Improvements relating to Gas Holders.
Year: 1894

page_text: TRUVIOIVAAL SIMULLICATIVA.
Improvements relating to Gas Holders.
We FRANK LIVESEY of The South Metropolitan Gas Company, 709 Old
Kent Road, Southwark, Civil Engineer, and WILLIAM THOMAS SUGG of Vincent
Street in the City of Westminster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of gasholders which are known as telescopic,
and the object of the invention is to prevent the freezing of the seal water in the
annular gutters of each lift.
The invention consists in the application of a series of water heating apparatus
to each lift below the top, by the use of which, the seal water will be kept at such a
temperature that it will not freeze.
In carrying out this invention, we employ small vertical annular boilers, closed
in at top, and having tubes by which the products of combustion can pass away.
These boilers are heated by one or more gas jets supplied from the holder, and are
provided with circulating pipes which dip into and extend for some distance along
the gutter, preferably near the surface of the seal water. The boiler is enclosed
within a case which is fixed to the lift, and carries at its upper part a small
reservoir, which is provided with means whereby it may be automatically filled by
rain water. A filling hole is also provided, so that the reservoir may be filled by
hand, when necessary. This reservoir is connected with the pipe in the annular
gutter, so that the boiler and tubes may be kept full of water.
The boiler is also provided with a steam pipe delivering into the reservoir, and
the whole is surmounted with a suction and down-draught preventing cowl, the
cover of which acts to collect the rain which is conveyed to the reservoir by a
suitable tube. A series of these heating apparatus are place·l round each lift, and
the gas, when lighted, rapidly heats the water in the boiler and pipes, rapid
circulation being set up, so that the temperature of the water surrounding the
pipes in the gutters is raised above freezing point.
Doted this 7th day of December 1891
NEWTON & SON.
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements relating to Gas Holders.
We FRANK LIVESEY of The South Metropolitan Gas Company, 7094 Old
Kent Road, Southwark, Civil Engineer, and WILLIAM THOMAS SUGG of Vincent
Street in the City of Westminster, 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:-
This invention relates to that class of gas-holders which are known as telescopic,
and the object of the invention is to prevent the freezing of the seal water in the
annular gutters of each litt.
The invention consists in the application of a series of water-heating apparatus

page_text: Having now described and ascertained the nature of the said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, we would here remark that we do not
wish to confine ourselves to the exact mechanical details herein shown, as these
may be modified more or less, without departing from the nature of our invention,
but what we claim is :-
1. Adapting to the lower lifts of telescopic gas holders, water-heating and
circulating apparatus, whereby the temperature of the seal water in the annular
gutters of the upper lifts is raised, and maintained above freezing point, as and for
the purpose set forth.
2. The mode of preventing the freezing of the seal water in the gutters of the
lifts of telescopic gas holders, which consists in heating the seal water by means of
bot-water circulating pipes dipping into the seal water, and suitably supplied with
hot water from a gas-heated boiler carried by the lower lifts as set forth.
3. The means herein shown and described for preventing the freezing of the seal
water for the lifts of telescopic gas holders.
Dated this 9th day of September 1895.
NEWTON & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.