IMPROVEMENTS IN REGULATING THE FLO AND PRES- SURE OF LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Ramsbottom, of Accrington, in the County of,
Lancaster, and John Bailey, of Salford, in the said County, Engineers
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN REGULATING THE FLO AND PRES-
SURE OF LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS."
Sealed the 27th October 1857, and dated the 28th April 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Ramsbottom and
John Bailey at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 28th April 1857.
We, JOHN RAMSBOTTOM, of Accrington, in the County of Lancaster, and
JOHN BAILEY, of Salford, in the said County, Engineers, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REGULATING THE FLOW AND
PRESSURE OF LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS." to be as follows:
Our Invention consists of a peculiar valvular arrangement, and its mode of
actuation, for the purposes herein described.
For regulating the flow of oil, tallow, or other liquid matter in small
determinate quantities upon the bearings of machinery, or within the cylinders
of engines, for the purpose of lubricating the same, and for supplying deter-

page_text: minate quantities of water to cisterns or to steam boilers, or for regulating
pressure.
.
The mode of actuating the regulating valve for lubricating machinery,
shafting, &c in the very minute quantities required, so that a deposit of
oil shall be effected in a period or interval of time corresponding to a large
number of revolutions of the said 'machinery or shafting, is accomplished
as follows A. reducing motion, consisting of three or more discs or wheels,
which are arranged to communicate or impart motion from the shafting or
machinery to the regulating valve in a very slow or reduced manner. The
first of such discs, or that communicating with the machinery, has a worm
upon one of its sides, and a groove or a number of grooves upon its periphery,
of different diameters. The second or intermediate disc las teeth upon one
side and a worn upon the other side, and should more intermediates be
required, their construction is similar to the one last described. The last, or
that in connection with the regulating valve, has teeth upon one side or upon
its circumference, according as its position is vertical or horizontal.
The groove or grooves connected with the first disc have a driving band
passing over them, and connecting with the shafting, &c., to impart the
required motion, which band may be of india-rubber or other suitablematerial.
The intermediate disc or wheel is situated diagonally, so that a part of one of
its sides or faces is in gear with the toothed disc or wheel connected with the
valve, and its other side is in gear with the worm disc connected with the
grooved pullies. By this arrangement of tooth and worm a very rapid
reducing or counting notion is obtained. The first and last discs are upon
the same spindle, the first or worm disc being loose thereon, the intermediate
disc: being upon a separate spindle, and also working loose.
.
Our Invention may be more clearly understood by reference being made to
the accompanying outline Drawings, in which the same letters refer to similar
parts where different views or diagrams are shewu. A, Fig. 1, is one arrange-
inent of the valve here sliewn, with its spindle B lying horizontally, its face or
surface being ground tiglit upon the standard, and the recess N being regulated
by the screw pin P to pass a greater or less quantity of liquid or fluid per
revolution. Fig. 3 shews the faces of the discs lying against each other. A
simple plug containing a recess may be worked for lubricating purposes in
connection with this reducing motion, instead of the valve described. Fig. 3
is a modified arrangement of the valve, situated with its spindle in a vertical
position, ground upon the base of the standard or cup bearer, and having a
recess and regulating screw with an aperture extending throughout its length;

page_text: but the disc C is modified to suit the altered position of the spindle B. A
modification of this valve is also applicable to all the purposes above enume-
rated, actuated either by rotatory or reciprocating rotatory motion.
The mode of operation for feeding boilers, or lubricating, is as follows:-The
driving band upon 1) causes the disc to revolve, and the worm upon its side
drives the disc E, and the worm upon the side of this disc Irives the disc C,
which actuates the valve producing revolution.
The liquid or fluid by gravity enters the recess N and the corresponding
recess N in the valve, and the liquid or fluid within this part of the valve,
during revolution, being brought over the orifice O. is thereby liberated and
passes out for use. This valve, if required, may have two or more recesses
and regulating screws.
By allixing a dial or dials and fingers to the above reducing motion, the
motion of the said shafting may be accurately determined, and the apparatus
thus made available for counting motion or quantities of fluid discharged.
When larger quantities of liquid or fluid require to be delivered in shorter
intervals, a smaller reducing motion is only necessary, as in the case of
supplying oil or melted tallow to cylinders, a simple catch and rack wheel
being made the medium for working the valve.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Ramsbottom and John Bailey in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 28th October 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
RAMSBOTTOM. of Accrington, in the County of Lancaster, and JOHN BAILEY.
of Salford, in the said County, Engineers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said John Ramsbottom and John Bailey. Her special license that we, the
said John Ramsbottom and John Bailey, our executors, adininistrators, and
assigns, or such others as we, the said John Ramsbottom and John Bailey, our
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

page_text: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REGULATING THE FLOW AND
PRESSURE OF LIQUIDS AND FLUIDS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we,
the said John Ramsbottom and John Bailey, by an instrument in writing
nder our hands and seals, or the hand and seal of one of us, should par-
ticularly 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 we, the said John Rainsbottom and John Bailey,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement (that is to say):-
Our Invention consists of a peculiar arrangement and construction of
apparatus, and the manner of actuating the same, for governing or regulating
the supply and pressure of liquids or fluids in small determinate quantities to
the bearings of machinery, steam engines, and other purposes, and also where
the flow or pressure of the liquid or fluid is to be maintained as expended
The mode of actuating the said regulating apparatus for lubricating shafting,
orsimilar purposes, so that a deposit of the lubricating matter shall be effected
in a certain period of or interval of time, is by employing a reducing motion
consisting of three or more discs or wheels, so arranged as to communicate or
impart motion from the shafting or machinery to the regulating valve in a
very slow or reduced manner.
The first of such discs or wheels, or that communicating with the machinery
has a worm upon one of its sides and a groove or a number of grooves upon
its periphery, of different diameters; the second or intermediate disc has teeth
upon one side, and a worm upon the other side; should more intermediates
be required, their construction will be similar to the one last described. The
last, or that in connection with the regulating valve, has teeth upon one
side or upon its circumference,according as its position is vertical or horizontal;
the groove or grooves connected with the first disc have a driving band con-
necting them with the shafting, &c. to impart the required motion to the
apparatus, which band may be made of caoutchouc or other suitable material
The intermediate disc or wheel is situated diagonally, so that a part of one o
its sides or faces is in gear with the toothed disc or wheel connected with the
valve, and its other side is in gear with the wormdi sc connected with the
grooved pullies. By this arrangement of tooth and worm a very rapid reducing

page_text: or counting motion is obtained. The first and last discs are upon the same
spindle, the first or worm disc being loose thereon, the interinerliate disc being
upon a separate spindle, and also working loose.
We also employ a modified arrangement of our said Invention, in which the
valve and spindle are vertical inside the cup, and the discs suitably arranged
for this mode of construction.
A simple plug containing a recess may also be used for lubricating purposes
in combination with our improved reducing motion, or when the lubricating
matter is required to be discharged against considerable pressure, as within the
cylinder of a steam engine, a steam pipe, or steam chest. A hollow plug with
two orifices leading to its interior, with a space between them, one to let in the.
lubricating matter froin the top, and the other to allow its discharge within.
the cylinder or machinery from below when reversed, or two plugs having a
regulating chamber between them may be attached to a standard or frame, one
plug to feed the chamber and the other to convey the liquid to its required
purpose. The upper plug has an aperture through its diameter, the lower one
containing a recess sufficiently large to discharge the contents of the regulating
chamber during its revolution. Suitable motion is imparted to the plugs
to maintain the necessary supply, and a screw attached to the regulating
chamber governs the amount supplied per each revolution.
In another arrangement we constructa hollow screw containing a perforated
projection or midfeather. Passing through this perforation is a small taper
cone, which is also attached to another hollow screw. By screwing the one
tube upon the other the cone is thrust forward within the aperture. thereby
diminishing the supply.
Our improvements for regulating pressure are designed to render regulating
valves more susceptible to very slight differences by hanging them so as
to avoid friction or rigidity. Two regulating valves, being hung by two balls
and a connecting rod, are suspended to a cylindrical block rounded at the end,
to which a diaphragm is attached, with freedom to vibrate between the rounded
surfaces circumscribing it. The block and valves are attached in the
ordinary manner, and the flow and pressure regulated by the ascent and
descent of the block and valves.
The manner in which our said Invention is to be performed will be clearly
understood by reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawing, and the letters
of reference thereon, in which Figures 1 and 2 are sections of a lubricator or
regulating apparatus, having one plug or valve placed horizontally; Figure 3
is a section of a modification of the same, in which the spindle and valve are

page_text: placed vertically; Figure 4 is a section of the apparatus alapted for high-
pressure; and Figure 5, a section of an apparatus for supplying liquid without
motion imparted from the machinery.
In Figures 1, 2, and 3, a represents the valve, having its face or surface
ground tight upon the standard or frame b, the spindle lying horizontally, the
recess n being regulated by a screw p to pass a greater or less quantity of liquid
per revolution.
The modus operandi is as follows:-The driving band upon causes the
dise to revolve, and the worm upon its side drives the disc e, and the worm
upon the side of this disc drives the äisce which actuates the valve producing
revolution. The liquid or fluid by gravity enters the recess n and the corre-
sponding recess in the valve, and the liquid or fluid within this part of the
valve during revolution, being brought over the orifice o, passes out for use.
The valve, if required, may have two or more recesses and regulating screws.
In Figure 4, is the upper plug; ", the aperture through the diameter;
8, the lower plug; &, the recess; u, the regulating chamber, and », the screw
connected with it to govern theamount of liquid supplied at each revolution of
the plugs.
.
In Figure 5, one hollow screw is shewn at w, the small taper cone attached
to it at a, which passes through the perforation y connected to the cup or
reservoir z, the neck of which is attached to the perforated screw a. By
screwing one upon the other the supply is diminished.
Having thus fullydescribed the nature of our said Invention and the inaumer
in which the same is to beperformed, we desire it to be distinctly understood
that we do not confine ourselves to the exact details herein set forth, as such
may be varied or modified without departing from the principle thereof; but
we claim as our Invention, and which, to the best of our knowledge and belief,
has not been hitherto used within the realm, -
Firstly, the peculiar arrangement, construction, and application of the
reducing motion.
Secondly, the combination of the said reducing motion with a plug or other
valvular apparatus for the purpose of lubrication.
Thirdly, in giving motion from machinery to actuate one or more plugs
fer lubricating cylinders, and the use of a regulating screw for lubricating
engine.
Fourthly,the arrangement and construction of two cones,or one cone placed
within a perforation, with the mode of regulating them for adjusting the flow
of liquids or fluids.

page_text: And, fifthly, the arrangement for rendering the regulation or fluid pressuro
more sensitive and uniform, as all such improvements are herein described,
and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Ramsbottom and John Bailey,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-sixth day of
October, in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and
fifty-soven.
JOHN RAMSBOTTOM. (L.S.)
JOHN BAILEY.
Signed, sealed and delivered by the within-
named John Ramsbottom and John
Bailey, in the presence of
E. J. HIGHES, Patent Agent.
Manchester.
(L.S.)