An Improved Ball, Bib, or Stop Valve.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1889
Complete Specification. Left; 15th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 8th Feb., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ball, Bib, or Stop Valve.
JAMES WALLER TURNPENNEY 2 Marlborough Terrace Southgate Road Wood
Green Plumber do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The principal features in these Valves are as under.
1. Full bore throughout-Convertible.
2. No screwing or unscrewing-only to press Lever E to obtain water. Suitable
for high or low pressure. By pressing Lever E the Ball B is forced from the seating
into the recess at the bottom of the Valve as shewn at C-the piston with leather
cup
attached at D is forced up to its normal position by the pressure exerted by the water
and the Ball B resumes its seating-If a quantity of water is required as for instance
watering gardens &c. provision is made to hold the Valve open by inserting the pin F
into the hole at G when the Lever is pressed right down.
The one Valve can be converted into a Bib Valve, Ball Valve and Stop Valve as
shewn in elevation as a Bib Valve.
By dotted lines on lever as a Ball Valve and by unscrewing Bib Valve and
screwing Ferrule 1 into its place you have a Stop Valve-hence the title-Con-
vertible, thus rendering it unnecessary to stock the different kinds in one size as for
instance Bibs Stop or Ball Valves.
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CA 1000
J. W. TURNPENNEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Ball, Bib, or Stop Valve.
JAMES WALLER TURNPENNEY of Number 2 Marlborough Terrace Wood Green
in the County of Middlesex 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, and as per Drawing annexed
A. is a Chamber fitted with a Screw Cap with a Nipple cast on the inlet end to
connect up to supply pipe.
B. is a spherical Ball which is forced up to its seating by the pressure of water
behind it.
C. is a cup and is connected up to the Piston E. E. by the stem passing through it
and screwed into the Piston E. E.-This cup is for the purpose of making the Valve
self closing by means of the water pressure against same when the Lever F. is
relieved and to prevent leakage.
D. is the arm of Ball which when connected up to the Fulcrum by a Pin being
passed through the hole shown at the top of F, it then represents a Ball Valve. By
taking out the arm D and fixing the Lever F. in its place then it represents a Bib
valve.
E. E. is the Piston with cup and rod connected up to same which when actuated by
the Lever F. it comes in contact with the Ball B. and forces it off its seating and the
water flows.
G. is the Cylinder in which the Cup works.
H. is a Pin attached to a chain for the purpose of holding the valve open when the
hole at I. comes opposite H. and the pin is passed through. This arrangement is
to save holding the Lever when a quantity of water is required. The material
employed for the Ball A and the Cup C is the Patent Woodite.

page_text: It will be seen from the accompanying Drawing, that I have abandoned the Stop
portion of the Valve as described in the provisional specification and that I have
slightly deviated from the drawing then filed.
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
(I.) The substitution of the Spherical Ball A for the usual disc.
(II.) The Water pressure in the place of a Spring.
(III.) The Lever F in place of the screw down arrangement.
Dated this 13th day of November 1889.
JAMES WALLER TURNPENNEY.