Towers or to Vats or other Receptacles.
Year: 1885

page_text: Towers or to Vats or other Receptacles.
We JOHN BROCK of Widnes in the county of Lancaster Alkali Manufacturer
and EDWARD SAYE of 42 Gladstone Street Sims Cross Widnes aforesaid Engineer
do hereby declare the nature of this invention for IMPROVED MEANS OR APPARATUS
FOR DISTRIBUTING OR CONVEYING ACIDS OR OTHER LIQUORS TO THE CISTERNS OR
TANKS OF CHEMICAL TOWERS VATS OR OTHER RECEPTACLES to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improved means or apparatus for distributing
or conveying acids or other liquors to cisterns or tanks of chemical towers vats and
the like. And it is designed to arrange apparatus so that a number of cisterns
tanks or other receptacles can be supplied from a main tank or reservoir in a rapid
and efficient manner. We arrange a suitable closed box or case constructed of or
lined with a suitable anti-corrosive metal or material such for instance as lead. In
the lower part of this box or casing (which I hereafter term the distributing box)
I arrange divisions radiating from the centre, from a hollow tube or space, to the
edge of the box or casing. pipe or pipes lead from each separate division to the
corresponding cistern, tank, vat, or receptacle to be supplied.
Through the hollow tube or space passes a vertical shaft extending above the
radial divisions aforesaid and carrying at its upper end a rotating drum having a
port or ports in its bottom. The shaft is supported in a footstep, and the drum is
so arranged that on rotating the shaft, the port or ports in the drum may be
brought over any required division in the distributing box. A pipe passes through
the cover of the said box, dipping into the rotating drum, and its other end is con-
nected to a blower, exhauster pump or other suitable device for supplying acid or
other liquor to the rotating drum.
The aforesaid vertical shaft carries a bevel wheel at its end, gearing with another
bevel wheel carried by a horizontal shaft proceeding to the engine room or other
suitable place and carrying at its other end another bevel wheel gearing with a
bevel wheel on an upright shaft working in a pedestal, and carrying at its top a
pointer and handles to move the pointer over a circular dial or scale divided to
correspond with the number of divisions in the distributing box and the tanks
cisterns or vats to be supplied.

page_text: Say for example No 1 and 3 towers required nitric acid supplied to their tanka
or cisterns.
The blower or exhauster is started to force the same to the rotating box. The
handles on the dial are now turned to cause the pointer to turn to No 1 division.
This transmits motion to the rotating box hinging its port over No 1 division in
the distributing box. Acid now flows into this and thence to the No 1 tower.
When sufficient acid is run in, the pointer is turned to No 8 and No 3 tower
supplied.
My apparatus can be used for supplying liquor to vats or other containers such
as bleaching or dye liquors, worts, beers and the like and for other purposes where
liquors are supplied to a number of receptacles. Where the liquor is corrosive all
parts thereto exposed must be protected against its action.
Where the rotating drum is of too large a size to conveniently turn same by
hand, I can rotate it by a "steering engine," the valve gear being connected to the
dial pointer so that the engine will stop the port of the rotating dram over the
desired division of the distributing box indicated by the pointer. A very obvious
modification of the foregoing would be to use in place of the drum rotating on a
pivot, an oblong rectangular or other suitably shaped box having a port or ports in
its bottom sliding over a corresponding distributing box having divisions placed
across the same and communicating with cisterns, tanks or vats or other receptacles
by suitable pipes as in the other arrangement.
The sliding box can be moved by rack and pinion and attached to a balance
weight by cords ropes or chains passing over pulleys or it can be moved by a
hydraulic or steam cylinder or in other suitable manner and is of course connected
with a dial or scale as before so as to indicate the number of divisions corre-
sponding to the number of tanks or other receptacles to be supplied, the movement
of the handles or pointer operating the sliding box.
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page_text: Towers or to Vats or other Receptacles.
We, JOHN BROCK, of Widnes, in the county of Lancaster, Alkali Manufacturer
and EDWARD SAYE, of 42, Gladstone Street, Sim's Cross, Widnes aforesaid,
Engineer, 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 has for its object improved means or apparatus for distributing
or conveying acids or other liquors to cisterns or tanks of chemical towers, vats and
the like. And it is designed to arrange apparatus so that a number of cisterns,
tanks or other receptacles can be supplied from a main tank or reservoir in a rapid
and efficient manner.
To this specification we have annexed two sheets of drawings illustrative of the
manner of performing our invention and now refer to the first of these, in which
Fig. 1 is an elevation of one form of our apparatus.
Fig. 2 a plan of the dial plate.
Fig. 3 a plan of the radially divided box shown in half-section.
Fig. 4 a plan of the rotating drum.
We arrange a suitably closed box or case A constructed of or lined with a
suitable anti-corrosive metal or material such for instance as lead or pitch or rubber,
vulcanite etc. In the lower part of this box or case (which we hereafter term the
distributing box) we arrange divisions B radiating from the centre from a hollow
tube or space C to the edge of the case. A pipe or pipes D lead from each separate
division (as shewn by hoppers E) to the corresponding cistern, tank, vat or
receptacle to be supplied. Through the hollow tube or space C passes a vertical
shaft F extending above the radial divisions B aforesaid and carrying at its upper
end a rotating drum G having a port or ports H in its bottom. The shaft F is
supported in a footstep I and the drum is so arranged that on rotating the said
shaft, the port H or ports in the drum G may be brought over any required
division B in the distributing box A.
A pipe J passes through the cover of the said box A, dipping into the rotating
drum & and its other end is connected to a blower, exhauster pump or other
suitable device for supplying acid or other liquor to the rotating drum G. We
have only indicated this by the figure marked K as we do not bind ourselves to
use any special apparatus for supplying liquor to the drum G. The aforesaid
vertical shaft F carries a bevil wheel L at its end gearing with another bevel wheel
or wheels M carried by a horizontal shaft N proceeding to the engine room or other
suitable place and carrying at its other end another bevel wheel or wheels O
gearing with a bevel wheel P on an upright shaft Q working in a pedestal R and
carrying at its top a pointer S and handles T to move the pointer Sover a circular
dial or scale U divided to correspond with the number of divisions B in the
distributing box A and the tanks, cisterns or vats to be supplied.

page_text: Our apparatus can be used for supplying liquor such as bleaching or dye liquors,
worts, beers and the like to vats or other containers and for other containers where
liquors are supplied to a number of receptacles.
Where the liquor is corrosive all parts thereto exposed must be protected against
its action.
Where the rotating drum G is of too large a size to conveniently turn same by
hand we can rotate it by a "steering engine," the valve gear being connected to
the dial pointer S so that the engine will stop the port H in the rotary drum G
over the desired division B of the distributing box A indicated by the pointer S.
A very obvious modification of the foregoing is shown on Sheet 2 and in which
Fig. 5 is an elevation, Fig. 6 plan of sliding box. Fig. 7 plan of distributing
box. Fig. 8 end view of latter. This would be to use in place of the drum G
rotating on a pivot F, an oblong rectangular or other suitably shaped box G¹
having a port or ports in its bottom and sliding over a corresponding
distributing box A¹ having divisions B¹ placed across the same and communicating
with cisterns, tanks, vats or other receptacles by suitable pipes D¹ as in the other
arrangement.
The sliding box can be moved by rack and pinion and attached to a balance
weight or by cords ropes or chains V passing over pulleys W and moved by
wheel X carrying a pointer. Y is the balance weight or the box can be moved by
a hydraulic or steam cylinder or in other suitable manner and is of course connected
with a dial or scale as before described so as to indicate the number of divisions or
other receptacles to be supplied, the movement of the handles or pointers operating
the sliding box.
Of course the boxes G, G¹ must fit closely over the boxes A, A' to prevent acid
or liquor leaking from ports H, H¹ to the wrong divisions.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
Firstly. The method of supplying acid or other liquors to cisterns, vats or like
receptacles by moving a box or case having an exit port or ports and to which the
liquor is supplied or forced, over any of a number of divisions in a distributing box
or case from which divisions pipes lead to the desired receptacles a dial or scale
showing the required degree of motion to be imparted to the moving box so as to
bring its port or ports over any required division or exit for the liquor.
Secondly. The arrangement and combination of apparatus as described and
illustrated with reference to Sheet 1 of the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly. The arrangement and combination of apparatus as described and
illustrated with reference to Sheet of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 05th day of May 1886