IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPA- RATUS APPLICABLE FOR PUMPING WATER, AND SUPPLYING STEAM BOILERS WITH WATER, AND MAINTAINING THE WATER THEREIN AT A PROPER LEVEL
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for
Patents, 66, Chancery Lanc, in the County of Middlesex, Civil
Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPA-
RATUS APPLICABLE FOR PUMPING WATER, AND SUPPLYING STEAM
BOILERS WITH WATER, AND MAINTAINING THE WATER THEREIN AT A
PROPER LEVEL."-A communication.
Sealed the 19th November 1855, and dated the 19th May 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward
Newton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
his Petition, on the 19th May 1853.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR
PUMPING WATER, AND SUPPLYING STEAM BOILERS WITH WATER, AND MAIN-
TAINING THE WATER THEREIN AT A PROPER LEVEL," to be as follows:-:
The improved machinery or apparatus which forms the subject of
the present Invention consists principally in the combination of a

page_text: steam cylinder with a water cylinder for pumping or forcing water,
and which parts are so combined and arranged that the pistons of the
two cylinders act directly upon one another, being mounted on the
same rod. The steam cylinder is placed immediately above the water
cylinder, and the piston rod passes through the bottom cover of the
steam cylinder, and carries at its lower end the piston of the water
cylinder. A small supplementary steam cylinder is adapted to the
apparatus. for the purpose of working the valves of the two large
cylinders, and thereby regulating the entrance and exit of the steam
and water to their respective cylinders.
When the apparatus is adapted to a steam boiler for the purpose of
supplying the same with water, and maintaining the water level at. an.
uniform height therein, a short tube or pipe, open at the lower end, is
adapted to the upper part of the boiler in such a manner that the
lower and open end of the pipe or tube descends in the boiler to the
point at which it is desired to maintain the water level. This tube
is connected at its upper end by means of a pipe with the valve box
of the steam cylinder above mentioned. It will therefore be under-
stood, that when the level of the water in the boiler sinks below the
open end of the tube which is inserted therein the steam from the
boiler will rush in and enter the steam cylinder of the pumping appa-
ratus, and, by acting on the piston, will draw up water from a reservoir,
and force the same into the boiler, until the water therein rises to its
proper level, and prevents the steam from entering the steam cylinder of
the pumping apparatus. As the piston of the large steam cylinder moves
up and down it acts upon the valves of the small supplementary
steam cylinder, and by allowing the steam from the boiler to enter
therein the valves of the cylinders of the pumping apparatus are
actuated for the purposes above mentioned.
Instead of allowing steam to actunte the piston of the upper cylinder
of the pumping apparatus, the Inventor sometimes proposes to employ
water; the arrangement of the apparatus will not, however, be mate-
rially different, whether steam or water is employed as the motive
agent.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Edward Newton, in the Great Seal.
Patent Office, on the 19th November 1853."
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL -COME; I
WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting..."..
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her.
Letters Patent, bearing late the Nineteenth day of May, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the six-.
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Edward Newton, Her special
license that I, the said William Edward Newton, my executors, ad-.
ministrators, and assigns, or such. others as I; the said William Edward
Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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, au Inven-
tion for "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR PUMPING
WATER, AND SUPPLYING STEAM BOILERS WITH WATER, AND MAINTAINING THE
WATER THEREIN AT A PROPER LEVEL," being a communication from
abroad, upon the condition (afmongst others) that. I, the said William
Edward Newton, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, 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 'William Edward Newton, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner.
the same is to be performed; to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in by the following statement, reference being had to the Draw.
ings hereunto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon
(that is to say):

page_text: The Improved Machinery or Apparatus Applicable for Pumping
Water and Supplying Steam Boilers with Water, and Maintaining the
Water therein at a Proper Level," and which forms the subject of the
present Invention, consists principally in the combination of a steam
cylinder with a water cylinder for pumping or forcing water, and which
parts are so combined and arranged that the pistons of the two
cylinders act directly upon one another, being mounted on the same
rod. The steam cylinder is placed immediately above the water
cylinder, and the piston rod passes through the bottom cover of the
steam cylinder, and carries at its lower end the piston of the water
cylinder. A. small supplementary steam cylinder is adapted to the
apparatus for the purpose of working the valves of the two large
cylinders, and thereby regulating the entrance and exit of the steam
and water to their respective cylinders.
When the apparatus is adapted to a steam boiler for the purpose of
supplying the same with water, and maintaining the water level at an
uniform height therein, a short tube or pipe, open at the lower end,
is adapted to the upper part of the boiler in such a manner that the
lower and open end of this pipe or tube descends in the boiler to the
point at which it is desired to maintain the water level. This tube is
connected at its upper end by means of a pipe with the valve box of
the steam cylinder above mentioned. It will therefore be understood,
that when the level of the water in the boiler sinks below the open end
of the tube which is inserted therein the steam from the boiler will
rush in and enter the steam cylinder of the pumping apparatus, and,
by acting on the piston of the pump, will cause it to draw up water
from a reservoir, and force the same into the boiler until the water
therein rises to its roper level, and prevents the steam from entering
the steam cylinder of the pumping apparatus. As the piston of the large
steam cylinder moves up and down it acts upon the valves of the small
supplementary steam cylinder, and by allowing the steam from the
boiler to enter therein the valves of the cylinders of the pumping
apparatus are actuated for the purposes above mentioned.
Instead of allowing steam to actuate the piston of the upper cylinder
of the pumping apparatus, the Inventor sometimes proposes to employ

page_text: water; the arrangement of the apparatus will not, however, be mate-
rially different, whether steam or water is employed as the motive agent.
Having thus briefly set forth the general feature of the Invention.
that has been communicated to me by my foreign correspondent, I will
now proceed to describe more in detail the construction and operation
of the various parts shown in the accompanying Drawing, in which Fig. 1,
represents an elevation of the apparatus complete, and applied to a
steam boiler. Fig. 2, is a similar elevation, drawn upon an enlarged:
scale, some of the parts being shown in section. Fig. 3, is a vertical.
section, taken through the two cylinders and their appendages; and.
Fig. 4, is a horizontal section, taken near the centre of the apparatus.
An open mouthed pipe A, is adapted to the steam boiler, and commu--
nicates, by means of the pipe B, and valve C, with the steam cylinder D.
The lower end of the pipe A, is open, and extends down to the proper
water level in the boiler, so that when the water level sinks below the
end of the pipe A, steam will rush in and pass through the pipe B,
and valve C, into the steam cylinder D, and act upon and work the
piston H, therein. The lower part or rod of the piston H, is con-
nected with or forms the piston H*, of the water cylinder or pump E,
so that as the piston II, rises in the steam cylinder, so the piston El*,.
rises in the water cylinder or pump E, and fills the latter with water
through the pipe F, and valve r, and the piston H*, on descending,
forces the water back through the valve r, and exit pipe G, into the
boiler; the position of the valve r, of course having been previously
changed to effect the diversion of the water in the inanner just described.
The valve, and the moveable part 4, of the valve C, are connected
together by a vertical rod t, Fig. 3, so that they may be made to act in
concert.
It is obvious that if the pump should supply more water to the
boiler than will fill the latter to the line W, W, water will be forced
up the pipe A, through the pipe B, and valve C, into the steam
cylinder D. In order to prevent the operations of the apparatus from
being stopped when this occurs the Inventor has arranged the parts
in such a manner as to cause the water to act on the piston in a
This object
similar way to steam, and cause it to complete its course.

page_text: is effected by connecting the moveable part 4, of the valve C, to the
moveable part r, of he pump valve, by means of the vertical rod t, as
already explained. The vertical rod t, passes through a small sup-
plementary stean cylinder P, the piston O, of. which cylinder is secured
to and therefore actuates the rod t. The valve n, of the cylinder
P(seen best in the sectional view, Fig. 3,) is provided at its back with
a rack, and is actuated by a sector rack m, on the short horizontal
shaft p, which passes out through the side of the valve. box, and is
further provided with a pinion m*, Figures 2, and 4, which may be
actuated in any convenient manner by a rack or lever; which will be
moved up or down as the piston rod H, rises and falls. This rod may
also be actuated by means of a weighted tumbling lever, which, as the
piston E., rises, will be lifted up, and when it arrives at a. certain point
will tumble or fall over, and change the position of the valve; a change
in the opposite direction being effected by the descent of the rod H,
which will again act upon the lever, and cause it to tumble over in the.
opposite direction. Steam is supplied from the boiler. to the small
cylinder P, by the pipe P*. After the steam or water has acted on the
piston in the cylinder D, it will pass out through the valve C, and be
conveyed by the pipe J, to a cistern.
"
By means of this arrangement of parts the water in the boiler will
be always maintained at the proper level, and if more water than is
necessary is supplied to the boiler part of it will be conveyed into the
cylinder D, and the piston therein will be worked much more slowly
by the pressure of the water than if steam were admitted. It will
be evident that the quantity of water pumped into the boiler will be
correspondingly small, as the water in the steam cylinder will take a
much longer time to pass through the valves of this cylinder than steam
would require. If, on the contrary, the level of the water should sink
below the proper point, the quick motion of the piston in the steam
cylinder will soon supply the deficiency, until the water in the boiler
rises to the level of the bottom of the pipe A.
It will be evident that a similar arrangement of parts to that above
described may be employed for pumping water for any purpose, and
when employed for this purpose, of course the pipe A, is dispensed

page_text: with, and the pipe B, will be merely an ordinary steam pipe communi-
cating in the regular manner with a steam boiler.
Having now described the Invention that has been communicated to
me as aforesaid, I would observe, in conclusion, that although I have
shewn the best means with which I am at present acquainted for carry-
ing the Invention into effect, I do not mean or intend to limit myself to
the precise arrangement of parts herein shewn and described, as they
may perhaps be varied in some particulars without departing from the
nature and object of the present improvements, nor do I mean or intend
to claim the exclusive right to connect the rod of a steam cylinder to the
piston of a pump for pumping or raising water; but that which I con-
sider to be new, and therefore wish to claim as the Invention secured
to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid, is,―
First, the general arrangement or combination of parts above shewn
and described, or any mere modification thereof, for supplying steam
boilers with water, and maintaining the water at a proper level. I
claim particularly the means of communicating between the boiler and
steam cylinder D, by means of the open mouthed pipe A.
Second, I claim connecting or combining the valves of the steam
and water cylinders by means of a vertical rod, and working the same
by means of a small supplementary steam cylinder.
Third, I claim the use and application of an apparatus, similar to that
shewn and described, for pumping water.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Newton, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, the Nineteenth day of November,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-
throo
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Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)