IMPROVEMENTS IN MERCURIAL GAS GOVERNORS
Year: 1884

page_text: I THOMAS REDMAN of Crossflatts, Bingley near Leeds in the County of York
Gas Appliance Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MERCURIAL GAS GOVERNORS " to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the method of arranging the ways or passages for the
gas through the governors in such a manner as to enable them to be fixed in
a vertical or horizontal position as the circumstances require, or both ways
respectively thus dispensing with the use of elbows, bends and short lengths or
dowells.
With this object I increase the length of the horizontal way forming the inlet
to the governor and which passes on the under side of it, till it is extended far
enough to allow of room for a boss to be cast on it directly under another and
similar boss cast on to the upper outlet way which is extended in like manner to
the lower way, forming a part of it, these bosses are thus cast opposite to each
other in order that when the vertical inlet and outlet pipes are connected they may
be in the same vertical line, while the governor is still in a horizontal position, and
the horizontal inlet and outlet taken out at their respective ends as heretofore.
By this combination therefore these governors can be used with the pipes
leading off direct in either or both directions.
When the governor is used for horizontal pipes alone, the vertical inlets and
outlet are kept closed, or tapped and plugged up ready for use if required, also
when it is used for vertical pipes alone, the horizontal inlet and outlet are likewise
kept closed or plugged up.
By my Invention greater facility of fixing is obtained and a considerable saving
of labour and material is effected.

page_text: I THOMAS REDMAN of Crossflats, Bingley near Leeds in the County of York
Gas Appliance Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN MERCURIAL GAS GOVERNORS 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 the method of arranging the ways or passages for the
gas through the governors in such a manner as to enable them to be fixed in
a vertical or horizontal position as the circumstances require, or both ways
respectively, thus dispensing with the use of elbows, bends, or short lengths or
dowells.
With this object I increase the length of the horizontal way forming the inlet
to the governor, and which passes on the under side of it, till it is extended far
enough to allow of room for a boss to be cast on it directly under another and
similar boss cast on to the upper outlet way which is extended in like manner to
the lower way forming a part of it. These bosses are thus cast opposite to each
other in order that when the vertical inlet and outlet pipes are connected they
may be in the same vertical line, while the governor is still in a horizontal position,
and the horizontal inlet and outlet taken out at their respective ends as heretofore.
By this combination therefore these governors can be used with the pipes
leading off direct in either or both directions.
When the governor is used for horizontal pipes alone the vertical inlets and
outlet are kept closed or tapped and plugged up ready for use if required. Also
when it is used for vertical pipes alone, the horizontal inlet and outlet are like wise
kept closed or plugged up.
By my Invention greater facility of fixing is obtained and a considerable saving
of labour is effected.
In order that my Invention may be more fully understood I herein give
reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof. Figure 1
is a sectional elevation of governor shewing the ways or passages and the various
inlets and outlets to same. Figures 2 and 4 are side and end elevations
respectively of governor, while Figure 3 is a plan of same. The same letters refer
to the same parts in each Figure. A B and C are inlets, D and E are outlets,
F and G indicate the passage of the gas through the valve as shewn by the arrows
Fig. 1.
When the governor is connected with pipés fixed horizontally as shewn in Fig. 1,
the inlet will be at A and the outlet at D, and when connected with pipes
requiring to be fixed in a vertical direction as in Fig. 2, the inlet may be at B
or C according to convenience or circumstances, and the outlet at E as shewn.
But if necessary I dispense with the horizontal connections A, D entirely and
retain only the vertical parts B, C, E as shewn by dotted lines H, K, Fig. 1, thus
forming a vertical governor only.
Also if it be necessary or desirable that the governor should be used in both
directions at one and the same time the pipes may be coupled up to any of the
inlets A, B, C and the outlets D, E. Likewise the horizontal inlet may be used
with a vertical outlet, or a vertical inlet with a horizontal outlet as need may be
the governor still retaining its horizontal position in all cases.

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 :-
Firstly. The arrangement and combination of the ways and passages as and for
the purposes herein shewn and described.
Secondly. The arrangement of the parts B, C and E, whereby the governor is
made for a vertical fixture as herein shewn and described.
Thirdly. The parts A, B, C, D and E when used in manner and for the purposes
substantially as herein shewn and described,
Dated this 25th day of July 1984