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US585377A
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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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    • F16K31/36—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid in which fluid from the circuit is constantly supplied to the fluid motor
    • F16K31/363—Actuating devices; Operating means; Releasing devices actuated by fluid in which fluid from the circuit is constantly supplied to the fluid motor the fluid acting on a piston
    • 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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  • VILLIAM CRAIG OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
  • My invention relates to an improvement in means for operating valves, and more particularly to means for operating the large valves or gates used in connection with waterworks and power supplies and commonly known as gate valves.
  • the force required to open these large gate-valves under the high pressure upon one side has been a matter which has heretofore received attention and a relief has been provided by what was termed by-pass in order to save time and labor in operating them.
  • My present invention contemplates the utilization of the fluid under head or pres: sure, which the large valve is intended to cut off or release, as an operating force in opening the valve.
  • FIG. 2 is a view in longitudinal section of the coupling in which the valve to be operated is located, showing the cylinder and the piston-operating valve-chamber in elevation with the top of the valve-chamber removed, and also showing, in connection with the pipe for conducting the fluid from the high-pressure side of the valve to be operated to the piston-operating valve-chamber, a pump.
  • the coupling in which the gate-valve is located is denoted by A, the gate-valve by B, and the valve-seat by b.
  • A On the coupling A there is located a cap-piece A for the recep tion of the valve B when it is lifted from the coupling A to open the interior of the latter for the passage of the fluid, and from within the cap-piece A a valve-operating rod O extends upwardly through suitable stuffingboXes D D in a pedestal E, which at the same time may form, as in the present instance, the
  • a piston c connected to the rod O, is fitted to reciprocate.
  • the cylinder F has in connection therewith a val veecham ber G, which c0mmunicates, by ports g g', with the interior of the cylinder F at its opposite ends and with an exhaust-port g2.
  • a slide-valve His fitted to reciprocate within the valvechamber G and to alternately open the ports g g', the one to the interior of the valve-chamber G and the other to the eX- haust-port g2.
  • the valve H is operated by means of a rotary shaft 7L, which extends through the end of the valve-chamber G, and is provided with a hand-wheel 7i for turning it, and within the valve-chamberis provided with a screw-threaded portion h2, which engages a nut h3, carried by the valve, so that the valve H will be slid toward one' or the other end of the chamber G, according as the hand-wheel h is turned in the one or the other direction.
  • I further provide means for closing the port g at pleasurein the present instance by means of a screw-plug I, provided with a hand-valve t' for operating it and adapted to be screwed from the outer wall of the port g' across the port to completely obstruct it.
  • the operation is' as follows:
  • the operator When itis desired to open the valvegate, the operator, byturning the hand-wheel h' in the proper direction, may slide the valve II into position to close the port g to the interior of' the valvecha1nber'G and open it to the exhaust g2 and at the same time open the port g to the interior of the valve-chamber G.
  • the fiuid from the high-pressure side of the valve B will then be permitted to flow through the pipe K, the cock k in said pipe being open, into the valve-chamber G, with which the pipe K communicates by a branch K', and thence ⁇ through the port g' beneath the piston c, tending to lift it, and hence the gate B.
  • the further inflow of t-he fluid from the conduit on the highpressure side of the valve B may be cut oft either by closing the cock 7o or by closing the port g' by the plug I.
  • the closing ot the port gby the plug I will hold the fluid, if it be a liquid-such, for example, as waterwithin the cylinder F beneath the piston c to retain the gate B open,
  • Valve II when it is desired to close the gate, if its own Weight is not sufficient to close it, the Valve II may be turned in the position Shown in Fig. l, permitting the iiuid through the pipes K K, the cock 7c being open, to exert its pressure above the piston c, and in order' that the valve may not close with a sharp injurious impact its closing movement may be regulated With the greatest precision by grad* ually opening the port g by the turning of the plug I, permitting the liquid from beneath the piston c to escape as gradually as necessary.
  • a pump (denoted conventionally at L,) which when the gated conduit contains steam or gas under pressure may be operated by the said steam or gas by closing the cock 7c and opening the cock m in the branch pipe M, leading from the pipe K to the pump, the pump .being arranged to draw Water or other liquid from
  • the piston c may be in either event operated by a liquid, in lthe one instance by transmitting the liquid through the pipes K K directly to the cylinder F and in the other case by utilizing the pressure of the fluid to operate a pump and forcethe liquid into the cylinder F.
  • the heaviest gate-valve may be manipulated with perfect ease by the outlay of just strength enough to turn the l1and-ivheel h', an operation which requires an inconsiderable amount of strength, and the closing of the gate may be regulated with perfect ease by manipulating the turn-plug l.
  • VILLIAM CRAIG VILLIAM CRAIG.

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W. CRAIG. MEANS EOE OPERATING VALVES.
(No Model) No. 585,377. Patented June 29, 1897.
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PATENT ninos.
VILLIAM CRAIG, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
MEANS FOR OPERATING VALVES.
SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 585,377, dated June ,29, 189'?.
Application iiled March 10, 1896.
.To @ZZ whom, t may concern,.-
Be it known that I, WILLIAM CRAIG, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Means for Operating Valves, of which the following is a specification.
My invention relates to an improvement in means for operating valves, and more particularly to means for operating the large valves or gates used in connection with waterworks and power supplies and commonly known as gate valves. The force required to open these large gate-valves under the high pressure upon one side has been a matter which has heretofore received attention and a relief has been provided by what was termed by-pass in order to save time and labor in operating them.
My present invention contemplates the utilization of the fluid under head or pres: sure, which the large valve is intended to cut off or release, as an operating force in opening the valve.
A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings,
p in which- Figure l is a View in end elevation of the coupling-piece in which the valve is seated, showing the cylinder in which the valveop erating piston works and the piston-operating valve-chamber in longitudinal section; and Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal section of the coupling in which the valve to be operated is located, showing the cylinder and the piston-operating valve-chamber in elevation with the top of the valve-chamber removed, and also showing, in connection with the pipe for conducting the fluid from the high-pressure side of the valve to be operated to the piston-operating valve-chamber, a pump.
The coupling in which the gate-valve is located is denoted by A, the gate-valve by B, and the valve-seat by b. On the coupling A there is located a cap-piece A for the recep tion of the valve B when it is lifted from the coupling A to open the interior of the latter for the passage of the fluid, and from within the cap-piece A a valve-operating rod O extends upwardly through suitable stuffingboXes D D in a pedestal E, which at the same time may form, as in the present instance, the
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lower cylinder-head of a cylinder F, in which a piston c, connected to the rod O, is fitted to reciprocate. The cylinder F has in connection therewith a val veecham ber G, which c0mmunicates, by ports g g', with the interior of the cylinder F at its opposite ends and with an exhaust-port g2.
A slide-valve His fitted to reciprocate within the valvechamber G and to alternately open the ports g g', the one to the interior of the valve-chamber G and the other to the eX- haust-port g2. The valve H is operated by means of a rotary shaft 7L, which extends through the end of the valve-chamber G, and is provided with a hand-wheel 7i for turning it, and within the valve-chamberis provided with a screw-threaded portion h2, which engages a nut h3, carried by the valve, so that the valve H will be slid toward one' or the other end of the chamber G, according as the hand-wheel h is turned in the one or the other direction.
I further provide means for closing the port g at pleasurein the present instance by means of a screw-plug I, provided with a hand-valve t' for operating it and adapted to be screwed from the outer wall of the port g' across the port to completely obstruct it.
As thus far described the operation is' as follows: When itis desired to open the valvegate, the operator, byturning the hand-wheel h' in the proper direction, may slide the valve II into position to close the port g to the interior of' the valvecha1nber'G and open it to the exhaust g2 and at the same time open the port g to the interior of the valve-chamber G. The fiuid from the high-pressure side of the valve B will then be permitted to flow through the pipe K, the cock k in said pipe being open, into the valve-chamber G, with which the pipe K communicates by a branch K', and thence `through the port g' beneath the piston c, tending to lift it, and hence the gate B. After the valve B is liftedlthe desired distance the further inflow of t-he fluid from the conduit on the highpressure side of the valve B may be cut oft either by closing the cock 7o or by closing the port g' by the plug I. The closing ot the port gby the plug I will hold the fluid, if it be a liquid-such, for example, as waterwithin the cylinder F beneath the piston c to retain the gate B open,
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and when it is desired to close the gate, if its own Weight is not sufficient to close it, the Valve II may be turned in the position Shown in Fig. l, permitting the iiuid through the pipes K K, the cock 7c being open, to exert its pressure above the piston c, and in order' that the valve may not close with a sharp injurious impact its closing movement may be regulated With the greatest precision by grad* ually opening the port g by the turning of the plug I, permitting the liquid from beneath the piston c to escape as gradually as necessary.
I find it generally preferable to utilize a liquid for the operation of the piston c in the cylinder F Whether the conduit, Which is opened and closed by the valve B, is for conducting a liquid or a gas, and to this end I find it advantageous to have connected with the transmitting-pipes K K a pump, (denoted conventionally at L,) which when the gated conduit contains steam or gas under pressure may be operated by the said steam or gas by closing the cock 7c and opening the cock m in the branch pipe M, leading from the pipe K to the pump, the pump .being arranged to draw Water or other liquid from a suitable source into the pipe Zand discharge it through the pipe l' into the pipe K by opening the cock Z2.
Thus Whether the conduit in which the gate- Valve B is located is employed to transmit a liquid or a gas the piston c may be in either event operated by a liquid, in lthe one instance by transmitting the liquid through the pipes K K directly to the cylinder F and in the other case by utilizing the pressure of the fluid to operate a pump and forcethe liquid into the cylinder F.
It may in some instances be found satisfactory to use the gas direct from the gated conduit to the cylinder F to operate the piston c in the same manner as that described With respect to conducting the liquid directly to the cylinder, and when so desired the mechanism which I have described is fitted for the purpose.
By the above construction and arrangement of parts the heaviest gate-valve may be manipulated with perfect ease by the outlay of just strength enough to turn the l1and-ivheel h', an operation which requires an inconsiderable amount of strength, and the closing of the gate may be regulated with perfect ease by manipulating the turn-plug l.
1. The combination with a conduit for the transmission of a fluid under head or pressure, and a valve for opening and closing said conduit, of a cylinder, a piston Within the cylinder and connected with the said valve, a valve-chamber and ports for transmitting a fluid to the opposite sides of the piston, a valve Within the said chamber, a valveop erating rod extending Without the chamber and provided with a sore thread Within the chamber, a traveling nut connecting the screw-threaded portion of said rod with the Valve and means for transmitting liquid from the said conduit to the said valve-chamber, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with the conduit for transmitting a fluid under head or pressure and a valve for opening and closing said conduit, of a cylinder, a piston Within the cylinder and connected with said valve, a pipe for transmitting fluid from t-he conduit to the cylinder containing the piston, a pump having its feed and discharge pipes connected With said Huid-transmitting pipe and means for closing the said fluid-transmitting pipe intermediate of its connections with the pump for utilizing the pressure of the iiuid in the conduit indirectly to operate the piston in the cylinder, substantially as set forth.
VILLIAM CRAIG.
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FREDK. IIAYNEs, IRENE B. DECKER.
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US2474355A (en) * 1942-08-29 1949-06-28 Clayton Manufacturing Co Remote-control means for valves
US2545509A (en) * 1947-09-19 1951-03-20 Westinghouse Air Brake Co Fluid pressure throttle control apparatus
US2633865A (en) * 1948-01-12 1953-04-07 Mastnock Frank Automatic gathering valve
US2709447A (en) * 1950-02-03 1955-05-31 Mastnock Frank Automatic gathering valve
US2912215A (en) * 1957-04-22 1959-11-10 Universal Metals Company Automatic valve
US2918929A (en) * 1955-03-24 1959-12-29 Bendix Aviat Corp Air pressure regulating and shut-off valve
US2958503A (en) * 1955-05-04 1960-11-01 Bendix Corp Bellows compensation for servo valve
US2997271A (en) * 1958-07-25 1961-08-22 Wallace A Bounds Actuators
US11281243B2 (en) * 2020-04-30 2022-03-22 Shandong Keyuan Water Supply And Drainage Equipment Engineering Co., Ltd. Safety device for hydrodynamic pressure regulating pipe network
US20230358334A1 (en) * 2022-05-09 2023-11-09 Palamar Industries Inc. Piston for adjustable pressure reducing valve and an adjustable pressure reducing valve

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2474355A (en) * 1942-08-29 1949-06-28 Clayton Manufacturing Co Remote-control means for valves
US2545509A (en) * 1947-09-19 1951-03-20 Westinghouse Air Brake Co Fluid pressure throttle control apparatus
US2633865A (en) * 1948-01-12 1953-04-07 Mastnock Frank Automatic gathering valve
US2709447A (en) * 1950-02-03 1955-05-31 Mastnock Frank Automatic gathering valve
US2918929A (en) * 1955-03-24 1959-12-29 Bendix Aviat Corp Air pressure regulating and shut-off valve
US2958503A (en) * 1955-05-04 1960-11-01 Bendix Corp Bellows compensation for servo valve
US2912215A (en) * 1957-04-22 1959-11-10 Universal Metals Company Automatic valve
US2997271A (en) * 1958-07-25 1961-08-22 Wallace A Bounds Actuators
US11281243B2 (en) * 2020-04-30 2022-03-22 Shandong Keyuan Water Supply And Drainage Equipment Engineering Co., Ltd. Safety device for hydrodynamic pressure regulating pipe network
US20230358334A1 (en) * 2022-05-09 2023-11-09 Palamar Industries Inc. Piston for adjustable pressure reducing valve and an adjustable pressure reducing valve

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