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US392371A
US392371A US392371DA US392371A US 392371 A US392371 A US 392371A US 392371D A US392371D A US 392371DA US 392371 A US392371 A US 392371A
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    • 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
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    • 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
    • Y10T137/6416—With heating or cooling of the system
    • 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
    • Y10T137/794—With means for separating solid material from the fluid
    • Y10T137/8013—Sediment chamber
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    • Y10T137/86348—Tank with internally extending flow guide, pipe or conduit

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  • This invention relates particularly to the arrangement of the valve to the valve-stem,
  • the connecting-rod inclosed in a tube and attached to the'lever beneath the valve-seat at one end and to the valve-seat at the other end, also to the steam or hot-air pipe connected with the valveseat, and to the method of operating the various parts.
  • the objects of the improvements are to prevent the valve and its connections and the outlet-pipe from becoming inoperative from the freezing of the water in the tank, and to do this effectually and cheaply.
  • the figure is a vertical section of a watertank provided .with our improvements.
  • X X is the valve-seat of our improvement in railway water-tanks,which is formed in the top of a closed chamber or case constructed in the bottomof the water-tank.
  • A is the valve,through which the valve-stem B passes and to which it is fixed.
  • This stem is supported in a vertical position by the loophrace O at the upper end, and is bolted to the lever D at G.
  • the lever D is hinged to the valve-seat X at P, and also to the connectingrod F at E.
  • the connectingrod- F is also hinged to the lever L at I.
  • the upper end of the connecting'rod F has a valve, H, in the tube G,which latter extends down to and opens under valve-seat X.
  • L is a lever hinged at K to operate both the valves H and A.
  • N is a pipe for introducing steam or hot air under the valve A to thaw out any ice that may form in the outlet-pipe M.
  • the connecting-rod F is incased in the tube G to prevent its being frozen in ice, which would make it immovable.
  • Our improvement obviates this diffioulty by admitting air through the tube G under the ice to the bottom of the tank on raising the valve H.
  • the valve H also prevents, when closed, a circulation of air through the tube G and the outlet-pipe M, which circulation of air would have a tendency in cold weather to freeze the water in the outlet-pipe.
  • the valve A being above the bottomof the tank, sediment will remain on the floor thereof and not pass out through the valve into the outlet-pipe, thus serving in a measure as a purifier.

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J. SKINNER & R. W. JACKSON.
RAILROAD WATER TANK.
No 392,371. Patented Nov. 6, 1888.
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- JOHN SKINNER AND ROLLY W. JACKSON, OF N EI/VMAN, ILLINOIS.
RAILROAD WATER-TAN K..
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 392,371, dated November 6, 1888.
Application filed June 25, 1868. Serial No. 278,18 (No model.)
To a2; whom it may concern:
Be it known that we, JOHN SKINNER and ROLLY IV. JACKSON, of Newman, in the county of Douglas and State-of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad Water-Tanks,of which the following is a specification.
This invention relates particularly to the arrangement of the valve to the valve-stem,
the connecting-rod inclosed in a tube and attached to the'lever beneath the valve-seat at one end and to the valve-seat at the other end, also to the steam or hot-air pipe connected with the valveseat, and to the method of operating the various parts.
The objects of the improvements are to prevent the valve and its connections and the outlet-pipe from becoming inoperative from the freezing of the water in the tank, and to do this effectually and cheaply.
The figure is a vertical section of a watertank provided .with our improvements.
In the accompanying drawing, X X is the valve-seat of our improvement in railway water-tanks,which is formed in the top of a closed chamber or case constructed in the bottomof the water-tank.
A is the valve,through which the valve-stem B passes and to which it is fixed. This stem is supported in a vertical position by the loophrace O at the upper end, and is bolted to the lever D at G. The lever D is hinged to the valve-seat X at P, and also to the connectingrod F at E. The connectingrod- F is also hinged to the lever L at I. The upper end of the connecting'rod F has a valve, H, in the tube G,which latter extends down to and opens under valve-seat X.
L is a lever hinged at K to operate both the valves H and A.
N is a pipe for introducing steam or hot air under the valve A to thaw out any ice that may form in the outlet-pipe M.
The connecting-rod F is incased in the tube G to prevent its being frozen in ice, which would make it immovable.
A depression of the upper end of the lever L raises the valve H and the connecting-rod F, also the lever D and valve A, permitting the water in the tank to pass under the valve under the ice. Our improvement obviates this diffioulty by admitting air through the tube G under the ice to the bottom of the tank on raising the valve H. The valve H also prevents, when closed, a circulation of air through the tube G and the outlet-pipe M, which circulation of air would have a tendency in cold weather to freeze the water in the outlet-pipe. The valve A being above the bottomof the tank, sediment will remain on the floor thereof and not pass out through the valve into the outlet-pipe, thus serving in a measure as a purifier.
Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination,with a water-tank, of an inclosed chamber or casein the bottom of the same having a valve opening into the tank and an outlet-pipe leading therefrom for water, an air-tube, G, leading to the outer air from said chamber, a valve, H, fitting the outer end of said tube and having a rod, F, extending through the air-tube to the closed chamber and connected to and operating the valve. substantially as shown and described.
2. The combination,with a water-tank, of an air-tube to admit air under the surface ice, a chamber or case arranged in the bottom of the tank and provided with an outlet pipe and valve, and operating mechanism for the valve extending through the air-tube into the chamher to operate the valve, substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. The combination,with a Water-tank having a closed chamber in its bottom with an outlet-pipe therefrom, and a valve opening from said chamber into the tank, ,of a steam- 5 pipe, N, extending from the outside of the tank to the interior of the chamber in the bottom of the tank,substantiall y as shown and described. 4. The combination of a water-tank having a chamber in the bottom of the same provided with an outlet water-pipe, a valve, A, opening upwardly into the tank from the said chamber, a lever, D, arranged within the said chamber and connected to the valve, an air-pipe, G, extending from the top of the tank to the chamher in the bottom, and a rod, F, having a valve, Ill, at its upper end and extending through pipe G, and connected to and operating upon the lever of the valve within the said chamber, substantially as shown and described.
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US2465866A (en) * 1945-01-11 1949-03-29 Walter L Gaines Anticondensation device for flush tanks
US4060934A (en) * 1976-09-27 1977-12-06 Skaggs Leonard L Water tender

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2465866A (en) * 1945-01-11 1949-03-29 Walter L Gaines Anticondensation device for flush tanks
US4060934A (en) * 1976-09-27 1977-12-06 Skaggs Leonard L Water tender

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