IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE PASSAGE OF WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS. ALSO FOR Pumping PURRAQIQ
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Quick, junior, and James William Restler,
of Great George Street, in the County of Middlesex, for the In-
vention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE PASSAGE
OF WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS. ALSO FOR Pumping PURRAQIQ”
Sealed the 14th April 1874, and dated the 18th October 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Quick and James
William Restler at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 18th October 1873.
WC, JOSEPH QUICK, junior, and JAMES WILLIAM RESTLER, of Great
George Street, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE
PASSAGE OF WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, ALSO FOR PUMPING PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to apparatus mainly for measuring and regis-
tering the
passage of water and other liquids.
The apparatus consists of a circular casing of which a skeleton
drum is fitted cccentrically; the drum carries, say, three plates which are

page_text: alternately pushed out under the action of a cam or its equivalent for
their end edges to bear against the inner periphery of the outer casing
with which they are kept in contact during about one-half revolution,
and are alternately pushed into the drum by the outer casing during the
other half of the revolution. The plates have rollers upon their
inner ends to bear against a cam and their edges have grooves into
which strips of suitable packing are fitted to act as packing pieces to
reduce friction and to prevent escape of liquid from one pocket to the
next.
The drum in some cases has on each edge a fillet or a groove in which
a fillet of a suitable packing is fitted, and this bears against the flat faces
of the casing to preserve the drum water-tight.
The water or other liquid enters from a nozzle or pipe attachment at
one portion of a band or ring which determines the width of the appa-
ratus, and it presses upon the face of the extended plate to force it and
the drum round. The plate continues to extend until it has travelled
about one-half of its distance round the casing when the shape of the
cam permits it to go into the drum again under the pressure of its edge
against the casing, the plate then getting into position again for the
cam to force it outwards. When the plate begins to go into the drum
the pocket of liquid which was between it and the next succeeding plate
is free to escape by the outlet nozzle; thus each plate being acted upon
in succession maintains the rotation of the drum and consequently the
number of fillings of the pockets which are indicated upon a dial face,
the index hand of which is actuated by gearing from the axle of the
rotating drum.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent;
filed by the said Joseph Quick and James William Restler in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th April 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOSEPH
QUICK, junior, and JAMES WILLIAM RESTLER, of Great George Street,
in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of October, in the year.
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the
thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto us, the said Joseph Quick, junior, and
James William Restler, Her special licence that we, the said Joseph
Quick, junior, and James William Restler, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as we, the said Joseph Quick, junior, and
James William Restler, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE PASSAGE OF
WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, ALSO FOR PUMPING PURPOSES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said Joseph Quick, junior, and James
William Restler, or one of us, our executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under our, or one of our, or their, or one of their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Joseph Quick, junior, and James
William Restler, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference
being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed, that is to say:
This Invention relates to apparatus for measuring and registering the
passage of water and other liquids,

page_text: .
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The apparatus consists of a circular casing in which a skeleton
drum is fitted excentrically; the drum carries, say, three plates which are
alternately pushed out under the action of a cam or its equivalent for
their end edges to bear against the inner periphery of the outer casing
with which they are kept in contact during about one half revolution,
_and are alternately pushed into the drum by the outer casing during
the other half of their revolution. The plates have rollers upon their
inner ends to bear against a cam, and their edges have grooves into
which strips of suitable packing are fitted to act as packing pieces to
reduce friction and to prevent escape of liquid from one pocket to the 1
next.
The drum in some cases has on each edge a fillet or a groove in which
a fillet of suitable packing is fitted, and this bears against the flat faces
of the casing to preserve the drum water-tight.
The water or other liquid enters from a nozzle or pipe attachment at.
one portion of a band or ring which determines the width of the appa-
ratus, and it presses upon the face of the extended plate to force it and
the drum round. The plate continues to extend until it has travelled
about one-half of its distance round the casing when the shape of the:
cam permits it to go into the drum again under the pressure of its edge
against the casing, the plate then getting into position again for the
cam to force it outwards. When the plate begins to go into the drum
the pocket of liquid which was between it and the next succeeding plate
is free to escape by the outlet nozzle; thus each plate being acted upon
in succession maintains the rotation of the drum and conséquently the
number of fillings of the pockets which are indicated upon a dial face,
the index hand of which is actuated by gearing from the axle of the
rotating drum.
The apparatus is equally applicable for pumping purposes by
driving the axle and the inner drum by gearing or by direct action as
desired.
In lieu of the plates being fitted with rollers they may be connected by
rings on their inner ends with a fixed circular band concentric with the
outer casing, and their motion be governed by the action of the axle as.
it travels round the two centres with the drum, the plates of which
radiate from the axle centre instead of from the drum centre and the
previously described arrangement.

page_text: The manner of carrying our Invention into effect is fully represented
in the accompanying Drawings.
Figure 1 is an internal view of a meter with the face cover removed, and
Figure 2 a transverse section thereof. A is the drum or casing in which
the skeleton drum B is fitted excentrically. This skeleton drum has
three arms C, C, C, in slots D, D, D, of which sliding plates E, E, E,
are free to move to and from the central pin F by the pressure of the.
outer edges G, G, G, against the inner periphery of the outer casing A. as
the drum B revolves, the revolution being caused by weight or pressure
of water coming into the meter from any source of supply through the
inlet tube H. The inner ends of the sliding plates E, E, E, have rollers
I, I, I, fitted in them, and these bear against the periphery of a cam J.
to force them out, and so that the leather strips K, K, K, projecting from.
the outer ends of the sliding plates are kept in contact with the outer
casing to preserve the chambers between each two plates water-tight,.
and to ensure the proper registration of each pocket or chamber full of
liquid as the skeleton drum rotates, the registration being noted upon dial
plates by any well known counting mechanism put into connection with
the skeleton drum spindle or central pin F. The liquid enters by the
inlet H as before explained and leaves by the outlet L, the outer edges of
the sliding plates being kept in contact with the inner edge or periphery.
of the outer casing A during all parts of their motion. M is an outer
cover, and to prevent undue friction against that we arrange a disc N
between it and the moving drum, the disc having an annular groove
formed in it for the reception of packing P, such as leather, as also the
back plate of the casing A, or instead of the disc and back plate being
grooved the skeleton drum itself may be channelled for the reception of
the packing.
Figures 3 and 5 represent views of another meter or pump constructed
according to our Invention, and Figures 4 and 6 are transverse sections
thereof. In these Figures A is the outer case in which is fixed the
stationary cranked arm R. On this arm where its axis is concentric
with that of the casing the plates E, E, E, revolve with their outer
edges fitted or packed water-tight against the casing. The ends of the
plates are also fitted close to the flat faces of the casing. It will thus.
be seen that the plates radiate from the centre of the casing. That part
of the crank shaft which forms the connection with the outer case is
turned and form's an axis for the excentric cylinder B. The eccentric

page_text: cylinder B is made longer than the depth of the case, half of which
extra length is turned and let into the top, and the other half similarly
turned and let into the bottom of the outer casing. This inner cylinder
has slots in its circumference for the plates to work through as the
cylinder revolves, and each plate passes through a cylindrical roller
T, T, T, (Figure 5), or between rubber packing pieces S, S, S, (Figure 3),
which prevents the entrance of the liquid to the inside of the .drum.
The drum spindle Q forms a support for the cylinder, also a connection
with the registering mechanism in a screw or the driving spindle in a
pump.
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We purpose fitting a strainer U in the inlet tube or branch V to prevent
the entrance of grit into the meter, as shown, but any other method or
appliance can be arranged for that purpose, as found convenient.
And having now described the nature of our said Invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we claim,―
Firstly. The combination of appliances forming a meter for measuring
and registering the flow of liquids, as set forth and as shown in Figures 1
and 2 of the annexed Drawings.
Secondly. We claim the combination of appliances forming a meter for
measuring liquids and for pumping purposes, as set forth and shown in
Figures 3 and 4 of the annexed Drawings.
Thirdly. We claim the combination of appliances as shown in Figures
5 and 6 of the annexed Drawings, for the purposes set forth.
Fourthly. We claim the method of action of the various parts in or
to liquid meters or pumps, whereby springs and other extraneous pieces
are dispensed with as set forth.
In witness whereof, we, the said Joseph Quick, junior, and James
William Restler, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this
Eighteenth day of April, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four.