An Improved Apparatus for Adjusting and Registering the Flow of Gas, Water, and other Fluids.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 17th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 3rd May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Adjusting and Registering the Flow of
Gas, Water, and other Fluids.
JOHN NEWNHAM 3 Newcastle Place Clerkenwell Close Clerkenwell County of
Middlesex Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention relates to an improved apparatus for Adjusting and Registering the
Flow of Gas, Water, and other Fluids.
It consists of a cylinder in two sections screwing into each other in the usual
socket form each section having at its end a nozel of a given size whereby it is
connected to any ordinary gas, or water pipe thus forming a conduit for the flow of
the substance to be controled and measured.
1 insert into this cylinder a series of chambers in a horizontal position in number
and construction according to the amount of gas, water or other fluid required.
At the base of this cylinder and in front of these chambers connected with them by
a screwed bolt I place a disc of a circular form which serves the purpose of a plug or
spile baving a rack tooth cut upon the periphery similar to a crown wheel whereby it
is geared into a pinion the axle of which pinion is extended through the side of
cylinder and upon which axle is fixed a pointer that is set by a key or thumbscrew as
may be desired.
The circle that this pointer describes is set out numerically in correspondence with
the size of aperture in the spile and relative to the number of gas lights or the
amount water requisite to be supplied and is so arrainged that when standing at its
normal position one turn of the thumbscrew causes the disc to rotate to the next
aperture in the spile and thus varies the amount of fluid that flows into the chambers.
These chambers I divide into section each section is perforated longitudinally
except the last therefore the substance entering the first section traverses the entire
circumferance before passing into the next chamber and so on through as many has
may be requisite.
Over the aperture at the apex of last chaniber I place a tube that has inserted in it
a chamber of spherical form having a slot of a given dimension cut latterally between
the tube and chamber in which chamber I place a fan having a series of leaves
revolving horizontally over the slot the axle of which fan being extended to the
outside of sphere a worm is cut upon it and geared into a vertical wheel that forms
one of a series called a train of wheels upon the axles of which wheels carry a pointer
that rotates over a tablet set out in circles that are numerically divided in tenths, the
first called units the next tenths next hundreds next thousands and so on has may be
required.
This tablet being brought up close to the inside of plane of cylinder enables it to be
read through a glass covering has it is recorded by the action of fan upon the wheels.
...COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
An Improved Apparatus for Adjusting and Registering the Flow of
Gas, Water, and other Fluids.
JOHN NEWNHAM 3 Newcastle Place Clerkenwell Close County of Middlesex
Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
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My Invention consists of a cylinder in two sections, screwing into each other, in the

page_text: Having now particularly described, and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is