CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVES FOR STOPPING, RETARDING, AND REGULATING THE FLOW OF STEAM, WATER, OR OTHER FLUIDS."
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Binns, of Claremont Villa, Victoria.Grove,
Brompton, in the County of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer, and James
Haughton, of Bank Side, New Mill, Oldham, in the County of Lan-
caster, Engineer, for the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVES
FOR STOPPING, RETARDING, AND REGULATING THE FLOW OF STEAM, WATER, OR
OTHER FLUIDS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Binns and
James Haughton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 26th January 1855.
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We, WILLIAM BINNS, of Claremont Villa, Victoria Grove, Brompton, in
the Co of Middlesex, Consulting Engineer, and JAMES HAUGHTON, of Bank
Side, New Mill, Oldham, in the County of Lancashire, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN VALVES
FOR STOPPING, RETARDING, AND REGULATING THE FLOW OF STEAM, WATER, OR OTHER
FLUIDS," to be as follows, that is to say:-
In place of the ordinary or present construction of throttle valve, we propose
to employ that description of valve known as the ventilator valve, in com-
bination with an ordinary conical stop valve, so as to form a compound stop
and throttle valve; either of which may, however, be used seperately, if
required.

page_text: The second part of our Invention relates to improvements in the construc-
tion of stop-cocks or valves for steam or water pipes. These cocks or valves
are made by casting a flange three inches, more or less, in thickness, with a
hole through the centre for the passage of steam or other fluid. At right
angles to this passage, that is, transversely to the axis of the flange, which is
cast of the same diameter as the flange of the steam pipe to which it is to be
applied, there is a conical hole to recieve the plug or a brass liner, into which
the plug is accurately ground and fitted.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Binns and James Haughton in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 26th July 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
BINNS, of Claremont Villa, Victoria Grove, Brompton, in the County of
Middlesex, Consulting Engineer, and JAMES HAUGHTON, of Bank Side, New
Mill, Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said William Binns and James Haughton, Her special licence that we,
the said William Binns and James Haughton, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such 'otliers as we, the said William Binns and James Haugh-
ton, 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 the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN VALVES FOR STOPPING, RETARDING, AND REGULATING THE FLOW OF STEAM,
WATER, OR OTHER FLUIDS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the
said William Binns and James Haughton, or one of us, by an instrument in
writing under our hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us,
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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Binns and James Haughton,
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 thereof, that is to say :-
In place of the ordinary or present construction of throttle valve, we pro-
pose to employ that description of valve known as the ventilator valve, in
combination with an ordinary conical stop valve, so as to form a compound
stop and throttle valve, either of which may, however, be used separately, if
required.
The second part of our Invention relates to improvements in the con-
struction of stop-cocks or valves for steam or water pipes. These cocks or
valves are made by casting a flange three inches, more or less, in thickness,
with a hole through the centre for the passage of steam or other fluid. At
right angles to this passage, that is, transversely to the axis of the flange,
which is cast of the same diameter as the flange of the steam pipe to which
it is to be applied, there is a conical hole to receive the plug or a brass liner,
into which the plug is accurately ground and fitted.
In order that the construction and action of the valves referred to in our
Provisional Specification may be more readily understood and carried into
effect, we will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
In Figure 1, which represents a section of our improved compound stop
and throttle valve a, a, b, b', is a cast-iron box or casing, made in the form of
a cross, the parts a, a, being of the same size, or thereabouts, as the steam pipe
supplying the engine, and to which the valve or box is bolted, so that the parts
a, a, form a continuation of the steam pipe. b, b', are lateral openings for
inserting the two valves and their seating; each opening is provided with a
cover c, c', made in the form of a stuffing box, with a gland d and d. e is the
valve seating, which is of that kind known by the name of ventilator valve; a
plan or face view of which is shewn separately at Figure 2, which represents
a section of Figure 1, taken through the line A, B. The seating e, which is
faced and ground on both sides, is firmly fixed in the position shewn. f is the
stop valve, which is actuated by a screwed spindle fitting in the gland d²; or the
same may be made to screw or fit in the end of the stuffing box at the part
marked c", so that by turning the hand wheel g, the stop valve f can be forced
against or removed from the seating e, so as to allow of or prevent the flow of
steam through the valve. I is the throttle valve, ground and fitted to the opposite
face of the seating.e from that on which the stop valve is applied; and i is a

page_text: spindle, with its lever-k; which lever is connected with the governor of the steam.
engine in the usual manner. The throttle valve is firmly fixed to the spindle 'i,
.but the end of the spindle o, which is pivotted down, moves, freely in a hole
in the centre of the seating e. 1; P, is a strap, bolted to the cover c;. the boss
Pof the strap is tapped, to receive a set screw m, provided with a lock nut n,
so that by turning the screw m, the throttle valve h. can be adjusted to its
seating. It will be seen from, the direction of the steam through the com-
pound valve, which is, indicated by the arrows, that its pressure will have a
tendency to force the throttle valve from its seating, and that such pressure
-will be sustained.by.the point of the screw m; the friction of the valve will,
therefore, be reduced to the minimum, and with proper. adjustment may be set
-down às nothing. Again, any neglect on the part of the attendant will simply
be attended with a little leakage of steam, and not with an increased amount
of friction, which would be the case if, the steam passed through the valve in
the opposite direction....
The second part of our Invention, of improvements in valves for stopping,
retarding, and regulating the flow of steam, water, or other fluids, has
reference to a peculiar form or mode of constructing a stop-cock or valve, a
section of which is shewn at Figure 3, and edge view at Figure 4. a, a, is
a cast-iron blank. or flange, of the same diameter as the flange of the pipe to
which it is to be attached; b, b, are the bolt holes; and c, the passage for the
steam, water, or other fluid. At right angles to the passage c there is bored
a conical hole, into which is driven a brass bush or liner d. e is the plug,
which is accurately fitted and ground into the liner d; f is the handle; and 9,
a stuffing 'box, with its gland h, for preventing the escape of steam or water
by the plug spindle. The mode of applying this form of cock is the same as
heretofore, that is, either by bolting, between the flanges of the pipe to which
it is to be attached, or by making the casting of any suitable form to screw
upon the end of a pipe, as will be understood..
:
- Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, we would have it understood that we do
not claim as our Invention the exclusive. right to use a ventilator valve as a
throttle valve, neither do we claim the application of an adjusting screw when
such screw is intended to keep the valve from its face, an arrangement which
has already been patented; but that which we do claim as of our Invention
is, the general arrangement and combination of parts forming a compound
stop and throttle valve, as herein-before described, in which the throttle valve
'is kept up to its face by an adjusting screw 'm...
We would also remark, that this form and construction of throttle valve

page_text: may, if desired, be used separately from the stop valve without departing from
the nature of our said Invention.
We claim, secondly, the mode of constructing stop-cocks or valves, as
herein-before described.
may, if desired, be used separately from the stop valve without departing from
the nature of our said Invention.
We claim, secondly, the mode of constructing stop-cocks or valves, as
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this
nineteenth day of July, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.