Year: 1885

page_text: We CHARLES HENRY HOLLINGDRAKE, of Albion House Huddersfield Road
Stalybridge in the County of Chester Cotton Spinner and WILLIAM HENRY
STANFIELD, of the firm of Smith and Stanfield of Mottram Road Stalybridge,
aforesaid, Plumbers, Glaziers and Gas Fitters do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention, to be as follows :—
Our invention consists in an improved combination and arrangement of hot
water apparatus.
We arrange the long axis of the hot water cylinder in a vertical position and
bring the cold water from the cold water cistern (which we prefer of large capacity
where this can be conveniently obtained) by a pipe which passes through the side
of the hot water cylinder near its lower end and then up a pipe in its centre being
discharged from a perforated bell or cap upon the upper end of the pipe near the
top of the interior of the hot water cylinder.
Thus the cold water is gradually heated in passing through the hot water (when
it has been heated) in the hot water cylinder, and then being distributed in a
divided state through the small perforations in the bell or cap it is diffused and
readily becomes of the same uniform temperature as the hot water in the cylinder.
The boiler (usually that in the kitchen range) is fed with water by a pipe
connecting it with the lower part of the hot water cylinder, and the hot water
from the boiler is taken by a pipe (termed the circulating pipe) from the boiler, and
then passes in any required direction to supply the baths or other rooms in the
house or building and returns to the lower part of the hot water cylinder.
There is an air pipe from the top of the hot water cylinder having its outlet
over the cold water cistern, and there is or may be an outlet pipe or stand pipe
open at its upper end to the atmosphere at the highest part of the house or building
such stand pipe being connected with the circulating pipe from the boiler.
There is a safety valve on the hot water circulating pipe from the boiler placed
in a position in which it can be readily seen and examined and there is a draw off
pipe and cock to empty the hot water cylinder when required.
All hot water for baths, kitchen or other purposes is drawn from the circulating
pipes as it comes from the boiler by branch pipes connected with the circulation
ipes. :

page_text: It will thus be seen that no hot water is drawn directly from the hot water
cylinder, but that all is drawn directly from the boiler, and consequently it will be
always as hot as it can be made while in and passing through the boiler-In the
common arrangement the water drawn can only be of the temperature of the
water in the hot water cistern, and when this is cool to begin with it takes
considerable time to get hot water as all the water in the hot water cistern bas first
to be heated up to the required temperature.
Purposes.
We CHARLES HENRY HOLLINGDRAKE of Albion House, Huddersfield Road,
Stalybridge, in the County of Chester, Cotton Spinner and WILLIAM HENRY
STANFIELD of the firm Smith and Stanfield, of Mottram Road, Stalybridge afore-
said Plumbers, Glaziers and Gas Fitters 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 :-
Our invention consists in an improved combination and arrangement of hot
water apparatus.
We arrange the long axis of the hot water cylinder in a vertical position and
bring the cold water from the cold water cistern (which we prefer of large capacity
where this can be conveniently obtained) by a pipe which passes through the side
of the hot water cylinder near its lower end and then up a pipe in its centre being
discharged from a perforated bell or cap upon the upper end of the pipe near the
top of the interior of the hot water cylinder.
Thus the cold water is gradually heated in passing through the hot water (when
it has been beated) in the hot water cylinder, and then being distributed in a
divided state through the small perforations in the bell or cap it is diffused and
readily becomes of the same uniform temperature as the hot water in the cylinder.
The boiler (usually that in the kitchen range) is fed with water by a pipe
connecting it with the lower part of the hot water cylinder, and the hot water
from the boiler is taken by a pipe (termed the circulating pipe) from the boiler and
then passes in any required direction to supply the baths or other rooms, in the
house or building and returns to the lower part of the hot water cylinder.

page_text: There is an air pipe from the top of the hot water cylinder having its outlet
over the cold water cistern, and there is or may be an outlet pipe or stand pipe
open at its upper end to the atmosphere at the highest part of the house or building
such stand pipe being connected with the circulating pipe from the boiler.
There is a safety valve on the hot water circulating pipe from the boiler placed
in a position in which it can be readily seen and examined and there is a draw off
pipe and cock to empty the hot water cylinder when required.
All hot water for baths kitchen or other purposes is drawn from the circulating
pipes as it comes from the boiler by branch pipes connected with the circulation
pipes.
It will thus be seen that no hot water is drawn directly from the hot water
cylinder but that all is drawn directly from the boiler and consequently it will be
always as hot as it can be made while in and passing through the boiler-In the
common arrangement the water drawn can only be of the temperature of the
water in the hot water cistern and when this is cool to begin with, it takes
considerable time to get hot water as all the water in the hot water cistern has
first to be heated up to the required temperature.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a house and illustrates the mode of carrying our
invention into effect.
a.is the cold water cistern of any ordinary construction and arrangement, placed
at the highest part of the building or sufficiently high to supply the highest rooms
where such supply is required.
There is a pipe a² from the cold water cistern a that passes to a junction on the
side of the hot water cylinder b which is placed with its long axis in a vertical
position.
The cold water pipe passes up the centre of the hot water cylinder and at its
upper end there is a cap b¹ perforated with small holes on its under side to
distribute and diffuse the cold water downwards to mix with the water in the
hot water cylinder.
From the lower part of the cylinder b, there is a pipe b* having a cock by which
the water may be drawn from the cylinder or by which the water may be drawn
off when the cylinder 6 is to be emptied. 68 is an air pipe from the top of the
cylinder b to the cold water cistern a.
The water is conveyed from the cylinder 6 by a pipe o to the boiler which is or
may be of any ordinary construction and arrangement and the water passes from
the boiler by a pipe d (which we will term the outflow pipe) which pipe ascends
to the highest parts of the building to be supplied, the hot or heated water being
taken from this outflow pipe d by branches from it to the places where it is to
be used, then the outflow pipe becomes a return flow pipe d¹ and passes to the
cylinder b.
In the illustration there is a branch pipe d² from the outflow pipe which is
supposed to supply hot water to a wash stand (e) on the first floor, and to a bath (ƒ)
(branch not shown) and to a wash stand g by a branch d³ and to a wash bowl h
by a branch d'.
From the outflow pipe d at about its highest position there is a branch or air
pipe d' having an outlet above the roof of the building.
When required for warming rooms there is a branch do from the outflow pipe (d)
for supplying hot water to an ordinary arrangement of heating or circulating
pipes the hot water passing to this beating arrangement of pipes on one side
and from it by a branch d³ on the other side to the return flow pipe d¹.
There is a cock upon the branch pipe de to regulate or shut off the supply of
hot water to the arrangement of heating pipes.
d* is a branch from the outflow pipe to supply heated water to the kitchen.
There is or may be any ordinary dead weighted safety valve i upon the outflow
pipe & in some convenient place outside of the fire place for heating the boiler.
The pipes referred to are of ordinary and suitable bore, though shown of
exaggerated diameter in the illustration.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. The combination and arrangement of hot water apparatus substantially as
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
2. The combination and arrangement of hot water apparatus so that the supply
where required will be drawn from the outflow pipe coming directly from the
boiler (and not directly from the hot water cylinder) substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the drawings.
8. The combination of a hot water cylinder and central pipe within it for
feeding cold water thereto substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the drawing.