An Improved Appliance for Water Gauge Glasses on Steam Boilers-
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 8th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left. 9th Dec.. 1890-Accepted. 21st Mar.. 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Water Gauge Glasses on Steam Boilers-
EDWARD GEORGE, of 13, Bramwell Street, Sunderland, in the County of
Durham, Engineer, and JAMES DYKES, of 78, Dilston Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
Marine Superintendent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as.
follows :-
The object of the invention is to provide against the condemning of partly broken
glasses and also to prevent the frequent breakages of the ordinary gauge glasses
used for the purpose of showing the height of water in the boilers, and for this
purpose we use a solid drawn brass tube preferably about half the length of the.
ordinary gauge glass, with a collar brazed on the top end and fit to the ordinary
top water gauge mountings, a steam tight joint being made by means of a washer
of lead or other material, an ordinary stuffing box is brazed to lower end of brass
tube with nut and gland and packing arrangement. The ordinary length of gauge
glass is slipped in through the top gauge mounting and passes through the brass
tube into the lower gauge mounting, one half of the gauge glass being encased in
the brass tube. Should the part of gauge glass that is exposed and in which the
height of water is registered be broken, the ordinary shut off cocks are closed, the
broken particles removed and the glass encased in brass tube is drawn down, thus.
doing away with the necessity of fitting a new glass.
Dated this Seventh day of July 1890.
EDWARD GEORGE.
JAMES DYKES.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Water Gauge Glasses on Steam Boilers.
We, EDWARD GEORGE, of Bramwell Street, Sunderland, Engineer, and JAMES
DYKES, of Dilston Road, Newcastle, 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 :-
The object of the invention is to provide against the condemning of partly broken
glasses and also to prevent the frequent breakages of the ordinary gauge glasses
used for the purpose of showing the height of water in the boilers, and for this
purpose we use a solid drawn brass tube A preferably about half the length of the
ordinary gauge glass with a collar brazed on the top end B and fit to the ordinary
top water gauge mountings, a steam tight joint being made by means of a washer
of lead or other material, an ordinary stuffing box C is brazed to lower end of brass
tube with nut & gland and packing arrangement. The ordinary length of gauge
glass is slipped in through the top gauge mounting and passes through the brass
tube into the lower gauge mounting, one half of the gauge glass being encased in
the brass tube. Should the part of gauge glass that is exposed and in which the
height of water is registered be broken, the ordinary shut off cocks are closed the
broken particles removed and the glass encased in brass tube is drawn down, thus
doing away with the necessity of fitting a new glass.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
An appliance consisting of a brass tube and connections for the purpose of
preventing breakages and utilizing partly broken gauge glasses, as hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 5th da.
1000
JAMES DYKES.
EDWARD GEORGE.