
other hand, as the supply of steam or the pressure decreases the aperture
already mentioned increases in proportion, from whence it follows that the

page_text: steam never varies whatever the pressure may be. These regulators are
applicable to all kinds of machines, not only for the rectification of alcohols,
but are equally applicable to water pipes either for regulating the cooling of
refrigerators and condensers or for obtaining and giving a regular jet of
water;. in this case, as well as for the steam, it is the pressure of the water.
itself which opens or closes the exit pipe; it will also act as a manometer to
indicate the atmospheres of heat.
These regulators are also useful for distilling wines to make the jet regular
as the vats are full or not. A regulator being placed at the distilling column,
and another at the wine vats, the action must be regular without an attendant
to open the full vats and close the empty.
These regulators are also applicable to gasometers, and generally to all
purposes where a regulation of pressure is required.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the construction,
arrangement, and method of action of apparatus for regulating the passage or
flow of steam, water, and other fluids, substantially in manner herein-before
described, and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Adrienne Anastasie Foubert, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Fifth day of February, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.