AN IMPROVED SELF-ACTING STEAM-PIPE REGULATOR, WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO DRYING CYLINDERS AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Burton, of Padiham, in the County of
Lancaster, and Simeon Lord, of Burnley. in the said County, for the
Invention of "AN IMPROVED SELF-ACTING STEAM-PIPE REGULATOR, WHICH IS
ALSO APPLICABLE TO DRYING CYLINDERS AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES."
Sealed the 6th October 1857, and dated the 22nd April 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Burton and
Simeon Lord at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 22nd April 1857.
We, THOMAS BURTON, of Padiham, in the County of Lancaster, and SIMEON
LORD, of Burnley, in the said County, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "AN IMPROVED SELF-ACTING STEAM-PIPE REGULATOR, WHICH IS ALSO
APPLICABLE TO DRYING CYLINDERS AND CTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES," to be as
follows:-
For the purpose. of carrying off the air and condensed steam or water from
any description of steam pipes or vessels. without the usual loss attendant upon.
its escape, we use a chest or chamber, of any convenient size, and made of any
suitable metal or material, with a partition or midfeather at any required
height, and connect it to the pipe or vessel containing the air and condensed
steam. At the lower part of the said chamber we place a delivery pipe, and
attach to it a delivery valve, consisting of a cylinder open at one end, and
having any suitable number of holes from the outside to the inside. Upon the
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page_text: outside of the said cylinder another ring or cylinder moves freely up and down
by being connected to a beam or lever furnished with a float. A delivery pipe
joins the partition or midfeather in the chamber, and terminates in a passage
having a small socket and ball valve. The construction of this apparatus will
be clearly understood by reference to the accompanying outline Drawing.
which is a sectional elevation of our improved apparatus, in which a represents
the chest or chamber; b, the inlet pipe or pipes; c. the delivery pipe; d, the
socket and ball valve; e, the partition or midfeather: f. the inner cylinder of
the air and water delivery valve: g the outer cylinder; h, the lever connected
to it; and k, the float.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Palent, filed
by the said Thomas Burton and Simeon Lord in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 21st October 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, THOMAS
BURTON, of Padiham, in the County of Lancaster. and SIMEON LORD, of
Burnley, in the said County, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of
Her reign, did, for Ierself. Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said Thomas Burton and Simeon Lord. Iler special license that we,
the said Thomas Burton and Simeon Lord. our executors. administrators.
and assigns, or such others as we, the said Thomas Burton and Simeon Lord.
our executors, administrators. and assigns. should at any time agree with.
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make. use, exercise.
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED SSLF-ACTING
STEAM-PIPE REGULATOR, WHICH IS ALSO APPLICABLE TO DRYING CYLINDERS AND OTHER
SIMILAR PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said
Thomas Burton and Simeon Lord, by an instrument in writing under our
hands and seals, or the hand and seal of one of us, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Burton, for and on behalf of
myself and the said Simeon Lord, 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. (that is to say):-
For the purpose of carrying off the air and condensed steam or water from
any description of steam pipes or vessels without the usual loss attendant upon
their escape, we use a chest or chamber. of any convenient size, and made of
any suitable metal or material, and connect it to the pipe or vessel containing
the air and condensed steam or water. At the upper part of the chest we
place a small ball valve, which opens inwards, so that when the apparatus is
in operation the air may be forced out of the chest or chamber. At the lower
part of the chest or chamber we place an outlet or delivery pipe. com-
municating with the interior of a barrel valve. the passage being open at both
ends, and also having an aperture which can open to or be closed from the.
outlet pipe by turning on its seat. Within the chest or chamber there is a
float, made of any suitable material. and connected to an arm supported on a
pin or pivot in a bracket attached to one of the sides of the chest. Connected
to the barrel is another arm or lever, which is attached by a connecting rod to
the arm to which the float is attached, so that as the float rises or falls motion
is given to the barrel valve, causing the aperture in the barrel to be either
closed or open to the outlet pipe. When the air is expelled and the float rises.
the tap gradually opens; and when the float is raised to its full height by the
accumulation of condensed steam or water, the aperture in the barrel is full
open to the outlet pipe.
The manner in which our said improvements is to be performed will be
clearly understood by reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, with
the figures and letters of reference thereon, similar letters referring to similar
parts in all the Figures.
Figure is a longitudinal section of the apparatus: Figure 2 is a transverse
section at the line A. B; Figure 3, a transverse section at the line C. D: and
Figure 4, a plan. with the cover of the chest taken off. represents the sides
or body of the chest or chamber; b, the inlet pipe; and e, the outlet or
delivery pipe. The ball valve for the escape of air is shewn at d, which valve
is not required to be perfectly air-tight. The barrel valve is represented at e.
having connected to it an arm or lever j. attached by the connecting rod to
the arm or rod h, supported at one end on the pivot or pin i. and connected at
the other to the float k.
When there is no water in the chest the float rests at the bottom, and the
passage to the outlet pipe is closed; but when water rises in the chest, the

page_text: float-rises with it, and gradually opens the aperture of the barrel to the outlet
pipe, thereby allowing the water to escape or flow off.
It is evident that our improved steam-pipe regulator can be applied with
facility and advantage to drying cylinders, steam chests, printing machines,
drying stoves, tape legs or dressing frames, finishing machines. steam pipes
for mills, print works, dye works, bleach works, or other similar purposes.
Having thus fully described the nature of our said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, we desire it to be distinctly
understood that we do not confine ourselves to the exact details herein set
forth, as such may be varied or modified without departing from the principle
thereof; but we claim as our Invention, and which to the best of our
knowledge and belief has not been hitherto used within the realm, the peculiar
arrangement and construction of apparatus with ball valve and barrel valve
for carrying off the air and condensed steam or water from any description of
steam pipes or vessels, as such apparatus is herein described and illustrated in
the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Burton, for and on behalf of
myself and the said Simeon lord, have hereunto set my hand and scal,
this Seventeenth day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named
Thomas
in the presence of
Burton,
E. J. HUGHES, Patent Agent,
Manchester.
THOMAS BURTON. (L.S.)