Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 31st Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 8th Feb., 1887.
I, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS JOHN SOHOTT, Manufacturer of West End Mills,
Richmond Road, Bradford Yorks do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates more particularly to further improvements in the construction
of a tank reservoir or apparatus commercially known as Richter's Economiser for
which Letters Patent dated the 25th day of August 1880 and numbered 3449 and
several subsequent Letters Patent were granted and has for its object to render the
construction of such Economiser more perfect and also more simple thus considerably
increasing its utility and diminishing its cost of construction.
The first series of my improvements is more particularly applicable to that form of
the Economiser which is fitted with an additional lid covering the dished top similar
to the arrangement described in my specifications of Letters Patent No. 38 of 1883 in
connection with Fig. 6 thereof and No. 9367 of 1884.
These improvements consist in a new combination of parts by which the act of
opening and closing the additional lid also raises into the proper working position or
lays down the discharge pipe and opens or closes the well.
To effect this purpose I construct the discharge-pipe in sections connected by a
swivel joint substantially as described in my specification No. 9367 of 1884. The
additional lid I attach in any convenient manner to the upper or moveable section of
the discharge pipe by which means the swivel joint of the discharge pipe also acts as a
hinge for connecting such lid with the apparatus.
The underside of the well or funnel runs out into a tube the lower orifice of which
can be closed by a valve or piston which is actuated by a valve spindle; the same
valve spindle also actuates another valve or piston which is provided to close an air
vent when the Economiser is not in use and a third valve or piston may be provided
in the same manner for closing the suction-pipe of the pump. When pistons are
employed they as well as the valve spindle work in a tube suitably fitted in the
reservoir. The valve spindle passes upwards through the dished top of the reservoir

page_text: and is actuated by mechanism connected with the moveable portion of the discharge
pipe or the lid. Or the valve spindle may be worked in this manner in one direction
whilst springs are used for its recovery in the other direction. By this means the
air vent and well or funnel as also the suction pipe of the pump when so arranged
are closed when the discharge pipe and lid are laid down and vice versa.
One of the purposes of closing the air vent and well when the Economiser is not in
use is to prevent the outflow of liquid from the vessel by way of these openings in case
the vessel is tilted.
This purpose may also be gained by providing these openings with selfacting ball
or clack or other suitable valves which are open when the vessel is in its normal
upright position, but close by their own weight when the vessel is tilted to such a
degree that the liquid would flow. out by these openings if they were not closed by
the valves.
Another way
of attaining this end, to a great degree is by attaching open tubes to
these openings; such tubes reach to the bottom of the vessel and may be bent in
various ways so as to reach also to the sides of the vessel. They prevent the liquid
from flowing out of the vessel when tilted in various directions, but the disadvantage
of this plan is that however these tubes may be bent the vessel can always be moved
and tilted in such a manner that such tubes will not prevent the outflow of the liquid
and surreptitious withdrawal of the liquid is thereby rendered practicable.
In any convenient part of the dished top of the Economiser I construct an aperture
which can be closed by a screw-plug and by means of which the vessel may be filled
or emptied when the lid is open.
As a further improvement the piston-rod of the pump may be graduated and pierced
by transverse holes into any of which a peg may be inserted. When the piston rod is
lifted this peg comes in contact with the underside of the screw cap or stuffing-box
which is placed upon the top of the pump barrel and pierced by the pump rod. In
this manner the fift of the piston and consequently the quantity of the liquid lifted
with each stroke may be conveniently equalised and regulated when and as desired.
The piston may be weighted, so that after being lifted up it descends by its own
weight, or it may be fitted with suitable springs which after the piston has been
actuated by hand either in the upward or downward direction cause it to recover its
normal position by their contraction.
Any kind of pump used for the Economiser may be fitted therein in such a manner
that such pump can be conveniently detached from the apparatus thus being available
for several Economisers or for any other suitablo purposes.

page_text: CUMI LEIE
Improvements in Vessels for Holding Mineral or other Oils
or Liquids.
I, GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS JOHN SCHOTT, Manufacturer of West End Mills, Richmond
Road, Bradford in the County of York 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 more particularly to further improvements in the construction
of a tank, reservoir or apparatus commercially known as Richters Economiser for
which Letters Patent dated the 25th day of August 1880 and numbered 3449 and
several subsequent Letters Patent were granted and has for its object to render the
construction of such Economiser more perfect and also more simple, thus consider-
ably increasing its utility and diminishing its cost of construction.
My first and second series of improvements are specially applicable to that form of
the Economiser which is fitted with an additional lid covering the dished top similar to
the arrangement described in my specification of Letters Patent No. 38 of 1883
in connection with Fig. 6 thereof and No. 9367 of 1884.
These improvements consist in a new combination of parts, by which the act of
opening and closing the additional lid, firstly raises into the proper working position
or lays down the discharge pipe and secondly opens or closes the well. In order to
make my description more clearly understood I refer to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 and 2, which represent the Economiser open and closed respectively.
My first improvement is as follows:
The discharge pipe is constructed in Sections, B & G, connected by the swivel
joint C, substantially as described in my Specification No. 9367 of 1884.
The additional lid A is permanently attached to the upper or movable section B of
the discharge pipe, so as to practically form one piece therewith; the swivel joint C
thus also acts as a hinge for connecting the lid A with the Economiser and it is so
arranged, that it allows of the lid A being turned a quarter revolution but not more,
that is to say it can be brought from the horizontal position shewn in Fig. 2 to the
vertical position, shown in Fig. 1.
My second improvement refers to the arrangements for opening and closing the
well or funnel F the lower aperture of which can be closed by the valve H fixed at
one end of a valve spindle or lever I, the fulcrum of which is at K and the other end
of which is acted upon by the vertical peg or rod M.
Fig. 3 presents a more detailed vertical section of this part of the apparatus.
Lis a tube open at both ends, which is fixed in the dished top of the Economiser.
The rod M passes through this tube and rests upon the end of the lever I. To the
upper end of the rod M is attached the spiral spring N, which forms a prolongation
of the rod M and over which and the upper end of the tube L is loosely placed the
cap O the head of which is padded inside with leather or felt so as to seal
hermetically the tube L when pressed down upon it by the closing of the lid A. Ris
a shell or covering for the protection of the various parts just described, from which
the cap O projects and is steadied thereby.
When the Economiser is open as shewn in Fig. 1. the cap O projects above the rin
upon which rests the lid A when closed, and air communication is then open between
the interior of the tank and the outer atmosphere, the air being able to pass through the
tube L, as the rod M does not occupy its entire interior space, between tube L and cap O
and between cap O and the shell R. The valve H is also then open, as shewn in Fig. 1.

page_text: But when the Economiser is closed as shewn in Fig. 2. the lid A presses down the
сар ○ upon the upper end of tube L whereby air communication is cut off; the
spiral spring N is also thereby compressed and the rod M depressed to such an extent
as to turn the lever I and press the valve H against the aperture of the funnel F
whereby the latter is hermetically closed.
When the lid A is lifted up, the valve H falls by its own weight, whereby the
opposite end of the lever I and the rod M are raised, the spring N is at the same time
at liberty to expand and the cap is raised to its position as indicated in
Figs. 1 and 3.
It is not necessary that my first and second improvements are used in combination,
but each of them may be used independently of the other.
Fig. 4 represents a form of the Economiser in which my second improvement above
described is used in combination with the older principle of construction in which
the lid A and Discharge pipe B are separate, the latter being acted upon by the lid by
means of a forked bracket D substantially in the manner described in my Specification
No. 9367 of 1884 in connection with the second claim thereof. Of my second
improvement there is nothing visible in Fig. 4 except the cap O projecting from the
shell or cover R placed in a corner of the dished top and it should be remarked,
that this arrangement must always be placed so as to be out of the way of the Discharge
pipe, when laid down. From Figs. 1 and 2. it might be inferred to be in the same
vertical plane with the Discharge pipe B, and well F, but this is in reality not
the case.
P is a force pump for lifting the liquid from the tank through the Discharge pipe B.
As a further improvement the piston rod d of the pump P (Fig. 5.) may be
graduated and pierced by transverse holes a, into any of which a peg b may be
inserted. When the piston rod is lifted this peg comes in contact with the Screw cap
or Stuffing box C, which is placed upon the top of the pump barrel and pierced by
the piston rod, so that the said piston rod and piston cannot be lifted higher than the
peg 6 will admit of. In this manner the lift of the piston and consequently the
quantity of the liquid lifted with each stroke may be conveniently equalised and
regulated when and as desired. The piston may be weighted, so that after being
lifted up, it descends by its own weight or it may be fitted with spiral springs, which
after the piston has been actuated by hand either in the upward or downward
direction cause it to recover its normal position by their contraction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that I
do not confine myself to the precise mechanical details of construction as herein before
specified, as such details admit of modification, but what I claim is :
1.) Fitting the Economiser with an additional lid A attached to the movable
section B of Discharge pipe, both being connected to the Economiser by the swivel joint
C substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described and shewn.
2.) Fitting the Economiser with a valve H, lever I, rod M, spiral spring N, tube L,
cap O and cover R, which are acted upon by the additional lid A substantially in the
manner and for the purposes herein before described and shewn.
3.) Combining the opening or closing of the lid A, raising up or laying down of
the movable section of Discharge pipe B and opening or closing of the well F in one
operation respectively, substantially in the manner as herein before described and
illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.
4.) Fitting the piston rod d of the pump P with a graduated scale and transverse
holes a, and peg 6, substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before
described and shewn.
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS JOHN SCHOTT.