Improvements in Gas Meter Indices whereby the Quantity and Corresponding Value of Gas Consumed is Shown and the Reading Simplified.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 21st July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 20th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 9th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas Meter Indices whereby the Quantity and
Corresponding Value of Gas Consumed is Shown and the Reading
Simplified.
I, JOHN LESLIE CLOUDSLEY of Smith Square Works, Westminster, Gas
Apparatus Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention which is applicable to both wet and dry gas meters, has for its
object the construction of indices or additions to existing indices in such a manner,
that besides showing the quantity, the money value of the gas consumed, or passed
through the meter will also be indicated.
For the purpose of carrying out this invention several arrangements, each being
a modification of the other may be adopted. In the first one where the money
value indicator is placed above the ordinary index of a dry gas meter, I cause one
of the wheels (which call an intermediate wheel) placed between the driving
pinion and the hundreds dial or pointer wheel, to gear into a toothed wheel or its
pinion. This toothed wheel communicates motion through a train of wheels to a
slip wheel that revolves once for every thousand cubic feet of gas passed, and the
spindle of which carries a hand that points to divisions on a special dial marked
from 100 to 1,000 feet, with subdivisions and against which is also marked the
corresponding money value of the quantity indicated. The hand relating to this
special dial is capable of being turned to zero or otherwise adjusted whenever
requisite, without disturbing the gearing, the wheel upon the arbor carrying it being
a slip wheel. The arrangement may be varied by connecting the indicator to some
one of the ordinary index wheels other than the hundreds wheel above mentioned,
and the dial may be marked with any convenient number of feet, and the additional
wheels are not confined to the particular ones before described as both dial and
wheels may be substituted by others to suit the different sized meters and other
circumstances.
In the second arrangement where the money value indicator is placed by the side
of a dry gas meter index, 1 gear into the toothed wheel on the spindle of the
hundreds pointer, a wheel which communicates motion to a slip-wheel that revolves
once for every thousand feet of gas passed, the rest of the arrangement being
similar to that before described.
To meet a case in which the money value indicator is placed above the ordinary
index, and where it is desirable to show larger quantities and values than those
before referred to, another modification in which an additional wheel and pinion are
required, is necessary. For this purpose I make the dial card with a subsidiary
circle, and the short hand corresponding to it is caused to revolve once only for each
ten thousand feet, or any other pre-arranged quantity, while the revolution of the
long hand in connection with the outer or larger dial revolves once only for each
thousand feet of gas passed through the meter. To effect the adjustment of the
hands on both dials, the wheels mounted upon the spindles carrying the long and
short hands are slip-wheels.
Where the money value indicator is at the side of the ordinary index, and in
which it is desirable to show larger quantities and values than those first mentioned,
the arrangement is very similar to the previously described indicator, with the
exception that an additional wheel and pinion are required, and two circles on the
dial one having a long and the other a short hand, become necessary, as also the last
two wheels in the train must be slip wheels in order to admit of the adjustment of
the hands without disturbing the gearing.

page_text: Another modification is resorted to when the arrangement is intended to be
applied where only small quantities and values are required to be noted at each
inspection, and where the increased height of the instrument would be an objection.
In this the money value indicator dial provided with one hand only, is placed below
the ordinary index, the indicator having a wheel that gears into the hundreds
wheel, and communicates motion to a slip-wheel, near the extremity of the spindle
of which, is attached the pointer.
In a further modification, the money value indicator having two circles on the
In this case the
dial, and two hands are placed beneath the ordinary index.
arrangement of wheels described in a previous paragraph relating to a similar
indicator, is inverted, but has the advantage of dispensing with one wheel and one
pinion, consequent upon the inversion.
In wet gas meter indices the train of money value indicator wheels may be
connected to either the thousands wheel, or any other convenient wheel or pinion.
In order to meet the contingency of a change in the price of gas, the dials are
made of card or some suitable thin material and the hands of the money value
indicator are attached to their respective spindles by a milled nut, the spindles
being squared and screwed and made with a shoulder near their front extremities.
By these means the hands can be taken off and the cards or dials removed and
replaced by others adapted to the particular case.
To prevent the consumer from tampering with the indicator in the absence of the
gas official, it is intended that an adhesive label shall be placed over the lower part
of the lid of the indicator box and to another suitable part of the case, to be removed
only by the gas official at the periodical inspection. This plan may be however
varied as convenience or experience may dictate.
Dated this 21st day of July 1890.
חחזיזירדה
W. H. BENNETT,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas Meter Indices whereby the Quantity and
Corresponding Value of Gas Consumed is Shown and the Reading
Simplified.
1, JOHN LESLIE CLOUDSLEY of Smith Square Works, Westminster, Gas
Apparatus Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention which is applicable to both wet and dry gas meters has for its
object the construction of indices or additions to existing indices in such a manner
that besides showing the quantity, the money value of the gas consumed or passed
through the meter will also be indicated.
In order that the invention may be easily understood drawings are attached
hereto. Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the index box of a dry gas meter where the
money value indicator is placed above the ordinary index, and Fig. 2 is a side
elevation of the same, Fig. 3 is an elevation of the back of the index with the back
plate removed, so that the view of the gearing might not be obstructed, and Fig. 4
is a side elevation of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a front view of the index dials where the
money value indicator is placed at the side of the ordinary index. Fig. 6 is a plan
of it, and Fig. 7 is an elevation of the back of Fig. 6, with the back plate of the
index also removed. Fig. 8 is an elevation of the index dials where the money
value indicator is placed over the ordinary index, and on which larger quantities
and values are indicated than in the arrangement previously described. Fig. 9 is a
side elevation and Fig. 10 is a back view with the back plate taken away. Fig. 11
exhibits the dials where the money value indicator is placed at the side as in
Fig. 5, but where it is arranged to mark larger quantities and values than in those

page_text: first mentioned. Fig. 12 is a plan, and Fig. 13 a back elevation of the same form
of indicator with the back plate removed as in some of the previous figs.
Fig. 14
is a front elevation of a money value indicator with only one hand or pointer, placed
below the ordinary index dials, Fig. 15 being a side elevation, and Fig. 16 a back
elevation of the same, but with the back plate taken away. Fig. 17 is a front
elevation of a money value indicator having two circles on the dial and two hands,
but placed below the ordinary index. Fig. 18 is a side elevation of Fig. 17 and
Fig. 19 is a back elevation of it. In each of the views similar letters refer to the
same parts.
For the purpose of carrying out this invention several arrangements (as referred
to in the above mentioned figs.) each being a modification of the other may be
adopted. In the first one where the money value indicator dial or card A. Fig. 1
is placed above the ordinary index of a dry gas meter, I cause one of the wheels B
Fig. 3 (which call an intermediate wheel) placed between the driving pinion C,
seen in Fig. 4, and the hundreds dial or pointer wheel D, to gear into a toothed
wheel E. This toothed wheel E communicates motion through a pinion I to a
wheel F, which in its turn drives a slip wheel G, that revolves once for every
thousand cubic feet of gas passed, and the spindle of which carries a hand that
points to divisions on the special dial A, marked from 100 to 1000 ft., with
subdivisions and against which is also marked the corresponding money value of
the quantity indicated. The hand H relating to this special dial is capable of being
turned to zero, or otherwise adjusted whenever requisite, without disturbing the
gearing, the wheel G upon the arbor carrying it being a slip-wheel as before
described. The arrangement may be varied by connecting the indicator to some
one of the ordinary index wheels other than the hundreds wheel above mentioned
and the dial may be marked with any convenient number of feet, and the additional
wheels beyond those used in the ordinary index are not confined to the particular
ones before described, as both dial and wheels may be substituted by others to suit
the different sized meters and other circumstances.
In the second arrangement where the money value indicator is placed by the side
of an ordinary dry gas meter index, as shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, I gear into the
toothed wheel D Figs. 3 and 4 on the spindle of the hundreds pointer or dial, a
wheel J which communicates motion to a slip wheel K that revolves once for each
thousand feet of gas passed, the rest of the arrangement being similar to that before
described. In these Figs. 6 and 7 the wheels J and K are the equivalents of F
and G in Figs. 3 and 4, but the wheel E is dispensed with owing to J being geared
direct into the hundreds pointer wheel D.
I
To meet a case in which the money value indicator is placed above the ordinary
index and where it is desirable to show larger quantities and values than those
before referred to, another modification exhibited in Figs. 8, 9 and 10, and in which
an additional wheel I and pinion O are required is necessary. For this purpose
make the dial card A. with a subsidiary circle M and the short hand N corresponding
to it is mounted upon the arbor carrying the wheel L. which is driven by a pinion O
on the same spindle as the wheel F, and caused to revolve once only for each ten
thousand feet or any other prearranged quantity while the revolution of the long
hand Hin connection with the outer or larger dial revolves only once for each
thousand feet of gas passed through the meter.
When the money value indicator is required to indicate larger quantities and
values than as at first mentioned, and is placed at the side of the ordinary index as
depicted in Figs. 11, 12 and 13, I put the subsidiary circle M on the dial or card A
on one side as seen in Fig. 11. In this case an additional wheel P and pinion Q
the equivalents of L and O in Figs. 9 and 10, and beyond those drawn in Fig. 6
and 7 are needed. In this arrangement it will be seen that the wheel D drives the
wheel J which in its turn drives the slip wheel K, while the pinion on the same
arbor as J drives the slip-wheel P fixed to the spindle of which is the short
hand N.

page_text: Another modification is seen in Fig. 14. 15. and 16. This arrangement is
intended to be applied where only small quantities and values are required to be
noted at each inspection (the same as in the first and second arrangements before
mentioned) and where the increased height of the instrument would be an objection.
It will be seen here that the money value indicator dial provided with one hand E
only, is placed below the ordinary index and on looking at Fig. 15 and 16 it will
be observed that instead of the wheels R and S which are the equivalents of .J
and K exhibited in Fig. 6 and 7 being placed as exhibited, they are in Figs. 15
and 16 turned down into the position shown, but the action is exactly similar.
A further modification is seen in Figs. 17. 18 and 19. This is a case in which
the arrangement depicted in Fig. 8. 9 and 10 is inverted, the money value indicator
having two circles on the dial and two hands, but placed beneath the ordinary
index. According to this plan the wheels T. U and V and pinion W are the
equivalents to F, G, L and Ở in Figs. 9 and 10, the wheel E or its equivalent being
dispensed with in consequence of T being geared direct into the hundreds wheel D,
the action however is precisely similar.
In order to meet the contingency of a change in the price of gas, the dials are
made of card or some suitable thin material and the hands of the money value
indicator are attached to their respective spindles by a milled mut the spindles being
squared and screwed and made with a shoulder near their front extremities. By
this arrangement the hands can be taken off and the cards or dials removed and
replaced by others adapted to the particular case.
In wet gas meter indices the train of money value indicator wheels may be
connected to either the thousands wheel or any other convenient wheel or pinion.
To prevent the consumer from tampering with the index in the absence of the
gas official, it is intended that an adhesive stamp shall be placed over the lower
part of the lid R of the money value indicator box and to another suitable part of
the case, to be removed only by the gas official at the periodical inspection.
plan may be however varied as convenience or experience may dictate.
This
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 :-
1. The construction and combination with an ordinary gas meter index of a train
of wheels and pinions E, I, F, G, for actuating the hand of a money value indicator
dial placed above the ordinary index, and as herein described and shown on the
drawings.
2. The construction and combination with an ordinary gas meter index of two
wheels J and K for actuating the hand of a money value indicator dial placed
at the side of the ordinary index and as herein described and shown on the
drawings.
3. The construction and combination with an ordinary gas meter index of a train
of wheels and pinions E, I, F, O, G and L for actuating the hands of a money
value indicator dial having two circles on its face and placed above the ordinary
index for indicating larger quantities and values than those contemplated in the first
and second arrangements, and as herein described and shown on the drawings.
4. The construction and combination with an ordinary gas meter index of a train
of wheels and pinions J, Q, R and P for actuating the hands of a money value
indicator dial having two circles on its face and placed by the side of the ordinary
index, for indicating larger quantities and values than those contemplated in the
first and second arrangements, and as herein described and shown on the drawings.
5. The construction and combination with an ordinary gas meter index of two
wheels R and S for actuating the hand of a money value indicator dial, placed
below the ordinary index and as herein described and shown on the drawings.
6. The construction and combination with an ordinary gas meter index of
wheels T, U, and V and pinion W for actuating the hands of a money value

page_text: indicator having two circles on its face and placed below the ordinary index, for
indicating larger quantities and values than those provided for in the first and
second arrangements, and as herein described and shown on the drawings.
7. In combination with an ordinary gas meter index the removable money value
indicator card or dial having printed thercon quantities and values of gas consumed
and as herein described and shown on the drawings.
This I
ML11001
W. H. BENNETT,
Agent for the Applicant.