Water Regulator for Cylinders or Condensers of Soda Water Machines.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 13th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICAIIUN,
Water Regulator for Cylinders or Condensers of Soda Water
Machines.
JOHN HENRY GALLOWAY, Aerated Water Engineer, Hope Foundry,
St. Georges Street, Bolton and JAMES WILLIAM GALLOWAY, Aerated Water
Engineer, Hope Foundry, St. Georges Street Bolton do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
In order to prevent too much water being pumped into the cylinder or condenser
of a soda water machine or steam boiler we place a float to ride upon the water
either in the cylinder or boiler itself, or in a branch from the cylinder, &c., or in a
vessel connected with the cylinder, &c., preferably in the water gauge glass of the
cylinder or a tube similarly placed.
The float can be made of either cork, rubber, gutta percha, hollow glass, or any
other material which possesses, or can be made to possess floating properties. On
the top of this float is placed a piece of metal, or, being made hollow at the top, a
few drops of mercury, so as to make contact with any electrical arrangement with
which it may be brought into contact.
Through the top or sides of the vessel, tube, or chamber in which this float works,
we place two insulated wires whose ends are brought almost together so that when
the float rises and metallic end touches the wires contact is made and the circuit
completed:
To the pipe which supplies water to the soda water pump or boiler pump we
attach a sensitive valve on the spindle of which is a piece of soft iron and above it
is fixed an electric magnet connected to a battery or dynamo so that when the
circuit is completed by the float coming into contact with the two wires the magnet
prevents the valve from opening until the water in the cylinder, boiler, or other
vessel is again lowered and contact broken, which releases the water valve and
allows the pump to again take in water.
By raising or lowering the two wires the height of water in cylinder, boiler, or
other vessel can be regulated.
Dated this 16th day of December 1803
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Water Regulator for Cylinders or Condensers of Soda Water
Machines.
JOHN HENRY GALLOWAY Aerated Water Engineer, Hope Foundry Bolton
and JAMES WILLIAM GALLOWAY, Aerated Water Engineer, Hope Foundry,
Bolton, 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 :-
In order to prevent too much water being pumped into the cylinder or condenser
of a soda water machine we place a float to ride upon the water either in the
cylinder itself or in a branch from the cylinder or in a vessel connected with the
cylinder, preferably in the water gauge glass of the cylinder, or a tube similarly
placed.

page_text: The float can be made of either cork, rubber, gutta percha, hollow glass, or any
other material which possesses or can be made to possess floating properties. On
the top of this float is placed a piece of metal, or, being made hollow at the top, a
few drops of mercury, so as to make contact with any electrical arrangement with
which it may be brought into contact.
.
Through the top or sides of the vessel, tube, or chamber, in which the float works
we place two insulated wires whose ends are brought almost together so that when
the float rises and the metallic end touches the wires contact is made and the
circuit completed.
To the pipe which supplies water to the soda water pump we attach a sensitive
valve on the spindle of which is a piece of soft iron and above it is fixed an electric
magnet connected to a battery or dynamo, so that when the circuit is completed by
the float coming into contact with the two wires the magnet prevents the valve
from opening until the water in cylinder or condenser is again lowered and.
contact broken which releases the water valve and allows the pump again to take
in water.
By raising or lowering the two wires the height of water in cylinder can be
regulated or varied.
Figure 1 is an end view of a cylinder or condenser of a soda water machine.
Figure 2 is an end view of a feed or solution tank for supplying the water to the
pump of a soda water machine.
Figure 3 is an enlarged view of part of our invention shown in Figure 1.
A is a condenser of a soda water machine with water to the height shown at B.
E, E, are ordinary water gauge fittings but without valves or cocks and are
attached to the cylinder in any approved manner and fitted with glass tube.
Inside this glass tube is a float, H, having a hollow cup at top in which a small
quantity of mercury is placed. Through the top of the upper water gauge fitting E,
a rod, F, secured by a stuffing box is passed and through this rod, F, pass two
insulated wires, L, M, whose ends project into the glass tube in close proximity to
each other but without touching. C is a solution tank which feeds the soda water
pump with water. J is an equilibrium valve of any convenient form_having its
outlet to pump at P. On spindle of this valve is fitted an iron washer K. D is an
electro magnet supported just above the washer K and in close contact and having
its two wires, N, O.
In making artificial mineral waters it is of great importance that the height of
water in the cylinder or condenser should be constant and this invention is designed
to secure a fixed height of water in the said cylinder never being exceeded, the
said height each user can fix for himself.
The water in cylinder is shown at B, Figure 1, and a corresponding height is
attained in the glass tube attached to cylinder. In this glass tube is a float, H,
with a cup containing mercury, which said float rises and falls with the water in the
cylinder.
By bringing down the rod, F, the projecting wires L, M, can be brought into
contact with the mercury at any height of water to be fixed upon, so that when
once set the float on rising always touches the wires when the water in the cylinder
is at the height fixed upon.
C is the tank supplying water to the soda water pump through outlet P aud on
the valve spindle is fixed an iron washer K. Above the washer is an electro
magnet D with wires N, O. The wires L, M, and N, O, are connected to any
electrical supply, battery or dynamo, the circuit of which will be broken when the
wires L, M, are out of contact with float H.
When water in cylinder A rises to such a height as to bring float H into contact
with wires L, M, projecting from F the circuit is completed and the magnet Dat
one bolds the plate K, preventing the pump, which is connected to outlet P, from
taking in any water and thus keeping water at a constant height in cylinder.
On drawing water from cylinder the float H will lower, contact will be broken
and the pump supply opened again.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. The method of automatically regulating the admission of water to condensers
of soda water machines by means of a float making and breaking contact with an
electro magnet which opens and closes the water supply substantially as described
and shown in the annexed drawings.
Dated this 12th day of September 1894.
JOHN HENRY GALLOWAY.
JAMES WILLIAM GALLOWAY.