Improvements in Thermostatic Governors or Regulators for Hot Water Apparatus for Heating Houses, Public Buildings, Green- houses, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov. 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1897-Accepted, 28th Aug., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 27th July, 1897-Accepted, 28th Aug., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Thermostatic Governors or Regulators for Hot
Water Apparatus for Heating Houses, Public Buildings, Green-
houses, and the like.
I, JOHN HOUGH, of 104 Raper Street, Oldham, in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanical Joiner, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to an automatic governor or regulator for hot water heating
apparatus and this governor or regulator consists of a suitable cylinder or recep-
tacle in communication with the water heater and a ball or float placed inside
such receptacle and with its spindle passing through a gland in the casing and
connected by a lever and rod or other suitable connections to the damper of the
furnace flue or to any equivalent part such as the tap of an oil or gas burner by
which the application of heat to the water heater is controlled.
In operation when the temperature of the water exceeds the desired degree it
begins to rise in the receptacle whereby the float is forced upward and by its con-
nections adjusts the damper, tap, valve, or like part and so reduces the heat
applied to the water heater and in like manner any decrease in the temperature of
the water and consequent fall of the float results in a corresponding increase in
the application of heat.
Dated this 21st day of November 1896.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
Improvements in Thermostatic Governors or Regulators for Hot
Water Apparatus for Heating Houses, Public Buildings, Green-
houses, and the like.
I, JOHN HOUGH, of 104 Raper Street, Oldham, in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanical Joiner, 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:-
My invention relates to an automatic governor or regulator for hot water heat-
ing apparatus and this governor or regulator consists of a suitable cylinder or
receptacle in communication with the water heater and a ball or float placed inside
such receptacle and with its spindle passing through a gland in the casing and con-
nected by a lever and rod or other suitable connections to the damper of the

page_text: furnace flue or to any equivalent part, such as the tap of an oil or gas burner by
which the application of heat to the water heater is controlled.
In the accompanying Sheet of Drawings-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation of
Fig. 1 of a thermostatic governor or regulator for hot water apparatus for heating
houses, public buildings, greenhouses and the like.
In the Drawings, a designates a cylinder arranged at the lower end to receive
a pipe connected to the boiler of the heating apparatus. In the cylinder a is a
ball or float 6 made of any suitable material and connected by a rod c which passes
upward through the top cover of the cylinder to a link d which is pivoted to an
arm or lever, e. The top cover of a has a slotted projection f which supports an
adjustable pillar 9 upon which the lever e is fulcrumed at g'; one end of the lever e
carries an adjustable weight hand the other end is connected by a link i to a
rod on which is pivoted a bracket k through a hole in which a screwed rod
passes freely and is secured in any position by winged or other locknuts; the lower
end of this rod is connected to the furnace damper, or say to the tap of an oil or
gas burner. The
part
f carries a screwed rod m with an adjustable spring top
piece to act as a buffer for the lever e, and to ensure its movement when -the
pressure on the ball is reduced.
In operation, when the temperature of the water exceeds the desired degree it
begins to rise in the receptacle a whereby the float b is forced upward and by its
connections de i j k and 1 adjusts the damper, tap, valve or like part, not shown,
and so reduces the heat applied to the water heater and in like manner any decrease
in the temperature of the water and consequent fall of the float b results in a
corresponding increase in the application of heat.
The series of holes shown in the lever e are for the purpose of adjustment and the
position of the lever can be changed by moving its fulcrum the adjustable pillar
and further adjustments can be made by moving the weight h and the link d, and
by altering the position of the screwed rod in the bracket k.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said In-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
:
1. The improved thermostatic governor or regulator for hot water apparatus
consisting of a cylinder in communication with the water heater, a float-in said
cylinder and connected to an adjustable weighted lever said lever being connected
adjustably to the damper, tap or valve or like part of the heat generating apparatus
all substantially as herein set forth.
2. The combination with the cylinder a, float b and connections c, d, of the
adjustable weighted lever e and connections therefrom to the damper of the
furnace flue or to a tap, valve, or like part, substantially as herein set forth.
3. The general combination and arrangement of parts embodying my improve-
ments in thermostatic governors or regulators for hot water apparatus substantially
as herein described with reference to the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this 26th dow of Tule 1007
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17 St. Ann's Square Manchester, Agents for Applicant.