Improvements in Dry Regulators for Gas Burners.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 8th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 16th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dry Regulators for Gas Burners.
I, GASTON PAUL CLOUET of 40 Boulevard du Chateau, Neuilly sur Seine, in
the Republic of France, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The invention forming the subject of the present application consists of an
arrangement of double action dry regulator for gas burners, capable of acting
at high pressure and enabling a burner to burn at low pressure as though it were
not furnished with a regulator and with a normal height of flame.
I arrive at this result by increasing in large proportions the diameter of the
regulating apertures; in this manner I avoid, first the fouling which takes place
when the gas is impure, and when the pressure falls, the gas still finds a sufficient
passage to supply the burner, whilst under the same conditions, with known systems,
a very small light is obtained with which it is not possible to see.
The regulating apertures being of a relatively considerable diameter I have
devised the arrangement forming the subject of the present application and
specimens of which I have represented in the accompanying drawings in
which:
Figure 1 represents a vertical section drawn through the axis of a regulator
constructed according to my invention.
Figures 2 show in elevation and in plan the plate by means of which the
regulation of the flow of gras is effected.
Figure 3 represents in sectional elevation a modification of my improved
regulator.
Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3 but showing the moveable plate in the
position it assumes when there is excess of pressure.
Figure 5 shows separately an exterior view of the moveable plate. The regulating
plate a formed with the aperture k, carries, at its centre a pin which guides this
plate in its upward and downward motion.
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The plate a is placed in the space or recess formed between the two parts y and b.
which are screwed together, the part & being screwed by its threaded part cupon the
gas conduit and the part g at the threaded part d has the burner screwed thereon:
The pin passes into a hole formed for this purpose in the central part of the
piece g which is furnished with conduits e. e for the distribution of the gas. A
cone i fixed to the piece g. forms in combination with the plate, a, furnished with
the aperture, the essential part of my invention; this cone. i passes by its
apex through the aperture k and serves to regulate the size of the passage for
the gas.
According to the pressure of the gas, the plate a is more or less raised, and in
proportion to its height, the passage is diminished in area by the effect of the
cone i occupying more or less of the space of said aperture and consequently, as will
be readily understood, the greater the pressure, the smaller will be the outlet orifice
for the gas; in this manner the flame is always maintained at about the same
height; if the pressure, falls,. the plate a. descends, a smaller diameter of the
cone occupying the centre of the aperture; the gas finds, by the aperture k,
a passage as. large as possible,, and the supply to the burner is also suitably
regulated.
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The normal regulation is effected in advance, and the flow increases or diminishes
by screwing more or less the part 6 upon the part g, that is to say, by giving to the
plate a a space larger or smaller in which it can move.
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page_text: I can also arrange my regulator with its arrangement for regulating, placed in
the centre. In this case it is formed of a small shaft a', around which can move
without friction, a tube 6' fixed to the moveable plate c'. This tube is pierced with
a hole d' at the side for the passage of the gas which enters the chamber el to
equilibrate the plate, so that when the pressure is low the gas enters freely into the
tubes below the shaft a to pass between this shaft and the inner side of the tube
in order to be delivered first into the upper chamber, and finally to the burner
by the orifices g g'. As soon as the pressure increases the moveable plate c¹ in
rising will press against the top of the chamber I but the contrary pressure acting
immediately upon the plate c' in a downward direction, causes the moveable plate
to descend a little and the passage for the gas is thus regulated as shown in
Figure 4 of the drawings.
It is the same for the orifice d' which being masked a little more by the shaft a¹
only allows the necessary quantity of gas to enter to maintain the plate in equilibrium
at the new height corresponding to the increased pressure which thus always gives
an equal consumption of gas and a flame always the same.
It is evident that I do not limit myself to the peculiar construction of apparatus
above described and I reserve myself the right to adopt the modifications of
construction which experience may cause me to judge necessary without changing
the principle of my invention.
Dated July 26th 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Dry Regulators for Gas Burners.
IGASTON PAUL CLOUET of 40 Boulevard du Chateau, Neuilly sur Seine, in
the Republic of France Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The invention forming the subject of the present application consists of an
arrangement of double action dry regulator for gas burners, capable of acting
at high pressure and enabling a burner to burn at low pressure as though it were
not furnished with a regulator and with a normal height of flame.
I arrive at this result by increasing in large proportions the diameter of the
regulating apertures; in this manner I avoid, first the fouling which takes place
when the gas is impure, and when the pressure falls, the gas still finds a sufficient
passage to supply the burner, whilst under the same conditions, with known systems,
a very small light is obtained with which it is not possible to see.
The regulating apertures being of a relatively considerable diameter I have
devised the arrangement forming the subject of the present application and
specimens of which I have represented in the drawings accompanying my Provisional
Specification, in which:
Fig. 1. represents a vertical section drawn through the axis of a regulator
constructed according to my invention.
Fig. 2. shows in elevation and in plan the plate by means of which the regulation
of the flow of gas is effected.
Fig. 3. represents in sectional clevation a modification of my improved
regulator.
Fig. 4. is a similar view to Fig. 3. but showing the moveable plate in the
position it assumes when there is excess of pressure.
Fig. 5. shows separately an exterior view of the moveable plate.

page_text: The regulating plate, a, formed with the aperature, k, carries, at its centre a pin, h,
which guides this plate in its upward and downward motion.
The plate, a, is placed in the space or recess formed between the two parts, y,
and b, which are screwed together, the part, b, being screwed by its threaded part, c.
upon the gas conduit and the part, g, at the threaded part d, has the burner screwed
thereon.
The pin, h, passes into a hole formed for this purpose in the central part
of the piece, g, which is furnished with conduits e, e, for the distribution of
the gas.
A cone, i, fixed to the piece, g, forms in combination with the plate, a, furnished
with the aperture, k, the essential part of my invention; this cone, i, passes
by its apex through the aperture, k, and serves to regulate the size of the passage
for the gas.
According to the pressure of the gas the plate, a, is more or less raised and in
proportion to its height the passage is diminished in area by the effect of the
cone i, occupying more or less of the space of said aperture and consequently as
will be readily understood, the greater the pressure the smaller will be the outlet
orifice for the gas; in this manner the flame is always maintained at about the
same height. If the pressure of the gas falls the plate a descends, a smaller diameter
of the cone occupying the centre of the aperture ; the gas finds by the aperture k
a passage as large as possible and the supply to the burner is also suitably
regulated.
The normal regulation is effected in advance, and the flow increases or diminishes
by screwing more or less the part b upon the part g, that is to say, by giving to the
plate a a space larger or smaller in which it can move.
I can also construct my regulator with its arrangement for regulating placed in
the centre. In this case it is formed of a small shaft a' around which can move
without friction, a tube fixed to the movable plate c'. This tube is pierced with
a hole d' at the side for the passage of the gas which enters the chamber el to
equilibrate the plate, so that when the pressure is low the gas enters freely into
the tube below the shaft a¹ to pass between this shaft and the inner side of the
tube in order to be delivered first into the upper chamber f', and finally to the
burner by the orifices g³ g'. As soon as the pressure increases the moveable plate c¹
in rising will press against the top of the chamber "but the contrary pressure
acting immediately upon the plate el in a downward direction, causes the moveable
plate to descend a little and the passage for the gas is thus regulated as shown in
Figure 4 of the drawings.
It is the same for the orifice d¹ which being masked a little more by the shaft a¹
only allows the necessary quantity of gas to enter to maintain the plate in
equilibrium at the new height corresponding to the increased pressure, which thus
always gives an equal consumption of gas and a flame always the same.
It is evident that I do not limit myself to the peculiar construction of apparatus
above described and I reserve myself the right to adopt the modifications of con-
struction which experience may cause me to judge necessary without changing the
principle of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The system of regulator for gas burners characterised by the combination with a
moveable plate a having an aperture k therein, of a fixed cone i whose point enters
the aperture k so that consequent on the rise and fall of the plate a, caused by the
pressure of the gas, the passage for the gas varies and becomes smaller and smaller
in proportion as the pressure increases.
This system being also capable of realization with a small tube fixed to the
moveable plate c¹ and provided with an orifice d'in order that the plate may receive

page_text: uniformly the pressure of the gas on its two faces. In this case the excess of
pressure causes the top of the tube to approach the top of the chamber f' so that
the same quantity of gas. always reaches the conduits whatever may be the
pressure. The entire arranged, combined and regulated substantially as herein
shown and described.....
GASTON PAUL CLOUET
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents..