Gas-pressure Regulator for use in Gas Motors and Gas Lighting.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Gas-pressure Regulator for use in Gas Motors and Gas Lighting.
I, JULIUS BUSSE Jr., of 49 Herzog Street, Düsseldorf, in the Empire of
Germany Metal-founder, 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 :-
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The present invention relates to a gas-pressure regulator whose purpose is to
regulate the pressure in gas motors and gas lamps to just what is necessary for
the flame required and to ensure a steady and constant combustion.
By the use of this gas-pressure regulator, the flame is constantly fed with just
the amount of gas required and, consequently all waste of gas caused by over-
pressure is entirely avoided.
I will describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in
which:
Fig. 1 is a view of the apparatus ready for use.
Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section of the apparatus.
Fig. 3 is a cross section in which the double sieve plate is shown.
Fig. 4 shows the loosely adjustable sieve plate and
Fig. 5 the key for regulating the motor.
The gas-pressure regulator consists of the cylindrical cistern a made of strong
metal plates and closed at its ends by plates e, f. The supply pipe b enters the
cistern a through the plate e and is provided inside the cistern with a box shaped
space, which is closed by the double sieve plate d. A thumb or set-screw 9 is
placed on the upper sieve plate d and projects out of the cistern a at i being
adjustable by means of the key, shown in Fig. 5. The upper sieve plate d can thus
be adjusted either higher or lower, the corresponding openings of the under sieve
plate being thereby more or less covered.
Ati where the screw y projects out of the cistern, a capsule k is mounted and
which is hermetically closed by means of the cover 1. The upper sieve plate d is
guided in grooves from the under sieve plate. The outlet pipe h passes out of the
regulator through the plate f. The gas-pressure regulator can thus be fixed in
any gas main by means of the in- and outlet pipes & provided with screws and
in any place desired.
The gas supplied through the supply pipe arrives first in the box shaped space c,
from where it enters into the cylinder a through the openings of the double sieve
plate d. By the openings of said sieve plate being made broader or narrower by
means of the set-screw, the current of gas can be increased or diminished as desired,
the sieve plates being set to correspond to the quantity of gas required. The
cistern a is thus always regulated to the amount of flame required, the gas passing
to such flame or to the burner of a motor through pipe h.
From the foregoing it will be evident that an over-pressure and consequent
waste of gas can never take place, since the gas is regulated automatically in the
widened space c.
The apparatus is most simple and convenient and absolutely free from danger.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what claim is :
my
1. A gas-pressure regulator substantially as described and shown in the
drawings.
2. In a gas-pressure regulator as set forth under Claim 1 the use of a storage
cistern e provided with double sieve plates d which regulate the gas supply auto-
matically substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
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page_text: 3. In a gas-pressure regulator as characterized under Claim 1, the use of a set
or thumb screw g for contracting or widening the sieve openings substantially as
described and shown in the drawings.
Dated this Seventeenth day of January 1893.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
62, St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agents.