AN IMPROVEMENT CONNECTED WITH GAS GOVERNORS OR REGULATORS
Year: 1884

page_text: I JAMES STOTT of 174 Fleet Street London Gas Regulator Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT CONNECTED
WITH GAS GOVERNORS OR REGULATORS to be as follows:-
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'The object of this invention is a special improvement in governors or regulators
to be attached to the supply or feed pipe of pendent lights, gaseliers, sun lights,
and also to pedestal, post or other uprights to determine the supply of gas to one
or more burners so that the consumption is maintained proportionately according
to the number of burners lighted, that is if gaselier has, say six burners, and only
one or two of them be lighted the consumption in that one or those two is or are
as regards the size of flame and intensity of light exactly the same as if an
additional number or the whole of them were lighted.
The governor or regulator is automatic in its action and can by shifting the
position of a valve be made available for attachment to a down feed pipe such as a
pendent, or a gaselier or to a pedestal, post or other upright where the feed pipe is
below the burner or burners.
For the purpose of my invention I fit the lower diaphragm with a screen set at an
angle against the wall of the outer shell and I screw a gas passage partition to the
upper face of the diaphragm in such a position that the gas shall pass into the
governor from a depending pipe to exert its pressure against two bell valves one of
which is below and one above a division plate forming part of the partition before
mentioned so that the gas presses on the top of one bell valve and against the
under side of the other. The two valves are attached to the same rod but are
arranged in different chambers, yet in communication by the openings of the
seatings.
The valve rod extends through the centre of a cupped reservoir and has a larger
bell shaped cup the edge of which dips into mercury in the reservoir and a further
extension of the rod is passed through a bridge extending from side to side of the
outer case for the purpose of giving a perfect vertical movement of the valves.
At the side of the apparatus I form a branch pipe or passage leading from the
pendent or down flow feed pipe to the lower part of the apparatus to feed the gas

page_text: thereinto, where it acts upon the valves and equilibriates them, the upper cup or
float being weighted to give the required pressure to the jet or jets.
The gas passes through the apparatus and thence to the burners.
If the gas has to flow up from a pipe to the apparatus as by a post or pedestal
the entry into it in a similar direction to the above but through an aperture in the
lower floor of the casing diaphragm which formed the outlet aperture or the down-
flow the gas passage partition for this purpose being turned half round and secured
in that position for the reverse travel of the gas.
The chief features of novelty in this invention are
1 The shiftable valve partition adaptable for down or up flow of gas to burners.
2 The outside branch connecting the pendent pipe with the lower part of the
apparatus and serving for the passage of gas for up or down flow,

page_text: CORTEELE
DIECIFICATION.
I JAMES STOTT of 174 Fleet Street London Gas Regulator Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of my said invention for " AN IMPROVEMENT CONNECTED
WITH GAS GOVERNORS OR REGULATORS" and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The object of this invention is a special improvement in governors or regulators
to be attached to the supply or feed pipe of pendent lights, gaseliers sun lights, and
also to pedestal, post or other uprights to determine the supply of gas to one or
more burners so that the consumption is maintained proportionately according to
the number of burners lighted that is, if a gaselier has, say, six burners and only
one or two of them be lighted the consumption in that one or those two is or are as
regards the size of flame and intensity of light exactly the same as if an additional
number or the whole of them were lighted.
The governor or regulator is automatic in its action and can by shifting the
position of a valve be made available for attachment to a down feed pipe such as a
pendent or gaselier or to a pedestal, post or other upright where the feed pipe is
below the burner or burners,
For the purpose of my invention I fit the lower diaphragm A with a screen B
set at an angle against the wall of the outer shell C and I screw a gas passage
partition D to the upper face of the diaphragm A in the position shown at Figure 1
of the annexed drawings so that the gas shall pass into the governor from a
depending pipe E to exert its pressure against two bell valves F, G, one of which F
is below and one G above a division plate H forming part of the partition D before
mentioned, so that the gas presses on the top of one bell valve F and against the
under side of the other G. The two valves are attached to the same rod J but are
arranged in different chambers-yet in communication by the openings of the
seatings.
The valve rod J extends through the centre of a cupped reservoir K and has a
larger bell shaped cup L the edge of which dips into mercury in the reservoir K.
and a further extension of the rod is passed through a bar or bridge piece and is
enclosed by a dome M which makes the apparatus gas tight. At the side of the
apparatus I form a branch pipe or passage N leading from the pendent or down
flow feed pipe to the lower part P of the apparatus to feed the gas thereinto where
it acts upon the valves and equilibriates them, the upper as a cup or float K being
weighted to give the required pressure from the Gas Companys Works.
The gas passes through the apparatus and thence to the burner by the
passage Q.
If the gas has to flow up from a pipe to the apparatus as by a post or pedestal
the entry into it is in a similar direction to the above but through the aperture Q,
the gas passage partition D for this purpose being turned half round and secured
in that position, as shown at Figure 2, for the reverse travel of the gas.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1 The shiftable valve partition D adaptable for down or up flow of gas to
burners.
2 The branch N connecting the pendent pipe with the lower part P of the
apparatus and serving for passage of gas for up or down flow.
3 The improvements in Gas governors or regulators substantially as described
and shown in the annexed drawings.
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