Improved Means for Regulating the Consumption of Gas.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 1st Oct., 1896-Accepted, 19th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Means for Regulating the Consumption of Gas.
ARTHUR EDWARD BOWLES 9 Montholme Road, Wandsworth Common,
London S.W. Evangelist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A tube which may be inserted in the joint of the gas pipe to which may be
attached burners of any capacity as occasion may require, thereby governing the
amount of gas passing to the actual burner.
The tube is so constructed that it breaks the force of gas to the burner attached
to same.
This tube is to safeguard employers against the waste of gas either by excess
pressure or the tampering with burners or removal of same by their employees
and substituting burners of larger capacity. To prevent this the method is as
follows:
I. The tube is constructed so as to be placed inside the pipe, or in case the pipe
should not be of large enough dimensions to be enclosed in a small case to fit ou
the pipe in front of burner. Inside this tube is affixed say a No. 2 burner which
admits of the passage of 6 to 6 feet of gas per hour under any circumstances, by
this I mean to say; whether burner is removed destroyed or a larger one
substituted it is impossible, for more than the regulation quantity of gas to be
consumed.
11. It has also been found by experiment that by using this tube with a burner
of smaller dimensions than the actual consuming burner a better light with a much
smaller consumption of gas is obtained viz.-a No. 8, (consuming) in an ordinary
way consumes from 10 to 12 feet of gas per hour-as against 6 feet by the use
of my tube with a No. 2 burner affixed & giving equally as good a light of a much
less trying character to the eyes.
19th February 1896.
ARTHUR EDWARD BOWLES, 9 Montholme Road, Wandsworth Common,
London, S.W. Evangelist, 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 :-
The improved means of regulating the consumption of gas is a tube which is
constructed with a threefold motive i.e.
To save the consumption of gas with ordinary burners.
To prevent waste and overconsumption of gas by the consuming burner being
worn out, tampered with, or broken.

page_text: To bring the chances of an explosion through the chandelier or gas pendant
being broken off or falling down to a minimum.
The following is a full description as to how these ends are to be accomplished.
This tube is made from two to three inches long in various sizes to enable it to
be screwed into the different calibred pipes or joints connecting same as may be
desired. The end of the tube which is screwed in is fitted with a false bottom
which is used as a means of assisting to break the force of gas before it reaches
the burner inside the tube, thereby enabling it to perform its work in a more
satisfactory manner than would be the case where the said burner at the mercy of
the various pressures of gas; it also assists to prevent the burner from being
tampered with. When it is required to fix the tube in the pipe or joint the false
bottom is removed to enable the same being screwed in flush with the said pipe or
joint by the use of a key which fits into a ward inside the tube; when fixed the
false bottom is replaced.
Fig. 1. represents a view of the tube "A" ready for fixing with the false
bottom "B" and cap "C" fixed thereto.
Fig. 2. represents a view of the interior of the tube shewing its different parts.
"A" The tube.
"B" False bottom.
"C" The cap to prevent burner being tampered with.
"D" An ordinary burner fixed in socket "E."
"E" Socket in which burner is fitted.
"
<< F are the channels through which the gas passes to burner.
"G" Ward for key used to screw tube in flush with pipe or joint.
"H" A dead end to prevent bottom of burner being destroyed by the use of
wire or any such like means.
"I" Channels cut in cap to allow the gas to pass to lighting burner.
"J" Key.
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.
1. To save the consumption of gas with ordinary burners, i.e. with a No. 2
burner fitted in my tube and a No. 8 for lighting purposes a light may be obtained
of equal brilliancy to that given by a No. 5 with a consumption of over 30 per cent.
less gas.
2. To prevent waste and overconsumption of gas thro' the consuming burner
being worn out tampered with or broken; this end is obtained thro' the tube being
fitted with a burner of the size required, so that whether the consuming burner is
at all defective it will have no effect on the amount of gas consumed as that is
regulated by the one inside the tube.
3. To bring the chances of an explosion thro' the gas chandelier or pendant
being broken off or falling to a minimum, as the tube can be placed in the pipe or
joint above them, so that should the aforesaid accident happen instead of having
the full rush of gas, as is the case under the usual circumstances it would be only
such an amount as would be able to pass thro' the burner inside the tube.
Dated this 30th day of September 1896.
ARTHUR EDWARD BOWLES.