AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MORE EFFECTUALLY REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF WATER OR OTHER FLUIDS TO CISTERNS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES, AND FOR ECONOMIZING THE TROUBLE AND EXPENSE CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Theodore Bland and Edwin John Bland,
of 15, Broadway, London Fields, Hackney, Plumbers, and Thomas
Brevetor, of No. 9, Ash Grove, Hackney, Gentleman, for the Invention
of "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MORE EFFECTUALLY REGULATING THE SUPPLY
OF WATER OR OTHER FLUIDS TO CISTERNS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES, AND FOR
ECONOMIZING THE TROUBLE AND EXPENSE CONNECTED THEREWITH."
Sealed the 15th November 1867, and dated the 18th May 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Theodore Bland,
Edwin John Bland, and Thomas Brevetor at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 18th May 1867.
We, JAMES THEODORE BLAND and EDWIN JOHN BLAND, both of 15.
Broadway, London Fields, Hackney, Plumbers, and THOMAS BREVETOR, of
No. 9, Ash Grove, Hackney, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MORE EFFECTUALLY REGULATING
THE SUPPLY OF WATER OR OTHER FLUIDS TO CISTERNS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES, AND
FOR ECONOMIZING THE TROUBLE AND EXPENSE CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as
follows:-
1. That the said apparatus is so constructed as to be when fixed without
any opening whatever except the one expressly intended for the outflow of the
liquid, whereby the possibility of leakage is reduced to a minimum:
2. That the valve is made wholly of metal, without needing the aid of any
other material, such as leather, india-rubber, or others.

page_text: 3. That by the construction of the apparatus the pressure of the liquid in
the supply pipe aids in perfectly closing the valve, and that therefore a
proportionately much smaller lever and ball are required than usual.
4. That the connection of the spindle in the valve with the lever and ball is
made beneath or beyond the point of outflow.
5. That it can be removed or replaced without trouble or necessity for
plumbers' joints.
6. That the construction or mode of action is such as to occasion the least
possible wear and liability to get out of order by grit or sediment, as the flow
of the liquid acts as a continuous lubricator and washes away any obstruction
that might be present.
7, and lastly. That it can be manufactured in any metal equally or more
economically than any known similar apparatus, and that we claim the five
first above-mentioned advantages as the distinctive features of the Invention.
SPECIFICATION.
Fig. 1 represents the apparatus complete.
Fig. 2 represents the arm Z to be fixed by a plumber's joint to the supply
pipe, and furnished with a male screw A.
Fig. 3 represents the valve case K furnished with a female screw B at the
top, intended to receive A. D is the opening intended for the outflow of the
water; the valve case also contains a bar or bridge X with an aperture W to
guide the spindle and an opening M in the side through which the lever or
stem of the ball enters.
Fig. 4 shews the spindle H, with the shoulder V and a thread P and
nut T at the bottom to secure the lever or stem of the ball, as shewn in
Fig. 5.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said James Theodore Bland, Edwin John Bland, and Thomas
Brevetor in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th November 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JAMES
THEODORE BLAND and EDWIN JOHN BLAND, both of No. 15, Broadway, London
Fields, Hackney, Plumbers, and THOMAS BREVETOR, of No. 9, the Terrace,
Ash Grove, Hackney, Gentleman, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
James Theodore Bland, Edwin John Bland, and Thomas Brevetor, Her special
licence that we, the said James Theodore Bland, Edwin John Bland, and Thomas
Brevetor, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the
said James Theodore Bland, Edwin John Bland, and Thomas Brevetor, 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, aud
Isle of Man, an Invention for "MORE EFFECTUALLY REGULATING THE SUPPLY
OF WATER OR OTHER FLUIDS TO CISTERNS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES, AND FOR
ECONOMIZING THE TROUBLE AND EXPENSE CONNECTED THEREWITH, BY MEANS OF AN
APPARATUS TO BE CALLED 'BLAND'S IMPROVED BALL COCK,'" upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said James Theodore Bland, Edwin John Bland,
and Thomas Brevetor, 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 performed, 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 I, the said James Theodore Bland, on behalf of
myself and of the said Edwin John Bland and Thomas Brevetor, 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 :-
I. That the said apparatus is so constructed as to be when fixed without
any opening whatever except the one expressly intended for the outflow of the
liquid, whereby the possibility of leakage is reduced to a minimum.
II. That the valve is made wholly of metal, without needing the aid of any
other material, such as leather, india-rubber, or others.
III. That by the construction of the apparatus the pressure of the liquid in
the supply pipe aids in perfectly closing the valve, and that therefore a
proportionately much smaller lever and ball are required than usual.
IIII. That the connection of the spindle in the valve with the lever and ball
is made beneath or beyond the point of outflow.

page_text: VI. That the construction or mode of action is such as to occasion the least
possibility and liability to get out of order by grit or sediment, as the flow
of the liquid acts as a continuous lubricator, and washes away any obstruction
that might be present.
VII., and lastly. That it can be manufactured in any metal equally or more
economically than any known similar apparatus.
And that we claim the five first above-mentioned advantages as the
distinctive features of the Invention.
EXPLANATION OF THE DRAWING.
Fig. 1 represents the apparatus complete
Fig. 2 represents the arm Z to be fixed by a plumber's joint to the supply
pipe, and furnished with a male screw A.
Fig. 3 represents the valve case K furnished with a female screw B at the
top, intended to receive A.
Fig. 3. D is the opening intended for the outflow of the water; the case
has a bar or bridge with an aperture W to guide the spindle, and also an
opening M is the side through which the lever or stem of the ball enters.
Fig. 4 shews the spindle H with the shoulders V, and a thread P and s
nut T at the bottom to secure the lever or stress of the ball, as shewn in
Fig. 5.
Fig. 5 represent the action of the apparatus when open.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Theodore Bland, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
JAMES THEODORE BLAND. (L.S.)