IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Winsborrow, of 10, Livermere Place,
Livermere Road, Dalston, in the County of Middlesex, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING WATER AND
OTHER LIQUIDS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE IN OBTAINING
MOTIVE POWER,"
Sealed the 5th February 1869, and dated the 12th August 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Winsborrow at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 12th August 1868.
I, JOHN WINSBORROW, of 10, Livermere Place, Livermere Road,.
Dalston, in the County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR MEASURING WATER AND
OTHER LIQUIDS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE IN OBTAINING MOTIVE
POWER," to be as follows:-
The object of the Invention is first to obtain accuracy in the
measurement of liquids under different pressures. For this purpose.
pistons working by preference perpendicularly in cylinders open at each

page_text: end into separate chambers are supplied through passages and slide valves,
which are operated from a rotary axis having motion given to it by
bevilled or other suitable gear from the crank shaft connected to the
piston rods, and which by suitable gear communicates motion to the
index wheelwork for registering the motions of the pistons, and con-
sequently the amount of liquid measured. By these means the use of
stuffing boxes to the piston rods is rendered unnecessary. The liquid to
be measured passes into the valve chamber and thence through the
alternate ports of the valve to the respective ends of the cylinder. The
outlet for the measured liquid through the valve chamber from the valve
passages is by a screw pipe adapted to screw in the valve passage and
in the cover of the valve chamber, and when screwed in with packing
on the valve passage of being made secure on the cover by a screw nut or
by other suitable means. The measured fluid passes away by the central
ports, by which the direction of the liquid is regulated and the pressure
on the various parts is rendered uniform. The pistons are by preference
packed with pairs of cups or dishes of gutta percha, or gutta percha
combined with india-rubber vulcanized or prepared, or they are otherwise
packed with other elastic packing.
The apparatus is also applicable for use under the pressure of a column
of liquid as a motive-power engine. In this case a shaft set in motion
by the pistons may be employed to give the desired motion.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Winsborrow in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 12th February 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WINSBORROW, of 10, Livermere Place, Livermere Road, Dalston, in the
County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-second
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said John Winsborrow, Her special licence that I, the
said John Winsborrow; my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
ethers as I, the said John Winsborrow, my executors, administrators, and.

page_text: assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,:
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
MEASURING WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS, WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE
IN OBTAINING MOTIVE POWER," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,.
the said John Winsborrow, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Winsborrow, 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 thereof, that is to say :-
The object of the Invention is first to obtain uniformity in the pressure.
upon the parts of the apparatus, and consequently greater accuracy.
with a minimum of wear and tear in working together, with correct
measurement of the liquid passed through.
The Invention is particularly applicable by insuring correct measure-
ment when the pressure of the flow of the supply to be measured is
very variable. For this purpose pistons work by preference perpen-.
dicularly in cylinders open at each end into separate chambers, which
are supplied through passages and slide valves operated from a rotary
axis having motion given to it by bevilled or other suitable gear from
the crank shaft connected to the piston rods, and which shaft by suitable
gear communicates motion to the index wheelwork for registering
the motions of the pistons, and consequently the amount of liquid
measured. By these means the use of stuffing boxes to the piston rods
is rendered unnecessary, and the friction and wear consequent thereon
is avoided. The liquid to be measured passes into the valve chamber
and thence through the alternate ports of the valves to the respective
ends of the cylinders. The outlet for the measured liquid through the
valve chamber from the valve passages is by a screw pipe adapted to.
screw in the valve passage and in the cover of the valve chamber, and;

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when screwed in with packing on the valve passage, of being made
secure on the cover by a screw nut or by other suitable means.
measured fluid passes away by the central ports. The pistons are packed·
with pairs of cups or dishes of gutta percha.
But that the Invention may be fully understood I will, by the aid of
the accompanying Drawings, proceed to describe means pursued by me
in carving the same into effect.
with pairs of cups or dishes of gutta percha.
But that the Invention may be fully understood I will, by the aid of
the accompanying Drawings, proceed to describe means pursued by me
in carrying the same into effect.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shews a plan or top view, and Figure 2 an external or front
view of apparatus constructed according to my Invention. Figures 3, 4,
and 5 are vertical sections, and Figures 6 and 7 are horizontal sections
shewing the interior of the apparatus. Figures 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23 are detailed views; but as the
nature of the various views is for the most part written on them it will
not be necessary to repeat the same here. In each of the views the same
letters are employed to indicate corresponding parts where they occur.
a, a, is the outer frame or case, which it will be seen is divided by the
vertical partition a¹ and the horizontal partition a into three chambers,
a chamber 6 for the action of the valves and to receive the liquid in its
passage to be measured, whilst the other two chambers are again sub-
divided by partitions a³, as, into chambers c, c¹, c, c'. The partitions a³, a³,
are formed each to receive a cylinder d opening at one end into a
chamber c, and at its other end into a chamber c'. Each cylinder is
fitted with a piston e, the piston rods e¹ of which pass through holes
formed for them as guides in the bars f to guide them in their to-and-fro
motions in the cylinders. The pistons e are thence connected by
links g, g, to crank pins h', h¹, in the cranks h2, h3, of the axis h, which
is supported so as to be capable of freely revolving in the bearings formed
for it in the upper ends of the standards a', a*, and to prevent the passage
of fluid from one side of the partition a¹ to the other side of it where
this axis passes through it, this passage is formed with a stuffing box a or
is otherwise suitably packed. Upon the axis h is applied the bevilled
pinion i, the teeth of which take into the teeth of the bevilled pinion j
affixed on the vertical shaft which passes through a packed bearing
formed for it in the partition a² into the chamber 6, where there is applied
to it the crank carrying a crank pin which by links k, k, is con-
from the valves so as to cause those valves to slide
nected to pins

page_text: to and fro on their seats 'm in the revolution of the shafts hand. The
Drawings clearly show the form of the valves and their seats, and it will
be seen that they are guided in their to-and-fro motion by the stems
affixed to each valve passing through holes formed for them in the
fixed standards a'. Each valve seat m is formed with three ways or
ports 1, 2, 3. The ports 1 and 3 are those by which the liquid to be
measured passes from the chamber 6 to one or the other end of a
cylinder d, and the port 2 in each valve seat is that by which the liquid
passes away from the cylinder through one and then the other of these
ports 1 and 3 after it has acted on the piston therein. Each port 1
opens direct into a chamber c, whilst each port 3 opens into a channel 4,
which by a pipe n communicates with a chamber c', and to facilitate the
application of these tubes n it will be seen that they are passed each
through an opening in the upper part of its passage 4, and is packed into
the lower part of that passage and screwed into its partition a³, and that
the opening in the upper part of each passage 4 is then closed by a screw
plug o. The ports or passages 2, 2, open into a passage 5 which by
means of the screw pipe & communicates with the outlet passage t. The
axis has also applied to it a screw wheel p which acts on the teeth of a
pinion q' applied to the shaft or axis q which passes through a stuffing
box q² into a chamber r to actuate suitable wheelwork for registering the
quantity of liquid passed through the apparatus, as is well understood by
persons acquainted with gas and other meters. By the ends of the
cylinders d being open into chambers c, c', the pressure on all parts of
them is about the same, and consequently they may be made very light
in addition to the necessity for stuffing boxes to the piston rods being
avoided. The packing to the pistons e is obtained by the use of caps or
dishes e, e², formed of gutta percha and held on the opposite sides of the
pistons by means of the discs es, es.
From the description given it will be seen that the action of the
apparatus is as follows:-The water or other liquid to be measured is
conducted into the apparatus by the passage u to the chamber b. Thence
it passes alternately through the ports 1 and 3 to the respective com-
partments c, c, and supposing the water or other liquid for the time
being to be passing in through a port 3 into a chamber c' it will act
upon the piston e to move it to the end of its stroke, when that valve !
will have changed so as to close that port 3 from the chamber b, and
then open it through that valve to the port 2 of that valve seat, and

page_text: thereby open the port 1 for the passage of liquid therethrough from the
chamber 6 to the chamber c to act on the opposite side of that piston e
and move it back in the opposite direction, when the water or other
liquid which had passed in as just explained by the port 3 will now flow
out by that port 3 and by its valve be conducted through the port 2,
and thence by the passage 5 and pipe & to the outlet passage t, and so on
with each alternately. is a moveable cover to an opening in the
partition a to facilitate an inspection of the wheels i and j to see that
they are properly in gear before putting on that portion of the case
forming the cover to the chamber b.
The apparatus is also applicable for use under the pressure of a column
of liquid as a motive-power engine. In this case a shaft set in motion
by the pistons may be employed to give the desired motion.
Having thus described my Invention and means which I adopt in
carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I
claim is the adaptation or combination of parts forming apparatus for
measuring water or other liquids substantially as described, and the
application thereof as a motive-power engine.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Winsborrow, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.