IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR HEATING OR WARMING ROOMS OR BUILDINGS t . WITH STEAM, AND IN CARRYING OFF THE CONDENSED STEAM OR WATER .THEREFROM.
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Ogden Dixon, of Steeton, in the County.
.of York, Bobbin Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR HEATING OR WARMING ROOMS OR BUILDINGS
t
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WITH STEAM, AND IN CARRYING OFF THE CONDENSED STEAM OR WATER
.THEREFROM.".
Sealed the 30th December 1882, and dated the 3rd July 1862:
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Ogden Dixon,
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 3rd July 1862.
I, THOMAS OGDEN DIXON, of Steeton, in the County of York, Bobbin
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR HEATING OR WARMING ROOMS OR
BUILDINGS WITH STEAM, AND IN CARRYING OFF THE CONDENSED STEAM OR WATER
THEREFROM," to be as follows:
i
This Invention consists, firstly, in arranging the steam pipes or the pipes
for conducting and circulating the steam for heating or warming rooms in
such manner as that the condensed steam or water may be drawn off' into a
receiving pipe at various points in the line or circuit, and be conducted thence
to a "syphon box" or steam trap, steam. being also conducted by a separate
pipe thereto from the end of the line or circuit, by which arrangement
breakage of joints in the pipes is prevented."

page_text: Secondly, in the employment of an equilibrium valve in combination with
a float lever in the "syphon box" or steam trap, by means of which the
condensed steam or water is carried off or is permitted to escape without
´allowing any steam to pass off.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Ogden Dixon in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 3rd January 1863.
.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
OGDEN DIXON, of Steeton, in the County of York, Bobbin Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Thomas Ogden Dixon, Her special license, that I, the said Thomas
Ogden Dixon, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said Thomas Ogden Dixon, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter, during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR HEATING OR WARMING ROOMS
OR BUILDINGS WITH STEAM, AND IN CARRYING OFF THE CONDENSED STEAM OR
WATER THEREFROM," upon the condition, amongst others, that I, the said
Thomas Ogden Dixon, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in-
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Ogden Dixon, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (that is to say):-
This Invention consists, firstly, in arranging the steam pipes or the pipes
for conducting and circulating the steam for heating or warming rooms in

page_text: such manner as that the condensed steam or water may be drawn off into a
receiving pipe at various points in the line or circuit, and be conducted thence
to a "syphon box" or steam trap, steam being also conducted by a separate
pipe thereto from the end of the line or circuit, by which arrangement
breakage of joints in the pipes is prevented.
Secondly, in the employment of an equilibrium valve in combination with
a float lever in the "syphon box or steam trap, by means of which the
condensed steam or water is carried off or is permitted to escape without
allowing any steam to pass off.
In order that this Invention. may be clearly understood, I have given
reference to an accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a vertical
section of a series or range of steam pipes; and a syphon box with pipes for
receiving and conducting the steam and condensed water arranged according
to this Invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.
"
A is the steam pipes, which, by preference, forms a serpentine or zig-zag
line; B is the inlet for steam, and C the outlet pipe which conducts the
steam into the syphon box D, in which is the equilibrium valve, with its box
or case and seatings E. The condensed water is taken off by dip pipes or
branch pipes F into a receiving pipe G, which conducts the same. into the
'syphon box," the steam pipes being placed out of level, or so as to fall a little
towards the dip pipes. H is the proposed water-level line, where the valve E
will close, and prevent. escape of water from the syphon box. The receiving
pipe G and parts of the dip pipes F are always charged with water to the
water-level line, which pipes are constantly draining the condensed water from
the steam pipes, consequently preserving a free passage for the circulation of
steam, through the pipes A, to the syphon box. As water accumulates in the
receiving pipes, and is conducted into the syphon box, the float ball I is raised,
and the lever I¹ lifts the valve E, and allows the water to pass through the
valve, and escape at the orifice J. A tap K is placed on the top of the
syphon box, to be opened for letting out the air when the steam is turned.
into the pipes, and to be closed when steam blows out.
Fig. 3 is a section of the said equilibrium valve, with its box and seatings
drawn full size, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the same. The two covers, flanges, or
parts e, e, composing the equilibrium valve E are of equal diameters, so that
the pressure of steam on each will always be equal. M is a screw plug,
fitting to an opening of the valve box, for introducing the lower part of the
valve e¹ into the box, so as to be fixed on the spindle of the upper part e³.
Fig. 5 is a section of another form of syphon box, wherein the float ball is
fixed direct to the valve spindle, thereby dispensing with the lever arm 1', and

page_text: thus rendering the syphon box more compact.. It will be observed that 'the
syphon box must always be placed so that the water level therein will be in
a position to maintain a supply of water in the dip and receiving pipes, as
shewn in the Drawings, but the said dip pipes may be of any convenient
lengths to suit circumstances; by means of this arrangement breakage of the
joints of steam pipes is prevented.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner
in which the same is performed or carried into practical effect, I would have
it understood that I do not confine or restrict. myself to the precise details
of construction and arrangement as herein setiforth, but what I claim as. of
my Invention is,
Firstly, the arranging of the steam pipes for heating or warming rooms or
buildings, and the syphon box or steam trap for removal of the condensed
water therefrom, so that the condensed water can be drawn off by separate
pipes at various points, in manner substantially as herein shewn.
And, secondly, the employment of an equilibrium valve in combination with
a float lever or float ball in the syphon box, in manner substantially as herein
described and illustrated by the accompany Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Ogden Dixon, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this First day of January, One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-three.
THOMAS OGDEN DIXON. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named Thomas Ogden Dixon,
in the presence of
W*. TASKER,
Patent Agent,
Halifax.