IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS REGULATORS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Goodson and William Goodson both of 213 Vauxhall
Bridge Road in the County of Middlesex for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS
IN GAS REGULATORS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Goodson and William
Goodson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th April
1883.
JOHN GOODSON and WILLIAM GOODSON both of 213 Vauxhall Bridge Road, in
the County of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS REGULATORS' "
This invention has for its object the construction of gas regulators in such a
manner as while serving to regulate the gas admitted to a number of burners or
other apparatus requiring a considerable supply, is specially adapted for application
to single burnere, in consequence of its thorough efficiency, even when made of very
small size.
The invention as adapted to a single burner consists of a hollow metallic case,
made in two peices. The lower piece has a flange about midway in its height.
Below the flange the case is taper and has an exterior screw suitable for screwing
the apparatus into an ordinary burner socket. Above the flange it has also an
exterior screw by which the upper piece of the case is attached to it. Above the
screw on the lower piece the case is reduced in size so as to leave a space between
it and the interior of the upper piece. On the top of the lower piece is attached a
closely fitting metallic cap and just beneath the cap are two or more holes so as to
allow of gas passing from the lower to the upper part of the case.-
-Within the
lower piece which has an internal flange or projection below the exterior flange
a cup or inverted cap of ivory or other suitable material and having a hole in its
centro, is fitted with accuracy but with sufficient freedom to allow of its sliding
up and down. The upper piece of the case is provided with a burner nipple and
he lower part has an internal screw for attaching it to the lower piece.
The action of the apparatus is as follows. Assuming for the sake of illustration
hat it is desired that the burner shall consume five feet per hour with a minimum
ressure of one inch, and that under any excess of pressure it shall consume no
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page_text: more, the cup is made of suitable weight and size, and on gas being admitted from
below, as in an ordinary burner at a pressure of one inch, it will flow through the
hole in the bottom of the cup and from thence through the holes in the lower part
of the case to the upper part thereof to the burner where it will be consumed. If
however there is an excess of pressure, the cup will be raised so as to cover the holes
in the lower piece sufficiently to prevent more gas passing to the burner than that it
was contemplated to burn. The greater the pressure beneath the cup the higher it
will rise, and so reduce in proportion the size of the passages for the gas to the
burner. The size of the cup is carefully designed so that on any considerable and
sudden increase of pressure sufficient to cause the cup to rise to the top of its
chamber, the gas will not be entirely shut off from the burner but allow enough to
flow to keep the burner alight.
Regulators made somewhat similarly but with a cap instead of the cup
employed in the present invention, have been made, but have always proved
inefficient when reduced to the size desirable for application to a single burner.
Regulators adapted to govern a considerable quantity of gas may be made
identically the same in principle, the sizes of the various parts being altered
accordingly and the position of the inlet and outlet varied to suit the particular
circumstances of the case

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*SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Goodson and William Goodson in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 5th October 1883.
JOHN GOODSON and WILLIAM GOODSON both of 213 Vauxhall Bridge Road, in
3 the county of Middlesex "IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS REGULATORS "
This invention has for its object the construction of gas regulators in such a
manner as while serving to regulate the gas admitted to a number of burners,
or other apparatus requiring a considerable supply is specially adapted for
application to single burners in consequence of its thorough efficiency, even when
made of very small size.
The invention as adapted to a single burner will be understood on reference to
the drawings attached hereto of which the following is a description. Fig 1 is an
elevation of the regulator and burner of a natural size. Fig 2 is an elevation
of the burner and vertical section of the regulator drawn to a much larger scale.
It will be seen that the regulator consists of a hollow metallic case A made in two
parts B and C. The lower piece has a flange D about midway in its height. Below
the flange the case is taper and has an exterior screw E suitable for screwing the
apparatus into an ordinary.burner socket. Above the flange it has also an exterior
screw F by which the upper piece of the case B is attached to it. Above the screw
on the lower piece the case is reduced in size so as to leave a space G between it
and the interior of the upper piece. On the top of the lower piece is attached a
closely fitting metallic cap H and just beneath the cap are two or more holes I
so as to allow of gas passing from the lower to the upper part of the case. Within
the lower piece which has an internal flange or projection J below the exterior
flange a cup or inverted cap K of ivory or other suitable material and having a
hole L in its centre is fitted with accuracy but with sufficient freedom to allow of
its sliding up and down. The upper piece of the case is provided with a burner M
and the lower part of the upper piece has an internal screw for attaching it to the
lower piece.
Figs 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are drawings to a large scale which exhibit the attachment
of a slitted screw to the cup whereby the size of the hole L or its equivalent may
be increased or diminished, Fig 3 being a plan of the cup with top of screw O, and
Fig 4 a plan of the bottom of the cup with screw O and slit P. Fig 5 is an
elevation of the cup. Fig 6 is a transverse section of it and Fig 7 is a transverse
section at right angles to Fig 6. This screw arrangement is not however claimed
as part of this invention.
The action of the apparatus is as follows. Assuming for the sake of illustration
that it is desired that the burner shall consume five feet per hour with a minimum
pressure of one inch and that under any excess of pressure it shall consume no
more, the cup is made of suitable weight and size, and on gas being admitted to N
from below as in an ordinary burner at a pressure of one inch, it will flow through
the hole L in the bottom of the cup and from thence through the holes I in the
lower part of the case to the upper part thereof to the burner where it will be
consumed. If however there is an excess of pressure the cup K will be raised so
as to cover the holes I in the lower piece sufficiently to prevent more gas passing
to the burner than it was contemplated to burn. The greater the pressure beneath
the cup the higher it will rise and so reduce in proportion the size of the passages
for the gas to the burner. The size of the cup is carefully designed so that
on any considerable and sudden increase of pressure sufficient to cause the cup to
rise to the top of its chamber, the gas will not be entirely shut off from the burner,
but allow enough to flow to keep the burner alight.

page_text: Regulators made somewhat similarly but with a cap instead of the cup employed
in the present invention have been made, but have always proved inefficient when
reduced to the size desirable for application to a single burner
Regulators adapted to govern a considerable quantity of gas may be made
identically the same in principle, the sizes of the various parts being altered
accordingly and the position of the inlet and outlet varied to suit the particular
circumstances of the case.
Having now described and particularly set forth the nature of this invention
and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into effect we
would observe in conclusion that we do not confine or restrict ourselves to the
precise details or arrangements which we have described or referred to as variations
may be made therefrom without deviating from the principles or main features
of this invention, but what we consider to be novel and original and therefore
claim as the invention secured to us by the herein before in part recited Letters
Patent is,
Firstly. The construction of gas regulators with a cup K as herein described and
shown on the drawings, and
Secondly. The combination of the general arrangement as herein described and
shown on the drawings with the aforesaid cup K. *
In witness whereof we the said John Goodson and William Goodson have
hereunto set our hands and seals this Fifth day of October in the year
of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
JOHN GOODSON
(L.S.)