Improvements in or Pertaining to Funnels or Reservoirs for Liquids.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 14th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Pertaining to Funnels or Reservoirs for Liquids.
I HARRY GEORGE PAYNE of 34 Milk Street in the City of London Gentleman do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is so to construct and fit funnels or reservoirs for liquids
that the same or the vessels with which they are connected shall never be overduly
filled and that the quantity of liquid that is allowed to pass into the same shall or can
be measured.
To carry out this object in the funnel or reservoir at a certain desired level I fit an
horizontal plate or diaphragm tightly secured all round to the walls thereof and below
this diaphragm is any usual or suitable float to which a rod is attached and this rod
passes up tightly through the diaphragm and it may be through a guide in the upper
part of the funnel or reservoir terminating at any desired position above the same.
An aperture is made in the diaphragm whereto is filled a plug or other valve which
valve is so actuated and governed by the rod of the float that when the funnel or
reservoir or the vessel with which it is connected is duly filled with liquid thus raising
this float to its regulated level this aperture is closed and no more liquid can pass
below the diaphragm which can very conveniently be effected by connecting to the
valve a lever centred on a standard on the diaphragm and actuated by tappets or stops
on the float rod.
In one place on the walls of the funnel or reservoir above the diaphragm and
especially when these walls are of glass or other transparent material whether wholly
so or only in part can conveniently be marked a graduated scale by which the
quantity of liquid retained above the diaphragm is denoted.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or Pertaining to Funnels or Reservoirs for Liquids.
I HARRY GEORGE PAYNE of 34 Milk Street in the City of London Gentleman
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 :-
The object of this my invention is so to construct and fit and with such appliances
funnels or reservoirs for liquids that the same or the vessels with which they are con-
nected shall never be overduly filled and that the quantity of liquid that is allowed to
pass through or into the same shall be or can be measured.
In order the more clearly to explain my invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed I refer to the accompanying drawing wherein I have shewn a vertical
section of a funnel as fitted with my apparatus.
In the funnel A at a certain desired level I fit an horizontal plate or diaphragm B
tightly secured all round to the walls of this funnel A and below the diaphragm B is
any usual or suitable float D whereto a rod E is attached and this rod E passes up
tightly through the diaphragm B and it may be through a guide F in the upper part
of the funnel A terminating at any desired position above the same. An aperture H
is made in the diaphragm B whereto is fitted a valve K which valve is so actuated
and governed by the rod of the float that when the funnel below the diaphragm
or the vessel with which it is connected is duly filled with liquid thus raising this
float to its regulated and desired level the aperture in the diaphragm is closed by

page_text: the valve but when the float falls or is below this level by reason of the liquid
being consumed or otherwise the valve is lifted to open the aperture in the
diaphragm. I shew in the drawing a most convenient method of effecting this
aforesaid action wherein a link L connects the valve K with one end of a rocking
lever M centred on a standard N erected on the diaphragm B and the other end
of this lever M is actuated and governed by tappets or stops P fitted above and
below the same on the float rod E.
In one place on the walls of the funnel above the diaphragm when these walls are
of glass or other transparent material or when these walls are of metal or other opaque
material on a piece T of transparent material inserted in a vertical slot R made therefor
in the said walls can very conveniently be marked a graduated scale.
The action of this apparatus is as follows. The funnel A above the diaphragm B
is duly filled with the desired liquid the quantity whereof can be duly noted by
and on the graduated scale. While the level of the liquid in the funnel below the
diaphragm or in the vessel with which it is connected is at its regulated height
as is shewn in the drawing the valve K closes the aperture H and no more liquid
will pass below the diaphragm B or if by reason or this valve not sitting quite
tightly on its seat some liquid does pass through the aperture the consequent rising
of the float D will soon cause the lower tappet P to force the valve K tightly
down and stop such passage but when the level of the liquid in the funnel holow
the diaphragm or in the vessel with which it is connected is below its regulated
height as is shewn in the drawing the float D falls therewith until the upper
tappet Plifts the valve K off the aperture H and allows the liquid to pass there
through until the level of the liquid below the diaphragm has regained its regulated
height when the aperture is again closed by the valve and the quantity of liquid
that has so passed through the diaphragm can be duly noted by and on the graduated
scale.
I have thus described and in the accompanying drawing I have shown this my
invention as applied to and with a funnel but it is sufficiently obvious that I do in no
wise limit myself thereto for the shape of the walls or outside of the apparatus whether
a funnel shape or otherwise has and can have no effect or influence on my invention
or on the action thereof and this my invention as herein before described can be applied
in a similar manner to and with all reservoirs for liquids of all shapes and sizes and no
further description or explanation is or can be necessary.
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
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1. In a funnel or reservoir for liquids the combination with a diaphragm B having
an aperture H fitted with a valve K of a float D below the said diaphragm having
rod E whereby the said valve is actuated substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and declared.
2. The funnel or reservoir for liquids substantially as hereinbefore described anc
shewn in the accompanying drawing.
Total : CTL 1000