A Regulating Attachment for Gas Taps.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Nov., 1801
Complete Specification Left, 11th Aug., 1892-Accepted, 17th Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Regulating Attachment for Gas Taps.
I, ALBERT CHARLES PAIN, of 18, Noel Road, Edgbaston, in the City of
Birmingham, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an appliance or attachment adapted to a gas tap for the
purpose of controlling the gas supply and the flame when the operator is at a
considerable distance from the said tap. My object is to produce a very simple
and cheap fitting which may be readily applied to existing cocks, so that the cock
may be used in the ordinary manner or the gas regulated from a distance.
In carrying my invention into effect, I drill or form a hole in the end of the gas
plug, or in another part of the cock bracket or fitting, which hole passes through
the gas supply hole. Into this hole I fit a sliding pin preferably formed with a
conical end, which conical end fits into a seat or cone terminating the said hole.
Upon the end of the gas plug I mount a cylindrical or other case to serve
instead of the usual washer common to gas taps, and to contain a spring to press
the pin to its seat. The pin carries a projection of reduced diameter which passes
through a cover fitting the end of the case. A washer fits the reduced part and is
pressed home to the shoulder by the spring acting between it and the said cover;
in this manner the pin is pushed home. The end of the reduced part is screwed
and projects through a hole in the cover, and carries a milled head nut and an eye
outside the milled nut. This nut is used to withdraw the pin in order to leave a
clear gas passage, or to adjust. the aperture by which the gas can flow to the gas
jet. A cord is attached to the eye and connected to any suitable spot at a distance
from the cock, attached by spring to some fixed point as described in the Specification
of my application for Patent No. 3021 of 1891.
The action is as follows:-
The gas cock is turned on to the desired point and the screw nut adjusted to
permit of the requisite or reduced or pilot flame, and when light is required, the
operator, by pulling the cord, is enabled to obtain any desired amount of light, as
the two springs counteract each other, so as to leave the regulating pin in any
position in which it may be placed.
Suitable packing is applied to the said regulating pin.
Existing taps may be altered by boring out the ends of the plugs and mounting
the fitting upon them.
The pin may be fitted to the plug of the swivel arm if desired.
Dated this 12th day of November 1891
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Regulating Attachment for Gas Taps.
I, ALBERT CHARLES PAIN, of 18 Noel Road, Edgbaston, in the City of
Birmingham, Engineer, 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 :-
My invention relates to an appliance or attachment adapted to a gas tap for the
5 purpose of controlling the gas supply and the flame when the operator is at a

page_text: considerable distance from the said tap. My object is to produce a very simple
and cheap fitting which may be readily applied to existing cocks, so that the cock
may be used in the ordinary manner or the gas regulated from a distance.
Referring to the accompanying sheet of drawings which illustrates the application
of my invention, Figure 1 is a section showing my fitting applied to the plug of a
gas tap.
Figure 2 is a section showing its application to the joint of a gas bracket.
In carrying my invention into effect as shown at Figure 1 I drill or form a
hole A' in the end of the gas plug A, or in another part of the cock bracket or
fitting as at the joint shown at A Figure 2, which hole A¹ passes through the gas
supply hole I. Into this hole I fit a sliding pin B preferably formed with a
conical end as shown, which conical end fits into a seat or cone terminating the said
hole. Upon the end of the gas plug A I mount a cylindrical or other case F to
serve instead of the usual washer common to gas taps, and to contain a spring E to
press the pin B to its seat. The pin B carries a projection of reduced diameter
which passes through a cover G fitting the end of the case F. A washer fits
the reduced part and is pressed home to the shoulder by the spring E acting
between it and the said cover G; in this manner the pin B is pushed home.
The end of the reduced part is screwed and projects through a hole in the
cover G as herein before stated, and carries a milled head nut D and an eye or
nut D¹ outside the milled nut. This nut D is used to withdraw the pin B in
order to leave a clear gas passage, or to adjust the aperture by which the gas can
flow to the gas jet. A wire or cord as C is attached to the eye or nut D¹ and
connected to any suitable spot at a distance from the cock, attached by spring to
some fixed point as described in the Specification of my application for Patent
No. 3021 of 1891.
The action is as follows:-
The gas cock A is turned on to the desired point and the screw nut D
adjusted to permit of the requisite or reduced or pilot flame, and when light is
required, the operator, by pulling the wire or cord C, is enabled to obtain any
desired amount of light, as the two springs, that is the spring E and the spring
or weight attached to the cord as hereinbefore described, counteract each other,
so as to leave the regulating pin B in any position in which it may be placed.
Suitable packing is applied to the said regulating pin if desired, but I prefer
to grind or fit the pin without packing as shown.
Existing taps may be altered by boring out the ends of the plugs as shown at
Figure 1 and mounting the fitting upon them.
The pin may be fitted to the plug of the swivel arm if desired as shown at
Figure 2 where like parts are lettered as in Figure 1. The piece H is inserted
in the swivel plug to receive the pin B. The nut D¹ serves to lock the nut D in
any position in which D may be set.
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. A regulating attachment for gas and like taps in which a pin valve is operated
and regulated in such manner as to allow of the control of the gas or jet from a
distance substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
2. A regulating attachment for gas taps substantially as hereinbefore described
reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of August 1892.
MARKS & CLERK,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.