IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APERTURES USED AND KNOWN AS 'FEEDING HOLES,' IN VESSELS EMPLOYED FOR THE RECEPTION OR STORAGE OF LIQUIDS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JAMES HESELWOOD, of Infirmary Street, Leeds, in the County of York,
Leather Belt Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APERTURES USED AND KNOWN AS
'FEEDING HOLES,' IN VESSELS EMPLOYED FOR THE RECEPTION OR STORAGE OF
LIQUIDS," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is an improved construction of the opening and
closing hole or aperture used for filling, and retaining,-when filled, the fluid
contents of bottles, jars, lamps, and such like receptacles, wherein and whereby,
greater convenience, rapidity, and cleanliness are secured, and which may be thus
described -
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I first construct, of any convenient or desirable metal or material, a circular,
hollow or cup-shaped "seat or base, which can be readily and securely fixed to
or upon the vessel for which it is required, and having one, two, or more holes near
the bottom of the "cup" or hollow part, and, (when more than one) diametrically
opposite, or at equal distances from, each other, and, in either case, so that the solid
spaces between the holes, shall be greater than the size or diameter of the holes
themselves.
I then construct a second, similar "concavo-convex " piece, just so much smaller
than the first described piece as to fit inside it, that is, so that the convex face
of this second piece or part, shall coincide with, and fit perfectly, into, the concave
face of the first named, fixed, part or "seat;" and, whilst being firmly held or
secured from lifting therefrom, is free to revolve therein, as and when required; and,
being furnished with holes exactly agreeing with those in the first named, fixed
piece or base; it thus becomes a kind of circular or revolving cup valve, open when
the holes in both pieces, (seat and valve) are opposite to or agreeing with each
other, and closed when the holes of one are opposite to the solid spaces of the other.
In most cases, I prefer to secure the smaller piece, (the valve) into the larger, or
seat, by a lip or groove round the periphery, the outside of which may be "milled,"
for the better or readier opening or closing of the valve; but in some cases I employ
a central pin or bearing; and also, when the power to resist considerable internal
pressure is desirable, I reverse the positions of the herein before described parts, and
place the moving portion or "valve" inside the vessel, and actuate it through, or
by means of the central pin or bearing upon which it moves, in lieu of the
before-described "milled outer edges of the valve itself.
Dated this Twenty first day of May 1884.

page_text: I, JAMES HESELWOOD, of Infirmary Street, Leeds, in the County of York,
Leather Belt Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF APERTURES USED AND KNOWN AS
FEEDING HOLES' IN VESSELS EMPLOYED FOR THE RECEPTION OR STORAGE OF
LIQUIDS," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The object of this Invention is an improved construction of the opening and
closing hole or aperture used for filling, and retaining when filled, -the fluid
contents of bottles, jars, lamps, and such like receptacles, wherein and whereby
greater convenienco, rapidity, and cleanliness are secured, and which may be thus
described:-
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I first construct, of any convenient or desirable metal or material, a circular,
hollow, or cup-shaped "scat or base, which can be readily and securely fixed to or
upon the vessel for which it is required, and having one, two, or more holes, near
the bottom of the "cup" or hollow part, and (when more than one) diametrically
opposite, or at equal distances from, each other; and, in either case, so that the
solid spaces between the holes, shall be greater than the size or diameter of the
holes themselves.
I then construct a second, similar, "concavo-convex" piece, just so much smaller
than the first described (seat) piece, as to fit inside it, that is, so that, the convex
face of this, second, piece or part, shall coincide with, and fit perfectly into, the
concave face of the first-named, fixed, part or "seat ;" and, whilst being firmly held
or secured from lifting therefrom, is free to revolve therein, as and when required;
and, being constructed with holes exactly agreeing with those in the first-named,
fixed piece, or base, it thus becomes a kind of circular or revolving "cup valve,"
open when the holes in both picces,-seat and valve,-are opposite to, or agreeing
with, each other, and closed when the holes of one are opposite to the solid or blank
spaces of the other.
In most cases I prefer to secure the smaller piece, the valve, into the
larger, or seat,-by a lip or groove round the periphery, the outside of which may
be "milled," for the better or readier opening or closing of the valve; and I some-
times supplement this with a central pin or rivet; but, in some cases, I employ
a longer central pin as a guide and bearing; and, where the power to resist
considerable internal pressure is desirable, I reverse the positions of the herein-
before described parts, and place the moving portion or "valve," inside the vessel,
and actuate it through, or by means of the central pin or bearing upon which it
moves, in lieu of the before-described "milled" outer edges of the valve itself.
In the accompanying Drawings Figure 1 is a plan of my Invention, open;
Figure 2 is the same, closed; Figure 3 is a section of the former, and Figure 4 a
section of the latter; Figure 5 is a section applicable to lamps; Figure 6 an
enlarged section of the reversed arrangement, open, and Figure 7 is the same,
closed; and in all of these, a is a portion of the article to which my Invention is
attached; b is the fixed "seat or stationary part, and c the movable or
"valve"
portion.
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page_text: 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:-
The circular, concave, or cup-shaped valve and seat, as or for a feeding hole or
aperture, virtually as or after the manner, and for the purposes herein-before
described and set forth.