IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING OR CONTROLING THE PRESSURE OF GAS, BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR REGULATING OR CHECKING THE PRESSURE OF STEAM, WATER, OR OTHER FLUIDS
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Wild, of Huddersfield, in the County of York,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS
FOR REGULATING OR CONTROLING THE PRESSURE OF GAS, BEING ALSO
APPLICABLE FOR REGULATING OR CHECKING THE PRESSURE OF STEAM,
WATER, OR OTHER FLUIDS."
Sealed the 22nd June 1880, and dated the 24th December 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Wild at the Office
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th December 1879.
JOSEPH WILD, of Huddersfield, in the County of York.
THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING OR CONTROLING THE PRESSURE
OF GAS, BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR REGULATING OR CHECKING THE PRESSURE OF
STEAM, WATER, OR OTHER FLUIDS."
This Invention relates to a method of regulating, checking, or governing the
pressure of gas passing through main or service pipes, or internal fittings and gas
burners. The improvements consist in the use and employment of a loose tapered
plug or cone, single or double, and with or without holes through, as circumstances
may require.
These cones are placed in any suitable position in either the pipes or burners,
so that the pressure of the gas is underneath them. It will be seen that the loose
cone will rise and fall as the taps of the burners are opened or closed, the pressure
of gas underneath the cone lifting it sufficiently high as to allow the necessary
quantity of gas to pass through, according to the number of taps opened. The
cones may either be solid or hollow, and composed of wood, glass, or other suitable
material. These loose cones may also be applied to steam and water taps or valves
for regulating or checking the quantity of fluid or liquid passing through them.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Wild in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 24th June
1880.
JOSEPH WILD, of Huddersfield, in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING OR CONTROLLING THE PRESSURE
OF GAS, BEING ALSO APPLICABLE FOR REGULATING OR CHECKING THE PRESSURE OF
STEAM, WATER, OR OTHER FLUIDS."
This Invention relates to a method of regulating, checking, or governing the
pressure of gas passing through main or service pipes or internal fittings and gas
burners or other apparatus. The improvements consist in the use and employment
of a loose tapered plug or cone, single or double, and with or without holes through
as circumstances may require. The cones are placed in any suitable position in
either the gas mains, service pipes, or burners, so that the pressure of the gas is
underneath them.
It will be seen that the loose cone will rise and fall as the taps of the burners
are opened or closed, the pressure of gas underneath the cone lifting it sufficiently
high so as to allow the necessary quantity of gas to pass through, according to the
number of taps opened.
In order that this Invention may be more fully understood, I will, by the aid of
the accompanying Drawings, proceed to describe the same.
Fig. is a cross
section of an apparatus constructed according to my Invention, and may be
attached either to the gas mains or to service pipes in connection with a gas
meter. The apparatus is simple, and will be easily understood. A is the inlet,
and B the outlet; O is the cone, having a flange c which rests upon the part d,
when all the taps in connection with the burners are closed; but when a tap is
opened and a free passage made for the gas to escape, then the cone would be
lifted sufficiently high by the pressure of gas underneatu it as to supply one burner,
and when more taps are opened the cone would be lifted still higher to supply
the newly opened taps, but no more, by which means a steady, even, and inore
brilliant flame is obtained, and the high pressure of gas which is now experienced
when lighting the gas at the burner is checked. Instead of the cone or tapered
part being single, as shewn in Fig. 1, it may be double or pointed at each end, as
shewn in Fig 2. When the pressure of gas is very great, as in elevated positions,
top rooms of high mills, and for district mains, the double cone may be used, and
the lower portions of the outlet pipe may have holes or picces cut out, as shewn in
Fig. 3, at e, thus forming a secondary check.
Fig. 4 illustrates an arrangement of apparatus suitable for a street lamp, the
general construction being the same as those previously described. The cones may
be either solid or hollow, and composed of wood, glass, or other suitable material,
and may be spherical or of octagon shape as at Fig. 5. Or instead of a cone a ball
may be employed, as shewn in Fig. 6. "In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shewn the cone
in direct communication with the gas burner, so that cach light is regulated by a
separate cone; Fig. 9 shews the part 9 separate without the burner, and may be
made applicable to suit any kind of burner.
Having thus shewn and described the nature and particulars of my Invention,
and the manner in which the same may be practically performed, I would have it
understood that I do not confine myself to the exact details herein shewn and
described, as modifications may be made in some of the parts without departing
from the essential features of the Invention, but what I do claim is,-

page_text: The use and employment of a loose cone or loose tapered part raised by the
direct contact or pressure of gas underneath it, for the purpose substantially as
herein described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Wild, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
JANNAT