An Improved Automatic Smoke Consumer and Fuel Economizer.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan., 1895-Accepted, 4th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Automatic Smoke Consumer and Fuel Economizer.
I JOHN BUTLER, 155 Forest Road West, Nottingham, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Instead of employing an india-rubber diaphragm J, as shown at Figure 4 and
described at page 3 lines 15 to 25 of the printed Specification of a former Patent
granted to me for an improved automatic smoke consumer and fuel economizer
No. 4308 September 11th 1882, I provide the bottom of a vertical rod within a
cylinder with an inverted bucket which forces water from the cylinder into a
cistern, above the inverted bucket is a second bucket which draws water up through
an inlet valve, an outlet valve provided with a regulating cock connects the
cylinder with the cistern. The rest of the smoke consumer and fuel economizer is
the same as shown and described in the former Specification referred to.
Dated this Twentieth day of June 1894.
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Agent.
I JOHN BUTLER, 156 Forest Road West, Nottingham, 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:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure is a front view of a cistern and apparatus hereafter referred to, and
Figure 2 a longitudinal sectional view of the same.
Instead of employing an india rubber diaphragm J as shown at Figure 4 and
described at page 3 lines 15 to 25 of the printed Specification of a former Patent
granted to me for an improved smoke consumer and fuel economizer No. 4308
September 11th 1882, I provide the bottom of the piston rod with a piston formed
of two reversely placed bucket shaped packing rings I and I which force water
from the cylinder E into a cistern D as the piston gradually descends to the
position shown by the dotted lines at Figure 2. Water being drawn into the
cylinder through an inlet valve Fat the bottom as the packing rings are raised
to their highest position by a lever K being lifted by a link K' which operates
a smoke consumer and fuel economizer as shown at Figures 1, 2 and 3 described in
the former Specification referred to.
An outlet valve G provided with a regulating cock H and an index connects
the cylinder E with a bent tube E the lower end of which terminates within the
cistern D.
The outlet valve G is provided with a spring inside above it to ensure it closing
as the position is raised, the water in the cylinder can only pass out through the
| regulating cock as the piston gradually descends.

page_text: The upper end of the piston rod is connected by a link and knuckle joint to a
lever K, the back end of which rocks upon an axle carried by the upper end of a
bracket L secured to the back of the cistern, the front end of the lever slides in
a slotted bracket M, the outer end of the lever being hinged to the upper end of a
connecting link K' which is lifted each time the furnace door is opened to supply
fuel. The lifting of the connecting link causing a valve door to be opened to
admit a sufficient quantity of air to the top of the bridge at the back of the fire
bars where it mixes with the smoke produced by the fresh fuel and bursts into
flame.
Inmediately upon the furnace door being closed the piston, piston rod and
lever K commence to descend gradually continuing until in the position shown by
the dotted lines at Figure 2 thereby closing the valve door and preventing the
admission of air to the top of the bridge. The crutch handle of the regulating
cock is provided with a pointer which lies close to the index thus enabling the
escape of the water from beneath the piston to be adjusted to the greatest nicety,
the wider the regulating cock is opened the quicker will be the descent of the
piston and the closing of the valve plate, also the more the cock is closed the
lower will be the descent of the piston and the closing of the valve plate.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The construction and employment in automatic smoke consumers and fuel
economizers of a piston formed of two reversely placed bucket shaped packing
rings and within a cylinder E connected to a cistern D, substantially as
described for the purpose specified and illustrated in the drawings annexed.
Dated this Thirtieth day of January 1895.
H. W. GOUGHI, C.E.,
Agent.