Year: 1885

page_text: HENRY HERBERT SPORTON of 10 Benyon Road Southgate Road London in the
County of Middlesex Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
These improvements relate to meters which measure liquids such as water, and
are known as inferential, wherin the fluid in passing in strikes a fan or screw and
gives motion to the index of the registering mechanism.
I construct a hollow cylinder divided at the bottom, through this divisional plate
or false bottom I form a number of circular holes either verticle or oblique, the
fluid to be measured being made to enter through these holes, impinging upon the
screw or fan, I also form a tube in the false bottom to insert the screw or fan,
I also privide for lubricating the toe piece of the vertical spindle on which the fan
or screw revolves, the thrust of the screw being upwards, This Meter having been
carefully studied imbodies many improvements over other meters of this class in
simplicity of construction and durability of parts.

page_text: HENRY HERBERT SPORTON of 10 Benyon Road Southgate Road in the County
of Middlesex, 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:-
1
These improvements relate to Meters which measure Liquids such as water and
are known as inferential, wherein the fluid in passing in strikes a fan or screw and
gives motion to the index. of the registering mechanism.
According to my present invention I construct a hollow Cylinder divided at the
bottom, through this divisional plate or false bottom I form a number of circular
holes either verticle or oblique, The fluid to be measured being made to enter
through these holes impinging on the screw or fan.
Another arrangement consists in forming a tube in the inside of the Cylinder
and through the false bottom in which I fix a fan or screw thus to impart motion
to the registering mechanism by this arrangement the flow of liquid is not so
impeded as in the first mentioned discription.
In order that these said improvements be clearly understood I will describe them
in detail conjointly with the five figures in the accompanying drawings representing
one of these Meters.
Figure 1 represents a verticle elevation of my improved Meter, Figure 2 a
sectional plan on a 1 in figure 1, Figure 3 shows a plan of the screw or fan B.
Figure 4, shows a verticle sectional elevation showing another way of admitting
the fluid into the Meter. Figure 5 shows a plan on a 1 in figure 4.
In figure 1. I construct a hollow cylinder or casing of any suitable materials A in
which a screw or fan B revolves which is connected to the verticle spindle C and
worm wheel D and gives motion to the registering mechanism in E, F are the
circular inlet holes through which the fluid enters and strikes the fan or screw,
Gis the point or toe piece on which the fan revolves H is the inlet to meter and
I is the outlet K is the strainer in the inlet pipe to prevent any foreign substance
entering and distroying the fan or screw, Figure 2 shows a sectional plan of the
cylinder or casing and the false bottom with the inlet holes F which holes may be
verticle or oblique, I do not bind myself to any exact diameter of holes or there
distance from each other alterations being required for different size Meters.
Figure 3 shows a plan of the screw or fan B which is connected to the spindle C
with suitable screw nuts, the fan or screw is made of a diameter suitable to each
size Meter it may be made of Gun Metal or other suitable material.
Figure 4 shows a sectional elevation of the Meter with the bottom A1 as shown
in figure 1 nearly removed to admit the screw or fan B to revolve in the orifice /
this mode of making it does not retard the flow of liquid as in Figure 1.
Figure 5 is a sectional plan showing the false bottom nearly removed to admit
the fan or screw B in the Body or casing M in figure 1 shows the cup or cylinder
in which the registering mechanism is fixed, N is a thick plate of any suitable
material strong enough to resist heavy pressures which water Meters are occasionally
subjected to,

page_text: Having now particually discribed 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. A Meter for water or other liquids the construction and arrangement of the
body and passages through which the fluid passes.
2. The mode of fixing the fan or screw in the body of the Meter so that the
liquid shall have the best effect upon the same..
3. The false Bottom through which the liquid passes.
4. The mode of adjusting the speed of the Meter by raising or lowering the fan
or screw, by the screw nuts on the spindle.
5. The general construction combination and arrangement of a fan or screw in a
Meter for water or other liquids substantially as herein before discribed and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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Dated this 16th day of December 100K