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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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    • F16K1/20—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 with pivoted closure-members with pivoted discs or flaps with axis of rotation arranged externally of valve member
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
    • A23G9/00—Frozen sweets, e.g. ice confectionery, ice-cream; Mixtures therefor
    • A23G9/04—Production of frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream
    • A23G9/20—Production of frozen sweets, e.g. ice-cream the products being mixed with gas, e.g. soft-ice
    • 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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  • Our invention relates to a device which we term gravity valve and vacuum relief,which is designed especially to control the flow of water from tanks and to allow the waterre# maining in the pipe or passage below the valve to escape after the valve has been closed.
  • FIG. l is a view showing the application of our device to a discharge-opening through the side of the tank.
  • Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the valve and seat.
  • Fig. 3 shows the application where the opening is made directly through the bottom of the tank.
  • the object of our invention is to provide a convenient and ready means vfor the delivery of any desired quantityvof water from a stationary tank to a watering cart or other receptacle, to close the valve perfectly when the receptacle is filled, and to allow the water remaining in the discharge pipe beyond the valve to ⁇ escape freely and rapidly, and to allow the valve to be easily removed or replaced without emptying the tank.
  • A represents a tank of any suitable construction
  • B is a valve seat which may be formed either in an elbow shaped casting having a passage C opening out through the side of the tank, and a flange D by which it is bolted to the interior of the side of the tank to secure it in place, or it may be constructed with the flange D adapted to bolt upon the bottom of the tank With the opening directly through it.
  • the discharge pipe E passes through the side or bottom of the tank, and screws into the casing, making a direct communication in connectionwith the
  • the valve consists ot a rubber or elastic portion F made of proper shape to tit the seat B and form a tight joint.
  • This rubber fits against the bottom of the metalplate G, and the tubular rod H, passing down th rough the center of the metal plate and of the valve F, is screw-threaded, and the lock nuts I, screwing on to the end of this tube below the rubber, clamp the latter firmly against the plate G, while leaving the lower end of the tube open into the discharge passage below the valve.
  • the tube H extends upward to a point at or above the top of the tank and may be suitably guided so as to rise and fall in line, to insure the proper seating of the valve.
  • a T J Upon the upper end or the tube H is fixed a T J.
  • a hook K Into the end which is in line with the tube H is screwed a hook K while the portion of the T at right angles, is opened to the atmosphere so that there may be a free admis sion of air through it into the tube H.
  • L L are lugs cast upon the plate G having channels or openings M, made as shown, and these channels or openings t the vertical guides N which are screwed into the flange of the casting C, extending upward so as to form a guide to insure the proper vertical movement and seating of the valve.
  • a cord O To the hook K is affixed a cord O, and this may either be connected with a lever -P fuicrumed at the top of the tank and having a cord leading down ⁇ outside the tank from its outer end or the cord Q may pass over apulley journaled upon the top of the tank. In either case, by pulling the outer cord, the tube H and the connected valve will be raised so as to allow the tlow of water through the discharge pipe E.
  • the valve When the tank, water-cart, or other receptacle has been filled, the valve will close by gravitation when the cord is released and by reason of the pipe H, the upper end of which communicates with the open air, the air is allowed to flow in through the top, and thence passing down through the valve into the passage C and pipe E, it prevents any vacuum and retention of the water which is in the pipe after the valve closes.
  • the water By this free admission of air, the water ls all discharged the instant the valve is closed, and the pipe is thus left dry with no dripping to take place afterward.
  • a discharge apparatus for tanks consisting of an elbow casting having a base flange by which it is bolted directly to the side of the .tank, and having a horizontally disposed internally-threaded openingat one end and a conical valve seat at the opposite end, a discharge pipe having one end passing through the side ofthe tank and serewthreaded whereby it .may be fitted directly to the threaded end of the casting, said casting having guide rods extending from its upper or seat end, a tube passing into the tank having its lower end open and communicating with the passage in the casting, and provided with a valve adapted to close against said seat, said tube having its upper portion above the tank and communicating with the outer aitl whereby air is permitted to How through the tube and into the passage of the casting to prevent the formation of a vacuum after the valve is closed, and means for raising the valve.

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Patented May 7, 1895.
F. OAVALLARO 8v J. N. STURM. GRAVITY VALVE AND VACUUM EELIEE.
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NITETD STATES' FRANCESCO CAVALLARO AND JOSEPH N. STURM, OF SAN JOS, CALIFORNIA.
GRAVITY-VALVE AND VACUUM-RELIEF.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 538,896, dated May 7, 1895.
Application ned November 2,1894. sen-n no. 527,730. (No man.)
To @ZZ whom t may concern.-
Beit known that we, FRANCESCO CAVAL- LARo and JOSEPH N. STURM, citizens of the United States, residing at San J os, county of Santa Clara, State of California, have inven ted an Improvement in Gravity-Valves and Vacnum-Reliefs; and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same. I
Our invention relates to a device which we term gravity valve and vacuum relief,which is designed especially to control the flow of water from tanks and to allow the waterre# maining in the pipe or passage below the valve to escape after the valve has been closed.
' It consists in certain details ot' construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a view showing the application of our device to a discharge-opening through the side of the tank. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the valve and seat. Fig. 3 shows the application where the opening is made directly through the bottom of the tank.
The object of our invention is to provide a convenient and ready means vfor the delivery of any desired quantityvof water from a stationary tank to a watering cart or other receptacle, to close the valve perfectly when the receptacle is filled, and to allow the water remaining in the discharge pipe beyond the valve to `escape freely and rapidly, and to allow the valve to be easily removed or replaced without emptying the tank.
A represents a tank of any suitable construction, and B is a valve seat which may be formed either in an elbow shaped casting having a passage C opening out through the side of the tank, and a flange D by which it is bolted to the interior of the side of the tank to secure it in place, or it may be constructed with the flange D adapted to bolt upon the bottom of the tank With the opening directly through it. In either case, the discharge pipe E passes through the side or bottom of the tank, and screws into the casing, making a direct communication in connectionwith the The valve consists ot a rubber or elastic portion F made of proper shape to tit the seat B and form a tight joint. This rubber fits against the bottom of the metalplate G, and the tubular rod H, passing down th rough the center of the metal plate and of the valve F, is screw-threaded, and the lock nuts I, screwing on to the end of this tube below the rubber, clamp the latter firmly against the plate G, while leaving the lower end of the tube open into the discharge passage below the valve. The tube H extends upward to a point at or above the top of the tank and may be suitably guided so as to rise and fall in line, to insure the proper seating of the valve. Upon the upper end or the tube H is fixed a T J. Into the end which is in line with the tube H is screwed a hook K while the portion of the T at right angles, is opened to the atmosphere so that there may be a free admis sion of air through it into the tube H.
L L are lugs cast upon the plate G having channels or openings M, made as shown, and these channels or openings t the vertical guides N which are screwed into the flange of the casting C, extending upward so as to form a guide to insure the proper vertical movement and seating of the valve.
To the hook K is affixed a cord O, and this may either be connected with a lever -P fuicrumed at the top of the tank and having a cord leading down `outside the tank from its outer end or the cord Q may pass over apulley journaled upon the top of the tank. In either case, by pulling the outer cord, the tube H and the connected valve will be raised so as to allow the tlow of water through the discharge pipe E. When the tank, water-cart, or other receptacle has been filled, the valve will close by gravitation when the cord is released and by reason of the pipe H, the upper end of which communicates with the open air, the air is allowed to flow in through the top, and thence passing down through the valve into the passage C and pipe E, it prevents any vacuum and retention of the water which is in the pipe after the valve closes. By this free admission of air, the water ls all discharged the instant the valve is closed, and the pipe is thus left dry with no dripping to take place afterward.
It', for any reason, it is desired to examine IOO the valve, or any parts connected with it, it is only necessary to lift it entirely out While the outside receptacle is being filled, and this is easily done on account of the channels or openings M in the lugs L of the plate G which can be easily slipped off the guide rods N to allow the valve to be taken out. By the time the outside tank has been filled, the valve being ready, can be again dropped into its place and is readyto close when desired.
Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
A discharge apparatus for tanks consisting of an elbow casting having a base flange by which it is bolted directly to the side of the .tank, and having a horizontally disposed internally-threaded openingat one end and a conical valve seat at the opposite end, a discharge pipe having one end passing through the side ofthe tank and serewthreaded whereby it .may be fitted directly to the threaded end of the casting, said casting having guide rods extending from its upper or seat end, a tube passing into the tank having its lower end open and communicating with the passage in the casting, and provided with a valve adapted to close against said seat, said tube having its upper portion above the tank and communicating with the outer aitl whereby air is permitted to How through the tube and into the passage of the casting to prevent the formation of a vacuum after the valve is closed, and means for raising the valve.
y In witness whereof We have hereunto set our hands.
FRANCESCO CAVALLARO. JOSEPH N. STURM.
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FREDRICK C. WIEDEMAN, CHARLES M. LONGAN.
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US2844168A (en) * 1952-09-18 1958-07-22 Karl A Klingler Quick acting valve with static seal
US3100507A (en) * 1962-07-23 1963-08-13 Martin A Price Combined vent and drain assembly

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US2844168A (en) * 1952-09-18 1958-07-22 Karl A Klingler Quick acting valve with static seal
US3100507A (en) * 1962-07-23 1963-08-13 Martin A Price Combined vent and drain assembly

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