US125937A - Improvement in governor-valves for steam-engines - Google Patents

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US125937A US125937DA US125937A US 125937 A US125937 A US 125937A US 125937D A US125937D A US 125937DA US 125937 A US125937 A US 125937A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
    • F01L3/00—Lift-valve, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces; Parts or accessories thereof
    • F01L3/20—Shapes or constructions of valve members, not provided for in preceding subgroups of this group
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K1/00—Lift valves or globe valves, i.e. cut-off apparatus with closure members having at least a component of their opening and closing motion perpendicular to the closing faces
    • F16K1/32—Details
    • F16K1/34—Cutting-off parts, e.g. valve members, seats
    • F16K1/42—Valve seats
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S251/00—Valves and valve actuation
    • Y10S251/902—Springs employed as valves
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/7504—Removable valve head and seat unit
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    • Y10T137/7722—Line condition change responsive valves
    • Y10T137/7837—Direct response valves [i.e., check valve type]
    • Y10T137/7879—Resilient material valve

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  • Figure l is a vertical central section of one of my valves as prepared for application to an ordinary steam-governor, and showing the spring G compressed.
  • Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, showing the spring expanded as an open port.
  • valve-seat plate S which is threaded, as shown, so as to be screwed into the'valve-case.
  • the upper end of the springor apex of the cone is secured to the valvestem by means of the cone-shaped head h upon the latter, and the collar 0 and nut n.
  • the springs may be formed of either round, square, flat, oval, or any other shaped rods that may be desired, but, ordinarily, I prefer round.
  • valve may be wound cylindrical instead of cone-shaped, if desired;
  • This valve may be applied as a check-valve in pumps, and to a varietyof similar purposes.
  • What I claim as my invention is- A valve for steam-governors and other purposes, composed of a spiral spring, and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
  • PATRICK MOINTYRE WM. OoRKnILL.

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WILLIAM H. COWLES.
Improvement in Governor-Valves for Steam-Engines.
NO 125 937 Pat ented April23,1872.
ii H l i U w 2 9 UNITED STATES WILLIAM H. GOWLES, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.
Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 125,937, dated April 23, 1872.
SPECIFICATION.
simple, cheap, and thoroughly efiicient valve for steam-engine governors; and it consists in the employment of a coiled metallic spring, so arranged within the ordinary valve-casing as to close the port when the spring is compressed and open it when it is expanded.
In the drawing, Figure l is a vertical central section of one of my valves as prepared for application to an ordinary steam-governor, and showing the spring G compressed. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, showing the spring expanded as an open port.
The great difficulty in retaining a perfectly steam-tight joint between the valve and the seat of the steam-valves as heretofore made is well understood by all persons acquainted with steam-engines. It is believed this obstacle is entirely overcome by making the valve of a convolute spring, or, rather, in the form of a spiral cone, as shown in the drawing. The apex of the cone being suitably at. tached to the ordinary stem or rod D, which connects with the governor-arms, and, of course, is therefore placed on the live-steam side of the valve-seat S. The spring G is wound upon a form so as to stand slightly open. It is then placed in the mold and the brass, or whatever metal is employed, is cast around one or two coils at the base of the cone to form the valve-seat plate S, which is threaded, as shown, so as to be screwed into the'valve-case. The upper end of the springor apex of the cone is secured to the valvestem by means of the cone-shaped head h upon the latter, and the collar 0 and nut n.
When the balls drop, the rod being lifted, the coils of the spring are lifted apart, producing an opening for the steam. By using a round rod for the spring a balance-valve is virtually obtained.
I find by actual experiment that this is a very sensitive and perfectly-working governorvalve.
The springs may be formed of either round, square, flat, oval, or any other shaped rods that may be desired, but, ordinarily, I prefer round.
It will be seen that the valve may be wound cylindrical instead of cone-shaped, if desired;
but the latter is considered more compact, affordin g greater capacity with a given-sized valve-case.
This valve may be applied as a check-valve in pumps, and to a varietyof similar purposes.
What I claim as my invention is- A valve for steam-governors and other purposes, composed of a spiral spring, and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
W. H. COWLES. Witnesses:
PATRICK MOINTYRE, WM. OoRKnILL.
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Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2638925A (en) * 1949-03-23 1953-05-19 Utah Oil Refining Company Helical spring valve
US2761392A (en) * 1953-10-08 1956-09-04 Bendix Aviat Corp Electromagnetic pump
US2775910A (en) * 1951-01-15 1957-01-01 Gen Motors Corp Speed responsive fluid control means
US2922431A (en) * 1954-04-28 1960-01-26 Garrett Corp Fluid flow control system
US3056542A (en) * 1959-03-23 1962-10-02 Gen Motors Corp Refrigerating apparatus
US3447862A (en) * 1966-08-19 1969-06-03 Marlin Elpern Light valve system
US4714087A (en) * 1987-03-27 1987-12-22 Jones Jamieson B Fuel additive proportioning apparatus and method

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2638925A (en) * 1949-03-23 1953-05-19 Utah Oil Refining Company Helical spring valve
US2775910A (en) * 1951-01-15 1957-01-01 Gen Motors Corp Speed responsive fluid control means
US2761392A (en) * 1953-10-08 1956-09-04 Bendix Aviat Corp Electromagnetic pump
US2922431A (en) * 1954-04-28 1960-01-26 Garrett Corp Fluid flow control system
US3056542A (en) * 1959-03-23 1962-10-02 Gen Motors Corp Refrigerating apparatus
US3447862A (en) * 1966-08-19 1969-06-03 Marlin Elpern Light valve system
US4714087A (en) * 1987-03-27 1987-12-22 Jones Jamieson B Fuel additive proportioning apparatus and method

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