Improved Apparatus to be Employed in the Controlling or the Supplying of Gas and Water to Public or Private Buildings.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 29th Jan., 1896-Accepted, 7th Mar., 1896
Improved Apparatus to be Employed in the Controlling or the
Supplying of Gas and Water to Public or Private Buildings.
I, HENRY LEVY LESLIE of "Hoelgerrig House" Abergavenny, Monmouth-
shire, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improved apparatus to be employed in the controlling
or the supplying of gas, and water, to public or private buildings, the aim and
object being to control or "cut off" the supply of gas. before entering the meter, in
case of fire, or other emergency, and also to "cut off" the supply of water, in the
case of extreme frost, or other requirement and thus prevent the freezing of the
pipes inside. I will describe my invention in connection with the gas supply pipe.
I construct a pipe or rod of metal of a of a required diameter and length sufficient to
pass through the boundary or other wall of the building, to which my apparatus is
to be employed, the one end of this pipe is formed as a key with the usual square
to engage upon the square of the plug of the cock (this is outside the building
in conjunction with another cock of the kind actuated by the hand by means of a
wheel) the inner end of this rod after passing through the wall passes through a
metal bar, the lower end of which is shaped so as to be easily driven into the
ground and being provided with a series of holes is screwed or nailed to the wall,
inside the building in a permanent manner. The rod above named is provided with
a cranked lever, working with the same, at right angles and to this is connected a
vertical jointed lever of a required length.
A circular plate, is affixed to the wall by suitable means, and supports from its
centre a peg upon which works an arm, to the end of this arm is arranged the other
end of the vertical lever, and is jointed as described of the lower end, a handle is
in connection with the same, of a length sufficient for the hand to grasp.
This jointed lever and parts in connection there with is controlled in its motion
by two pegs upon the plate, one peg indicating "open" and the other "shut."
The action of the apparatus is as follows;-
When the handle is up at its highest point it bears against the peg "open" and
the vertical jointed lever is raised accordingly, and the crank lever in connection
with the rod, which passes through the bar, and wall and to the cock, and the gas
is now "full on" but by a downward pressure of the handle, the vertical jointed
lever falls, and the flow of gas diminishes until the arm engages the peg "shut"
when the gas is "cut off."
Although the above description of the apparatus refers to the controlling of
gas, it is applicable in the same form for the controlling of water.
The said cock and its wheel or key may be controlled by the hand by employing
a trap outside the building.
Dated 7th January 1896.
THOS. KENDRICK,
3 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent.

page_text: Improved Apparatus to be Employed in the Controlling or the
Supplying of Gas and Water to Public or Private Buildings.
1, HENRY LEVY LESLIE of Hoelgerrig House Abergavenny, Monmouthshire,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 relates to improved apparatus to be employed in the controlling or
the supplying of gas and water to, public and private buildings, the aim and object
being to control or "cut off" the supply of gas outside before entering the meter,
in case of fire or other emergency, and also to "cut off" the supply of water in the
case of extreme frost or other requirements and thus prevent the freezing up of the
pipes inside.
And in order that this my said invention may be more clearly understood, I will
now proceed to describe the same with the aid of the accompanying sheet of drawings,
the same letters of reference denote the same parts in each of the figures in which
they occur.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention.
Figure 2 is a side view elevation of same.
a is the pipe or rod of metal, provided at the one end with the key b, with
square b, to engage upon the cock c, d is a second cock, (both cocks outside the
building) actuated by means of the wheel e, f is the metal bar formed as f¹ at its
lower end for driving into the ground, 9, 9, 9, 9 are a series of boles for securing
the bar to the wall h, inside the building.
The rod a, is provided with the cranked lever i, secured by the nut working
with the said rod nt right angles, to which is attached the vertical jointed lever j,
at is a circular plate provided with the screw holes k', for affixing to
the wall. 1, is a peg on the centre of k, upon which works the arm m, to the
end of which is arranged the other end of j, and is jointed correspondingly to the
lower end, n, is a handle, in connection with m, and j and by means of which they
are actuated. 0, p are two pegs upon the plate k, which control the arm m, and by
the adjacent words indicate when the apparatus is "open" or "shut," the said
cock d, and its wheel or key e, may be controlled by the hand by employing a
trap 9, outside the building. r is the supply pipe.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
"
When the handle n'is at its highest point it bears against the peg o,-"open
and the vertical jointed lever j, is raised accordingly and the crank lever i, in
connection with the rod a which passes through the bar f, and wall h, and to the
cock c, and the gas is now "full on," but by a downward pressure of the handle n,
the vertical jointed lever falls, and the flow of gas diminishes until the arm m
engages the peg p, "shut," when the gas is "cut off."
.
Although the above description of the apparatus refers to the controlling of
gas, it is applicable in the same form for the controlling of water. It will be
perceived that in case of fire or at any time to prevent an escape either from pipes
or meter it is simply necessary to bring down the lever j, by means of the handle n,
when the apparatus is fitted inside the building, to "shut off," the gas, when
circumstances will not permit this, I employ the wheel or key e, from the outside
of the building which effects the same purpose, this is equally efficacious to shut
off the water, and prevent the freezing up of the pipes during frost, furthermore
I do not limit myself to these drawings, only as illustrative of my invention, nor
to forms, or details of construction, as I may vary or modify the same without
departing essentially from the principle of my said invention.

page_text: 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 :-
In improved apparatus to be employed in the controlling or the supplying of
gas and water to public or private buildings.
1. The combination, the pipe or rod a, one end formed as a key b, for controlling
the cock c, in conjunction with the second cock d, actuated by the wheel e, said
pipe or rod a passing through the wall, and bar f. The cranked lever i in
connection with the vertical lever j jointed at j', and to the arm m, adjacent
to the handle n, said arm working upon the centre peg 1, of the circular plate k
provided with the stop pegs o and p substantially as and for the purposes herein
before described.
2. The general construction combination and arrangement of parts, substantially
as herein before described in the foregoing Specification and illustrated on the
accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dosh Lenvan 1906
THOS. KENDRICK,
3 Cherry Street, Birmingham, Agent.