US49068A - Improvement in safety-valves for steam-generators - Google Patents

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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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    • 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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    • 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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    • 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
    • F16K15/00—Check valves
    • F16K15/02—Check valves with guided rigid valve members
    • F16K15/03—Check valves with guided rigid valve members with a hinged closure member or with a pivoted closure member
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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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    • F16K15/1821—Check valves with actuating mechanism; Combined check valves and actuated valves with actuating mechanism for check valves with a hinged or pivoted closure member
    • 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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    • 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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    • F16K17/06—Safety valves; Equalising valves, e.g. pressure relief valves opening on surplus pressure on one side; closing on insufficient pressure on one side spring-loaded with special arrangements for adjusting the opening pressure
    • 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
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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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  • This invention consists in operating two or more valves on the same lever, said valves being held vclosed by the action of a weight or spring in such a manner that when the pressure of the steam rises beyond the desired point the several valves open simultaneously, and the combined areas of the openings thereby obtained for the escape ofthe steam are greater than that of a safety-valve of the ordinary construction.
  • the invention consists, also, in an adjustable fulcrumapplied in combination with the lever from which two or more valves are operated, a'nd with a weight or spring holding said valves closed against the action ofthe steam in such.
  • A represents a pipe, which communicates by a branch pipe, B, with a steam generator of any desired construction, and which is provided with two branch pipes, C 0,'which support the valve-chambers D D.
  • Each of these valve-chambers is provided with a seat, a or a', and with a valve, b or b', one of which opens down and the other up.
  • the stems c c o f these valves connect, by means of pivots d d with a lever,E, which has its fulcrum on an adjustable standard F, and which connects by a rod, e, with a spring, f, by the action of which the valves are both closed; or, instead of the spring, a weight might be suspended from the end of the lever E, which would produce precisely the same effect.
  • the power of this spring or Weight is such that the same is capable to hold the valves closed against the strongest pressure which it may ever be desired to carry, and it remains always the same, and is never changed, like the weight or spring of safetyvalves of the ordinary construction.
  • the fulcrum F is arranged to slideback andforth in aslotin the bar G which supports the same, and the fulcrumpin It in said standard passes through a slot, t', in the lever E.
  • Arod, e formsthe connection between the standard F and a hand-lever, H, which has its fnlcrum on a pivot in a standard projecting from the side of the steam-generator, or from any other fixed point.
  • the adjustable fulcrum is moved toward the point of connection between the weight or spring and the lever E, and the power requisite to raise the valves increases, and vice versa.
  • a suitable scale marked on the edge of the bar which supportsthe adjustablefulcrum,indicatesthepressure of the steam,for which the fulcrum is set, and after said fulcrnm has been adjustedin the desired position the hand-lever His secured by a set-screw, k, and slotted bracket I, or by any other suitable means.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
S. BARKER, OF DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,068, dated August 1, 1865.
.To all whom it may concern.'
Be it known that I, S. G. BARKER, of Dunmore, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Safety-Valve for Steam-Boilers 5 and I do hereby declare that the following` is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of this invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the saine.
Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.
This invention consists in operating two or more valves on the same lever, said valves being held vclosed by the action of a weight or spring in such a manner that when the pressure of the steam rises beyond the desired point the several valves open simultaneously, and the combined areas of the openings thereby obtained for the escape ofthe steam are greater than that of a safety-valve of the ordinary construction.
The invention consists, also, in an adjustable fulcrumapplied in combination with the lever from which two or more valves are operated, a'nd with a weight or spring holding said valves closed against the action ofthe steam in such.
a manner that the time when the steam blows off is regulated by shifting thev fulcrurn instead of by a change in the power exerted by the spring or weight to hold the valves in their seats.
A represents a pipe, which communicates by a branch pipe, B, with a steam generator of any desired construction, and which is provided with two branch pipes, C 0,'which support the valve-chambers D D. Each of these valve-chambers is provided with a seat, a or a', and with a valve, b or b', one of which opens down and the other up. The stems c c o f these valves connect, by means of pivots d d with a lever,E, which has its fulcrum on an adjustable standard F, and which connects by a rod, e, with a spring, f, by the action of which the valves are both closed; or, instead of the spring, a weight might be suspended from the end of the lever E, which would produce precisely the same effect. The power of this spring or Weight is such that the same is capable to hold the valves closed against the strongest pressure which it may ever be desired to carry, and it remains always the same, and is never changed, like the weight or spring of safetyvalves of the ordinary construction.
In order to adjust the valve so that itblows oft' at a certain pressure the fulcrum F is arranged to slideback andforth in aslotin the bar G which supports the same, and the fulcrumpin It in said standard passes through a slot, t', in the lever E. Arod, e,formsthe connection between the standard F and a hand-lever, H, which has its fnlcrum on a pivot in a standard projecting from the side of the steam-generator, or from any other fixed point. By moving said hand-lever in the direction of the arrow marked near it in Fig. 2 the adjustable fulcrum is moved toward the point of connection between the weight or spring and the lever E, and the power requisite to raise the valves increases, and vice versa. A suitable scale, marked on the edge of the bar which supportsthe adjustablefulcrum,indicatesthepressure of the steam,for which the fulcrum is set, and after said fulcrnm has been adjustedin the desired position the hand-lever His secured by a set-screw, k, and slotted bracket I, or by any other suitable means. When the valves are opened the steam escapes through a pipe, K, which connects the two valve-chambers, and from which rises the blow-off pipe L. When the pressure of the steam rises beyond the desired point, so as to overcome the force of the weight or spring, both valves open simultaneously Iand an escape-opening is obtained of double the size from that of ordinary safetyvalves. The boiler is thereby quickly relieved of any over-pressure existing in it, and the danger of an explosion is materially reduced.
What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
1. rlhe application of two or more valves, b b, in combination with one and the same 1ever, E, and with a spring or weight, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The adjustable fulcrurn F,in combination with the lever E, valves b b', and spring or Weight, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.
SAMUEL G. BARKER.
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I. T. CROWTHER, D. G. SMITH.
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