A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO STEAM AND OTHER BOILERS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF LIQUIDS TO VESSELS AND RESERVOIRS IN GENERAL
Year: 1853

page_text: 'LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Adams, of West Bromwich, in
the County of Stafford, Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE
SUPPLY OF WATER TO STEAM AND OTHER BOILERS, APPLICABLE
ALSO TO REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF LIQUIDS TO VESSELS AND
RESERVOIRS IN GENERAL."
Scaled the 11th February 1854, and dated the 12th August 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Adams
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 12th August 1858.
I, SAMUEL ADAMS, of West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE SUPPLY
OF WATER TO STEAM AND OTHER BOILERS, APPLICABLE ALSO TO
REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF LIQUIDS TO VESSELS AND RESERVOIRS
IN GENERAL," to be as follows:-
a, is
The Drawing represents my Invention partly in section.
the force pump, by which a stream of water is urged along the
pipe b; the said pipe 6, is divided into two pipes c, d, the former
of which enters the boiler or reservoir c, and the other empties
itself into the well or cistern f, from which the water is supplied. g,
is a float in the boiler or reservoir, which acts through the lever h,
on the stop cock i, in the pipe d, closing the said stop cock more
I

page_text: or less when the water is too low, and opening the same when
the water is high. When the stop cock i, is closed, the water
from the pump a, is forced through the valve k, into the boiler;
and when the said stop cock is open the water returns by the said
stop cock to the well f. The position of the float g, thus déter-
mines the exact quantity of water allowed to enter.the boiler, and
maintains. the, samo at a fixed, level. A rose m, is put on the
bottom of the supply pipe n, to prevent fishes and solid matters
from rising up the said vive.
SPECIFICATION-in pursuance of the, conditions of the Letters
Patent, filed by the said Samuel Adams in the Great Seal
Patent Office, on the 11th February 1854.
TO ALL TO. WHOM. THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME,
I, SAMUEL ADAMS, of West Bromwich; in the County of Stafford,
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria,, by
Her Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of August, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three,
in the seventeenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs
and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Adams,
Her special licence that I, the said Samuel Adams, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I; the said Samuel
Adams, 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 "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO STEAM AND OTHER BOILERS,
APPLICABLE ALSO TO REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF LIQUIDS TO VESSELS
AND RESERVOIRS IN GENERAL," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Samuel Adams, by an instrument in writing under
my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was

page_text: to bo, performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal, Patent Office within six.calendar months next and immedi
ately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Adams, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof (that is to
say)::
My Invention consists in the use of a stop cock in connection
with a force pump, the said stop cock being so connected with a
float in the boiler or other vessel HIS to permit of the escape of the
water or other liquid raised by the said force pump when the liquid.
in the said boiler or vessel is sufficiently high..
Figure 1, of the Drawing represents my Invention in vertical
section applied to a steam boiler. a, is the force pump, by which
a stream of water is raised from the reservoir b, through the pipę
c, and valve d, and forced through the valve e, and along the pipe
fg, is.a valve, which is situated at or near the point at which
the pipe f, divides into the two pipes h, it
may, however, be
situated in any other convenient part of the pipe h. The said pipe
, terminates or opens near the bottom of the boiler. k, in the
ordinary manner; and the pipe i, is terminated by a stop cock l,
which opens into the box m n, is a pipe, which returns any
liquid emptied into the box m, to the reservoir b. The arm o, of
the stop cock 1, is jointed at one end to the lever p; and a float q
in the boiler is jointed to the other end of the lever p. As the
pump a,
a, is worked by the excentric, a stream of water is raised
froin the reservoir b, and is forced along the pipe f, and, passing
through the valve g, along the pipe h, enters the boiler k. When,
however, the level of the water in the boiler k, rises to the required
height, the float q, acting through the lever p, causes the arm o, of
the stop cock 1, to be depressed, and the said stop cock partially
opened; and a portion of the water, which otherwise would have
been forced along the pipe h, into the boiler, passes out at the
stop cock 7, and returns by the pipe n, to the reservoir b. Thus
while the water raised and forced by the pump a, is the same in

page_text: quantity for each revolution of the excentric r, the quantity of the
said water which enters the boiler is altogether determined by the
stop cock 7, acted upon by the float q. Instead of a stop cock of
the ordinary construction, that is to say, having a conical plug, I
prefer to use a stop cock of the construction represented partly in
section in Figure 2; the said stop cock consists of a cylindrical
plugs, working on an axis t, u. In a stop cock of this construc-
tion the tendency to the sticking or setting of the plug, which is
common in stop cocks of the ordinary construction, does not exist.
In supplying steam boilers from a stream or well I prefer to put
a rose v, at the bottom of the supply pipe for the purpose of pre-
venting solid matters from rising up the said pipe.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be under-
stood that I do not limit myself to the precise method herein
described, as the same may be varied without departing from the
nature of my said Invention; but I claim as my Invention the
construction of an apparatus for regulating the supply of water.
to steam and other boilers, and of liquids to vessels and reservoirs
generally, by causing the stream of liquid to pass through a pipe
furnished with a stop cock, which said stop cock is so connectedl
with a float in the boiler or vessel that when the liquid in the
said boiler or vessel is sufficiently high the said stop cock is opened,
and the liquid permitted to escape, instead of being forced into the
boiler or other vessel.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Adams, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of February,
in the year of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and
fifty-four.
SAMUEL ADAMS. (L.s.)
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT.