Gas Lamps and Gasaliers.
Year: 1885

page_text: Gas Lamps and Gasaliers.
I JOSEPH BREEDEN of New Mill Works Fazeley Street Birmingham in the
County of Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR REGULATING THE SUPPLY OF
GAS TO GAS LAMPS AND GASALIERS" to be as follows:-
"
My invention consists in constructing and arranging in the manner hereinafter
described the parts of apparatus for regulating the supply of gas to gas lamps and
gasaliers whereby the turning on and off of the gas may be effected at the down
pipe and near the ceiling of the room.
My improved regulator is constructed essentially as follows: In the down gas
pipe is a nearly rectangular hollow or tubular frame through which the gas passes
and in which it pursues the following course. It first passes downwards in one
branch or side of the tubular frame in which side the stop cock is situated by
which the gas is turned on and off. After passing the stopcock the gas ascends
the other branch of the tubular frame in which branch a regulator preferably of
the kind known as the Burrowdale regulator is situated. After passing through
the regulator the gas passes to the top of the frame and descends through a pipe
in the middle of the frame to the lamp or gasalier.
The stopcock bas a long arm or lever terminating in a ring by which ring and
lever it can be turned by means of a long rod. Two projecting pins limit the
motion of the lever the gas way being freely open when the lever is brought
against the upper pin and closed when it is brought against the lower pin.
The stopcock has a "by-pass" for permitting when desired a small current of
gas to pass to the burner when the stopcock is closed so as to maintain a minute
flame.
Instead of placing the stop cock in one of the side tubes of the frame it may be
placed in the middle tube in which case the outer tube conducts the gas through
the regulator to the burner.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Regulating the Supply of Gas to
Gas Lamps and Gasaliers.
I JOSEPH BREEDEN of New Mill Works, Fazeley Street, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, Manufacturer, 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:-
My invention consists in constructing and arranging in the manner hereinafter
described, the parts of apparatus for regulating the supply of gas to gas lamps and
gasaliers; whereby the turning on and off of the gas may be effected at the down
pipe and near the ceiling of the room.
My improved regulator is constructed essentially as follows. In the down gas
pipe is a nearly rectangular hollow or tubular frame through which the gas passes
and in which it pursues the following course. It first passes downwards in one
branch or side of the tubular frame in which side the stopcock is situated by which
the gas is turned on and off. After passing the stopcock the gas ascends the other
branch of the tubular frame, in which branch a regulator is situated. After passing
through the regulator the gas passes to the top of the frame and descends through
a pipe in the middle of the frame to the lamp or gasalier.
The stopcock has a long arm or lever terminating in a ring by which ring and
lever it can be turned by means of a long rod. Two projecting pins limit the
motion of the lever the gas way being freely open when the lever is brought against
the upper pin and closed when it is brought against the lower pin.
The stopcock has a "by-pass" for permitting when desired a small current of
gas to pass to the burner when the stopcock is closed so as to maintain a minute
flame,
Instead of placing the stopcock in one of the side tubes of the frame it may be
placed in the middle tube in which case the outer tube conducts the gas through
the regulator to the burner.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings represents in front elevation; Figure 2
partly in front elevation and partly in vertical section and Figure 3 in side
elevation, apparatus constructed according to my invention to be applied to the
gas down pipe, near the ceiling, for regulating the supply of gas to gas lamps or
gasaliers.
The said gas regulating apparatus consists of a nearly rectangular hollow or
tubular frame formed of the two side pipes a, b and middle pipe c the said frame
being connected by the screwed top and bottom sockets d, d to the down pipe of
the gas lamp or gasalier. In the side branch a of the frame is the stopcock e by

page_text: which the gas can be turned on and turned off, the plug of the said stopcock being
furnished with a long arm or lever f for operating it. The said lever f terminates
in a ring g by which it can be turned by means of a long rod. Or the plug of the
stopcock may be turned by a two armed lever to the ends of which arms, cords or
lines are attached as herein after described. By means of stop pins h, i the motion
of the lever f is limited. When the lever f is raised against the upper stop pin h,
gas way is fully open and when the lever f is brought against the lower stop
pin i, as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, the gas way is closed. In the side
branch 6 of the frame opposite that containing the stop cock e is a regulator k of
the ordinary construction.
the
The gas from the down pipe first passes downwards in the branch a of the
tubular frame and through the stopcock e. After passing the stopcock the gas
descends to the bottom of the frame and ascends the other branch b and passes
through the regulator k. From the regulator k the gas passes to the top of the
frame and descends through the middle pipe c to the lamp or gasalier as indicated
by the arrows in Figure 2.
Figure represents in front elevation;. Figure 5 in side elevation and Figure 6
in front elevation, partly in vertical section, another gas regulating apparatus con-
structed according to my invention in which apparatus the stop cock is placed in
the middle tube of the regulator frame. The course of the gas through the said
frame is indicated by the arrows in Figure 6. By referring to the said Figure 6 it
will be seen that the gas after descending the branch a ascends the opposite
branch b and passes to the regulator k. After passing the regulator k the gas
ascends the pipe b into the middle pipe c and passing through the stopcock e in the
said middle pipe c descends the said middle pipe to the gas lamp or gasalier. Each
end of the lever by which the stopcock e is operated is furnished with a loop or
ring to which a cord or line is attached. By pulling down one or other of the
said cords or lines the gas may be turned off or turned on. Both the stopcock and
regulator may be placed in the middle tube of the regulator frame of the gas
regulating apparatus as represented in vertical section partly in elevation in
Figure 7 and plan in Figure 8. In this arrangement, the gas descends the
branch a from the down pipe, ascends the middle pipe c and after passing through
the regulator k and stopcock e enters the other branch 6 down which it passes to
the gas lamp or gasalier.
Or the stopcock may be placed either at the top or bottom of the tubular frame
with the regulator in the middle pipe. Figure 9 represents in front elevation
partly in section and Figure 10 in side elevation, the arrangement of my invention
in which the stopcock e is situated at the top of the tubular frame.
In this arrangement the gas from the down pipe first passes through the stop-
cock e then down the branch pipe a and up the middle pipe c and through the
regulator k. It then descends the other branch pipe b to the gas lamp or gasalier,
the gas pursuing the same course as in the arrangement Figure 7.
When the stopcock is situated at the bottom of the frame, the gas after.
traversing the frame and passing through the regulator also passes through the
stopcock before it is conducted to the gas lamp or gasalier.
In the arrangements Figures 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 and 10 a stop pin on the plug of the
stopcock works in a slot in the barrel of the stopcock for limiting the motion of
the said plug in the ordinary way; and each of the stopcocks may be furnished
with a by-pass for permitting a small current of gas to pass to the burner when
the stopcock is closed so as to maintain a minute flame." A by-pass of the kind
which I prefer to use is best seen in the sectional part of Figure 9. The by-pass
between the upper and lower passages in the barrel of the stopcock e is marked e'
and the screw by which the said by-pass can be opened and closed when required
is marked e³.

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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed I declare that
I claim as my invention of "Improvements in apparatus for regulating the supply
of gas to gas lamps and gasaliers."
Gas regulating apparatus to be applied to the gas down pipe near the ceiling
consisting essentially of a nearly rectangular tubular frame having three parallel
branches with which frame is combined a stopcock, having a lever for operating it,
together with a regulator the gas being made to traverse the branches of the said
tubular frame and pass through the stopcock and regulator substantially in the
several ways hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings..
Dated this Sixteenth day of August 1886.