New or Improved Apparatus for Charging and for Regulating the Charge Supplied to the Oil Cisterns of Railway Signal, Carriage, Ship, and other Lamps, and other Vessels.
Year: 1888

page_text: New or Improved Apparatus for Charging and for Regulating the
Charge Supplied to the Oil Cisterns of Railway Signal, Carriage,
Ship, and other Lamps, and other Vessels.
I SAMUEL TELFORD DUTTON of Marl Bank in the City of Worcester Civil
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of apparatus the parts of which are constructed and
arranged and worked substantially in the manner hereinafter described to be used
for rapidly and conveniently charging without waste the oil cisterns of lamps and
for supplying a regulated quantity of oil to the said cisterns according to the
time of year the lamps are in use or the length of time the lamps are intended
to burn.
The said apparatus may also be used for charging and regulating the charge of
liquid supplied to other cisterns and vessels to which it is applicable such for example
as oil cans and feeders.
1 will describe my invention as applied to the charging of the oil cisterns of lamps.
The apparatus constituting my invention consists essentially of a base plate carrying
a pump barrel valve chest and valves a hand lever for working the pump and
appliances for regulating the stroke of the piston of the pump together with pendant
suction and delivery pipes on the underside of the said base plate. The said apparatus
is preferably mounted upon the tank or store vessel containing the oil or liquid
combustible the pendant suction pipe of the apparatus descending into the said vessel
and taking a bearing in a socket on the top of the tank the said suction pipe being
capable of pivoting on the said socket as a centre when a partial rotation is required
to be given to the apparatus. To facilitate the motion of the apparatus the base plato
carries rollers or feet which bear upon the top of the tank. In the valve chest are two
clack valves one at the top of the pendant suction pipe and the other between the
pump barrel and the pendant delivery pipe. The clack or supply valve at the top of
the suction pipe prevents the raised liquid returning to the tank and the intermediate
clack valve ensures the filling of the pump barrel from the tank on the lifting of the

page_text: piston the descent of the said piston closing the supply valve and opening the inter-
mediate valve and causing the liquid to be forced from the pump barrel through the
open intermediate valve to the delivery pipe which projects beyond the margin of the
tank. The pendant delivery pipe is furnished with a valve which is raised and opened
by the bottom or other convenient part of the cistern to be filled coming in contact
with a soft button or projection at the bottom of the valve stem projecting beyond the
bottom of the delivery pipe.
.
The hand lover by which the pump piston is worked is jointed to a vertical strut or
arm on the base plate or pump barrel. The end of the hand lever projects beyond
the joint on which it turns and to the said projecting end a coiled spring is attached.
By means of this coiled spring the band lever is lifted and the piston raised in its
barrel thereby causing the said barrel to be refilled with the oil ready on the descent
of the said piston to be forced into the delivery pipe. By means of an adjustable
stop arrangement the quantity of oil delivered at each stroke of the piston may be
regulated. The stop mechanism may consist of a vertical arm on the pump barrel
provided with a series of holes into one of which a stop pin may be inserted and locked
in its adjusted position. The hand lover in its ascent strikes against the said stop pin
is notion is theroby arrested and the regulated quantity of oil supplied to the
delivery pipe which is opened by the valve acted upon by the cistern to be filled as
before described.
A circular tray is situated under the delivery pipe for catching any droppings from
the said pipe.
For convenience in charging a set of cisterns an annular bench or table surrounding
or partly surrounding the supply tank may be used. On this bench or table the
cisterns to be filled are placed and as they are within easy reach of the hand of the
attendant they may be rapidly charged and replaced on the bench the apparatus
during the charging operation being turned on its pivot from time to time so as to
bring the delivery pipe within easy range of the cisterns on the bench or table. By
the use of the said apparatus and appliances lamp cisterns and other vessels can not
only be more expeditiously and accurately charged without wasto than by the method
at present adopted but the quantity of liquid may be regulated to each particular
class of lamp and the time the lamps are intended to burn and hence considerable
economy will be effected.
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page_text: New or Improved Apparatus for Charging and for Regulating the
Charge Supplied to the Oil Cisterns of Railway Signal, Carriage,
Ship, and other Lamps, and other Vessels.
.1 SAMUEL TELFORD DUTTON of Marl Bank in the City of Worcester Civil
Engincor do horeby declare the nature of my 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 consists of apparatus the parts of which are constructed and arranged
and worked substantially in the manner hereinafter described to be used for rapidly
and conveniently charging without waste the oil cisterns of lamps and for supplying a
regulated quantity of oil to the said cisterns according to the time of year the lamps
are in use or the length of time the lamps are intended to burn.
The said apparatus may also be used for charging and regulating the charge of
liquid supplied to other cisterns and vessels to which it is applicable; such for example
as oil cans and feeders.
I will described my invention as applied to the charging of the oil cisterns of
lamps.
The apparatus constituting my invention consists essentially of a base plate carrying
a pump barrel, valve chest and valves, a hand lever for working the pump and
appliances for regulating the stroke of the piston of the pump together with pendant
suction and delivery pipes on the underside of the said base plate. The said apparatus
is preferably mounted upon the tank or store vessel containing the oil or liquid
combustible the pendant suction pipe of the apparatus descending into the said
vessel and taking a bearing in a socket on the top of the tank the said suction pipe
being capable of pivoting in the said socket as a contre when a partial rotation is
required to be given to the apparatus. To facilitate the motion of the apparatus the
base plate carries rollers or feet which bear upon the top of the tank. In the valve
chest are two clack valves, one at the top of the pendant suction pipe and the other
between the pump barrel and the pendant delivery pipe. The clack or supply valve
at the top of the suction pipe prevents the raised liquid returning to the tank and the
intermediate clack valve ensures the filling of the pump barrel from the tank on the
lifting of the piston, the descent of the said piston closing the supply valve and
opening the intermediate valve and causing the liquid to be forced from the pump
barrel through the open intermediate valve to the delivery pipe which projects
beyond the margin of the tank. The pendant delivery pipe is furnished with a
valve which is raised and opened by the bottom or other convenient part of the cistern
to be filled coming in contact with a soft button or projection at the bottom of the
valve stem projecting beyond the bottom of the delivery pipe.
The hand lever by which the pump piston is worked is jointed to a vertical strut
or arm on the base plate or pump barrel. The end of the hand lever projects beyond
the joint on which it turns and to the said projecting end a coiled spring is attached.

page_text: By means of this coiled spring tho hand lever is lifted and the piston raised in its
barrel thereby causing the said barrel to be refilled with the oil ready on the descent
of the said piston to be forced into the delivery pipe. By means of an adjustable
stop arrangement the quantity of oil delivered at each stroke of the piston may be
regulated. The stop mechanism may consist of a vertical arm on the pump barrel
provided with a series of holes into one of which a stop pin may be inserted and
locked in its adjustable position.
The hand lover in its ascent strikes against the said stop pin its motion is thereby
arrested and the regulated quantity of oil supplied to the delivery pipe which is
opened by the valve acted upon by the cistern to be filled as before described.
A tray is situated under the delivery pipe for catching any droppings from the said
pipe.
For convenience in charging a set of cisterns an annular bench or table surrounding
or partly surrounding the supply tank may be used. On this bench or table the
cisterns to be filled are placed and as they are within easy reach of the
hand of the attendant they may be rapidly charged and replaced on the bench,
the apparatus during the charging operation being turned on its pivot from time to
time so as to bring the delivery pipe within easy range of the cisterns on the bench or
table.
By the use of the said apparatus and appliances, lamp cisterns and other vessels can
not only be more expeditiously and accurately charged without wasto than by the
method at present adopted but the quantity of liquid may be regulated to each
particular class of lamp and the time the lamps are intended to burn and hence
considerable economy will be effected.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings the
manner in which my invention is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents partly in longitudinal vertical section and partly in side
elevation apparatus constructed according to my invention applied directly to the cask
containing the oil (or liquid) with which the oil cisterns (or other vessels) are to be
charged Figure 2 is an end elevation and Figure 3 à plan partly in horizontal
section of the same. In Figure 2 the bottom tray for catching the waste liquid or
drippings is omitted.
Figure 4 represents in elevation and Figure 5 in plan a modification in which the
apparatus is fixed to the side of the oil or other tank and several of the minor parts
are varied Figure 6 represents in plan a modified delivery spout; Figure 7
represents in section drawn to a large scale the delivery valve and pendant spout
represented in Figure 1 the said Figure 7 exhibiting the said delivery valve pressed
up and opened by the pressure of the lamp cistern and in the position to deliver oil
into the said cistern.
Figure 8 represents a portion of the apparatus showing its application to the top
of a circular tank upon which the apparatus may rotate: Figure 9 represents in
section Figure 10 in end elevation and Figure 11 in plan the apparatus arranged
to be fixed on a bench or table the cask containing the liquid to be delivered being
stationed beneath the said bench or table; Figure 12 reprosents in section, drawn to
a large scale, a modified delivery valve and pendant spout for use when lamp cisterns
with long necks have to be filled; Figure 13 represents in longitudinal section and
Figure 14 in plan the apparatus fixed to a store tank or other vessel from which
quantities of liquid are to be supplied.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several Figures of the
Drawings.
I will first describe the arrangement of the apparatus represented in Figures 1, 2,
3 and 7.
A is the cask, tank or vessel containing the oil (or other liquid) to be supplied to
the oil cisterns of the lamps and a is the suction pipo of the apparatus screwed or
otherwise fixed at a below the suction valvo b; b' is the intermediate valve and bis
the delivery valve, the said valves bb being situated in the valve chest d¹ and the
delivery valve 6 being situated at the top of the pendant delivery spout c the stem of

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the said delivery valve passing down the said spout. The bottom of the stem
of the delivery valve has fixed to it a soft button or projection 63. The
manner in which the delivery valve is lifted and opened by the pressure of the
bottom of the oil cistern & upon it is seen in Figure 7, where it will also be seen that
the pendant delivery spout c is connected with the valve passage in the valve chest
at e, the top of the spout e forming a seat for the said delivery valve is a
guard for protecting the pendant spout and delivery valve from injury. The said
guard can be turned back on the pivots or centres out of the way when the
เ
pump is in use; d is the pump barrel connected to or cast in one piece with the
valve chest and passages de is the piston working in the said pump barrel and con-
nected by the links to the hand lever g turning on a fulcrum at g carried by the
arm or upright g² on the pump barrel. The pump piston is preferably furnished
with leather washers on either side for causing it to accurately fit the pump barrel.
The suction valve b at the top of the suction pipe a prevents the raised liquid returning
to the tank and the intermediate valve 6' ensures the filling of the pump barrel from
the tank on the lifting of the piston e, the descent of the said piston e closing the supply
or suction valve 6 and opening the intermediate valve ¹ and causing the liquid to be
forced from the pump barrel d through the open valve 6' to the delivery spout c :
his a coiled spring connected to the projecting end of the hand lever g. By means
of the said spring the hand lever when loosed, or the pressure on it relaxed, is
lifted and the piston raised in the pump barrel & thereby causing the said barrel
to be refilled with oil ready on the descent of the said piston to be forced into the
delivery spout c.
The hand lever g works between the forked stop guide i (see Figures 1 and 13).
In the guide holes are made into any pair of which the stop pin may be placed.
The pin acts as a stop for the hand lever g for the purpose of regulating the quantity
of liquid to be delivered at each stroke of the piston.
In Figures 4, 9 and 10 other arrangements of adjusting stops for regulating the
upward motion of the hand lever g are shown. In the arrangement Figure 4 the
edge of the forked bracket is furnished with teeth with which the sliding adjusting
stop can be engaged and clamped at any desired height.
In the arrangement Figures 9 and 10 the adjustable stop for the hand lever g is
marked and is clamped at any desired position on the bracket . In each of the
arrangements the guide may be marked or graduated for indicating the quantity of
liquid delivered according to the travel of the piston and the stop arrangements may
also be used for regulating the downward motion of the hand lever.
n is a tray for catching any drippings and returning the liquid so caught to the
cask A. The said tray carries the filling apparatus and is furnishod with a bush or
hollow pivot which is capable of turning in a hole in the cask A for the purpose
of turning the delivery spout c into the required position during the filling of the
oil cisterns.
Instead of raising the piston in its barrel by means of a spring at the extended end
of the hand lever g, the said piston may be raised by a spring under it as shown in
Figures 4, 9 and 13 where the said spring is marked r.
The pendant spout and delivery valve may be constructed in the manner represented
in Figures 9, 12 and 13 for filling oil cisterns having long necks.
In these modifications the delivery spout is made of the fixed outer part c and the
inner sliding part or spout proper c the latter part carrying at its top the valve 6³.
The part is tubular and constitutes the stem of the valve. Holos at j, are made
at the top and bottom of the combined spout and valve stem to allow when the
valve is raised from its seat of the entry of liquid into it from the valve passage d¹
and the escape of the liquid from the bottom of the spout into the lamp cistern. On
the bottom of the sliding delivery spout c is a soft button 63 for the oil cistern to pross
against for raising the valve from its seat. To prevent leakage between the two
parts c, e of the delivery spout, a hexagonal collar k provided with a leather washer
or packing is screwed to the bottom of the fixed part c of the delivery spout. The
delivery valve may be held in its open position by the arrangement represented in

page_text: Figure 13. In this arrangement, the part c of the delivery spout is capable of sliding
and is furnished with a hook m and the valve case with a second hook m¹ with which
the hook m may be engaged and disengaged at pleasure by raising and lowering the
said part c.
The parts of the modifications Figures 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 which I have
not described are marked with the same letters of reference as corresponding parts of
the arrangement Figures 1, 2 and 3 and their action is the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that I
claim as my invention :-
First The construction and arrangements of the parts of the apparatus herein
before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings for charging with oil
(or other liquid) the oil cisterns of railway, signal, carriage ship and other lamps and
other vessels.
Secondly The arrangements or combinations of the parts of the apparatus herein
before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings for regulating the
charge of oil (or other liquid) supplied to the oil cisterns of railway sigual carriage
ship and other lamps and other vessels.
Thirdly The construction and combination of the parts of the delivery valves and
pendant spouts of the apparatus horoinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1, 4,
7, 9, 12 and 13 of the accompanying Drawings.
Dated the Twelfth day of December 1888.