IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS REGULATORS, AND IN THE USE OF MATERIALS FOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ESSENTIAL PART OF GAS REGULATORS
Year: 1884

page_text: We, JOHN GOODSON and WILLIAM GOODSON both of 213 Vauxhall Bridge Road,
in the County of Middlesex, Gas Fitting and Gas Burner Manufacturers do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS REGULATORS, AND IN
THE USE OF MATERIALS FOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ESSENTIAL
PART OF GAS REGULATORS," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to,
be particularly described and ascertained in and 'by the following statement,
reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures
marked thereon, that is to say:—
This invention has reference in the first place to the construction of gas regulators
suitable for attachment to what are technically called suspension lights, or fittings
in which the gas enters at the top and is consumed at or near the bottom,-in the
second place to the application of a material not hitherto used for the purpose of
making the cups of gas regulators, and in the third place for the method of making
such cups.
The invention is based upon one for which we obtained Letters Patent N° 1766
dated April 7, 1883, the same principles being adopted in the construction, while
the arrangement of some of the parts is varied to suit the special purpose to which
these regulators are applied.
In order that the invention may be more easily understood drawings are
attached hereto of which the following is a description, similar letters referring to
the same parts in each of the views. Fig 1 is an elevation of the regulator
complete. Fig 2 is an elevation of the regulator with upper and outer part of the
case removed, Fig 3 being an elevation of such upper and outer part of the case.
Fig 4 is a plan of the regulator through A, B. Fig 6 which is a transverse sectional
elevation through C, D Fig 4,-Fig 5 being a transverse sectional elevation drawn
at right angles to Fig 6.-Fig 7 is a plan of the upper side of the cup and Fig S is
a plan of the under side of the cup. Fig 9 is a side elevation of the cup. Fig 10
is a transverse sectional elevation of the cup, and Fig 11 is a transverse sectional
elevation of the cup taken at right angles to Fig 10.
It will be seen on reference to the drawing that this regulator is adapted to a
fitting having a single burner or to such as have a number of burners, and that the
invention consists in making the body of the regulator in two principal parts E

page_text: and F which are connected together by male and female screws at G. The inner
part of the body F is cast and has a piece of triplet brass tube H which is slippod
over the body F after the latter has been accurately turned, the one being fitted
closely over the other. Two, three, four, or more or less holes J are drilled
completely through the triplet tube H and body F, each hole serving as a passage for
the gas. The cup K is formed of the same shape and occupies the same position as
that described in our Patent of 1883 before referred to. Above the cup K and
just below the cup L, two, three, four or more holes B are drilled through the
body, and that part of the body extending from the top of each hole to the offset
for the male connecting screw has a flat filed on it, so that when the piece of
triplet tube is slid over the body, passages N for the gas are formed. A number
of holes P, P, are also drilled through the lower part of the body of the case, so as
to form so many conduits for the gas and make the passage from the holes J to the
outlet of the regulator complete.
The action of the regulator is as follows. The gas enters at R, passes down
between the outer case E and triplet tube H through the boles J under the cup.
From thence the gas rises through the adjustable and slitted screw S in the bottom
of the cup into the chamber T and then flows through the holes M, down the
passages N and holes P P to the outlet Q. The regulation depends upon the
arrangement and adjustment of the cup K as fully described in the specification of
our Patent N° 1766,-1883.
The second part of our invention consists in making the cup of meerschaum, and
the third part of our invention consists in rougly forming the meerschaum into
blocks of suitable size and steeping them in melted white wax, vegetable wax,
stearine or paraffine. On being removed from the liquid they are allowed to cool
and are then turned to the requisite size and weight, and screwed to receive the
metal screw S inserted in the bottom of each of them. The cups are then placed
in an oven or muffle and subjected to a heat of about 250 to 300 degrees Fah
more or less, for some minutes according to their size when the surplus wax
exudes, and on being removed, wiped and cooled they become fit for use in their
respective cases.
Cups made of meerschaum, and in the manner described are applicable to any
regulator in which a cup forms a part.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :
1. The construction of regulators with the passages for the gas arranged as
herein described, and shown on the drawings.
2. Making the cups of meerschaum,-and
3. The process, or method employed in making the meerschaum cups as herein
described.