IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON- STRUCTION OF VALVES FOR REGULATING THE FLOW OF STEAM, WATER, Gas, OR OTHER FLUIDS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick Robert Beckett, of Moulsham Street, Chelmsford,
Essex, Hot Water Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CON-
STRUCTION OF VALVES FOR REGULATING THE FLOW OF STEAM, WATER, Gas, OR
OTHER FLUIDS."
Sealed the 15th August 1876, and dated the 6th June 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick Robert Beckett at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th June 1876.
FREDERICK ROBERT BECKETT, of Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex, Hot Water
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF VALVES FOR REGULATING
THE FLOW OF STEAM, WATER, GAS, OR OTHER FLUIDS.”
This valve is so constructed that its working and wearing parts are arranged
and fitted into a small independent box or barrel, which is fitted into the pipe and
secured by a screw fixed in the bottom of the moveable box, and which said screw
passes through a corresponding hole in the bottom of the pipe and is firmly fastened
in its place by means of a nut. By this arrangement the working and wearing
parts of the valve can be taken out and replaced at pleasure, and this can be done
without disarranging or disconnecting the pipes or apparatus in which the valve is
fixed or employed; this is a most important feature, as in nearly all other valves
of this kind the pipe has to be cut asunder in cases of repair. In addition to this
the disc or valve plate is self-adjusting, being fixed in a corresponding slot in the
spindle by means of one screw or bolt in its centre which allows it to adjust itself
to its proper seating. The spindle is carried through a stuffing box in the ordinary
way with a handle or wheel fixed at the top.
It is proposed to style the Invention "The Portable Self-adjusting Valve."
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Frederick Robert Beckett in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
1st December 1876.
Essex.
FREDERICK ROBERT BECKETT, of Anchor Street, Chelmsford, in the County of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF VALVES FOR REGULATING THE
FLOW OF STEAM, WATER, GAS, OR OTHER FLUIDS."
The Invention relates to a valve so constructed that its working or wearing parts
are arranged and fitted into a small detached portable box or barrel, which is fitted
[Price 4d.]

page_text: into a short length of pipe and secured by a screw fixed in the bottom of the
detached portable box, the said screw passing through a hole in the bottom of the
pipe is firmly fastened in its place by means of a nut. By this arrangement
the working and wearing parts of the valve can be taken out and replaced at
pleasure without disarranging or disconnecting the pipes or apparatus in which
the valve is fixed or employed. In addition to this the disc or valve plate is mado
self-adjusting by passing through a slot in the spindle and being fixed by means of
one screw or bolt in its centre, thereby allowing it to adjust itself to its proper seating.
But in order that the Invention may be more fully understood, I will, by the
aid of the accompanying Drawings, describe the means I have adopted to carry the
into affect
Figure 1 shews a longitudinal section, and Figure 2 a transverse section; Figure 3
is a plan of the pipe with the detached portable box removed, and Figure
represents the valve box as it is intended to fit into the pipe, as shewn at Figure 3.
In ench of the Figures the same letter indicates corresponding parts.
(,, shews the pipe into which the detached portable valve box is fitted at the
part marked a¹, a¹, Figure 3. bis the moveable valve box containing the valve
plate or disc. c is the valve plate passing through the slot in the spindle F and
secured by the screw d. At the bottom of the valve box b is a screw pin i and
nut, which when screwed up fixes the moveable valve box firmly to the pipe a³, a².
The spindle F passes through a stuffing box g, a wheel or handle h is fastened to
the top of the spindle F by means of which the valve c is opened and closed with
case. Figures 1 and 2 shew the valve opened, and Figure 4 shews it closed.
The most important feature of this Invention is the facility which it offers for
the removal of the valve in case of repair without disarranging the apparatus in
which it is fixed, and in this respect it has a great advantage over other valves
fixed so as to necessitate the cutting of the pipe asunder, thereby causing great
inconvenience, expense, and delay.
Having thus described my Invention, and the mode of carrying it into effect, I
wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the exact arrangement of
the parts described, as they can be varied without departing from the special
features of the Invention, but what I claim is the moveable valve box and the
means by which the summe is fixed to the pipe, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Robert Beckett, have hereunto set iny
hand and seal, this First day of December, One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-six.