Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating Liquid Seals in Gas Washers and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 28th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating Liquid Seals in Gas
Washers and the like.
We ROBERT FISH of Rose Mount Gleneldon Road, Streatham, in the County
of Surrey, Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and WILLIAM
SMITH of 17 Horton Street, Frome in the County of Somerset, Mechanical
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention has for its object to provide a simple and effective apparatus for
regulating the liquid seals in gas washers and the like; and consists essentially of
an outer casing secured to a side plate of the washer and forming a chamber
communicating by an opening with the interior of the washer and terminating in
a horizontal barrel in which fits and works a hollow conical plug terminating in an
elbow bend on its inner end, a passage passing through the elbow and along the
axis of the plug debouching about midway of its length into a channel formed in
and extending round the plug barrel, and being connected to an exit pipe, so that
the conical plug may be rotated in the casing without interfering with the free
passage of the liquid through it.
The plug is rotated into any desired position by means of a lever to which is
attached an index pointer which indicates on a scale on the casing the position of
the elbow end of the plug. As the plug is rotated the height of the orifice of its
elbow varies, and consequently the height of the liquid in the washer or other
vessel is regulated accordingly.
This invention with trifling modifications may be made applicable for various
purposes such as (for example), for finding the water level in steam boilers, as a
substitute for tester taps, and the like.
Dated this 14th day of March 1902.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, Loudon, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating Liquid Seals in Gas
Washers and the like.
We ROBERT FISH of Rose Mount, Gleneldon Road, Streatham in the County
of Surrey, Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, and WILLIAM
SMITH of 17 Horton Street, Frome, in the County of Somerset, Mechanical
Engineer, 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 has for its object to provide a simple and effective apparatus for
regulating the liquid seals in gas washers, hydraulic mains and the like, and
consists essentially of a cock with horizontal barrel or casing secured to the outer
plates of the vessel, the plug terminating in a bend or arm in or communicating
with the interior of the vessel and with an outflow pipe so that as the plug is
turned into different positions the height of the orifice of the bend or arm is varied
and the height of the liquid in the vessel thereby regulated.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical
section of an apparatus constructed according to this invention and specially
applicable for regulating the seals of gas washers and the like, and Figure 2 is
a front elevation of the same. Figure 3 is a vertical section of a modified form of
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page_text: apparatus specially suitable for finding the water level in steam boilers, or for use
as a brine or scum cock, and Figure 4 is a front elevation of the same.
An outer casing a is secured to a side plate b of the washer and has formed in it
a chamber c communicating by an opening d with the interior of the washer, and
terminates in a horizontal barrel e in which fits and works a hollow conical plug f
terminating in an elbow bend or arm g on its inner end and having a passage /
passing through the arm and along the axis of the plug fand debouching into a
channel formed in and extending partly round the plug barrel e and being
connected to an exit pipe / so that the conical plug may be rotated in its casing to
a limited extent without interfering with the free passage of the liquid through it
as will be clearly seen.
The plug is rotated into any desired position by means of a lever m to which
is attached an index pointer n which indicates on a scale o the position of the
elbow end or arm of the plug. As the plug is rotated the height of the orifice of
its elbow varies, and consequently the height of the liquid in the washer or other
vessel is regulated accordingly as will be readily understood.
When employing this invention for finding the water level in steam boilers or as
a-brine cock, or for any purpose in connection with vessels containing liquid under
pressure, it is necessary that all communication between the interior of the vessel
and the outflow pipe should be normally shut off. For this purpose the end of
the passage h, when the plug is in its initial position, meets the surface of the
barrel e free of the channel (Figures 3 and 4).
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. An apparatus for regulating liquid seals in gas washers and the like com-
prising a conical plug working in a casing and having a radial arm, and a passage
connecting the extremity of the said arm with an exit or outflow pipe or orifice so
that the level of the liquid is varied according to the angular position of the said
arm substantially as described.
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2. The arrangement and construction of apparatus for regulating liquid seals in
gas washers and the like substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
-Dated this 14th day of December 1892.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.