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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
HELMOTH M. LEIDECKER, OF WACO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MiESNE
ASSIGNMENTS, OF FIVE-EIGHTHS TO FRANK W. LEIDECKER AND TWO-EIGHTHS
TO W. W. JENKINS AND J. RAY BROWN, ALL OF OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA.
WATER-GAGE.Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented Dec. 30, 1919.
Application filed April 23, 1919. Serial No. 292,072.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that 1, IHEIATOTH M. Ln-
DECKER. a citizen of the United States, re-
siding at Waco, in the county of McLennan
5 and State of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Water-Gage, of which the following
is a specification."
This invention relates to water gages for
ascertaining the height of water in a steam
10 boiler and more particularly to gages that
are normally held closed by the weight of
the operating handle and has for its object
the provision of a gage that is simple in
construction, with few parts and that may
15 be manufactured with a minimum amount
of skilled labor. another object is novel
means of assembling the valve whereby the
same may be readily taken apart for repairs
without the use of tools and a further ob-
20 ject is a novel form of valve seat and means
for retaining the same in place.
With these and other objects in view as
will appear as the description proceeds the
invention resides in the novel combination
25 and arrangement of parts, more particularly
pointed out in the appended claims.
In the drawing:
Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a
gage constructed in accordance with my
30 invention;
Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of
the same, parts being broken away;
Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation of the
fixed member of gage;
35 Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the
movable or swinging member; and
Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the device,
parts being in central longitudinal section.
Referring specifically to the drawing by
40 characters of reference, the gage comprises
two parts designated by the numerals 1 and
2. The part 1 consists of a threaded tubu-
lar stem portion 3, adapted to be attached
to the boiler shell and an enlarged head por-
45 tion 4, having parallel opposite side faces
5, each face being provided with a circular
groove 6, the outer rim of which is cut
away as shown at 7 to form an opening to
the groove, for a purpose to be presently de-
50 scribed.
A flange 8 projects from the face 5 at its
lower edge and is concentric with the groove
6. An arcuate seating face 9 is formed on
the periphery of the portion 4 and is eccen-trick to the groove 6. A small hole 10 is 55
bored from the face 9 to communicate with
the tubular portion 3.
The movable member 2 of the gage has
oppositely disposed parallel cbeek plates
11 each provided with an inturned segmental 60
flange 12 adapted to seat in the groove 6,
thus coacting to form a hinge for the two
members. At the juncture of the cheek
plates with an enlarged part of the member
2, an arcuate wall 13 is formed which is ec- 65
centric to the flange 12 and closely approxi-
mates the arcuate face 9. A strip of lead
14 or similar soft metal is fitted between the
plates 11 and against the wall 13 to form
a steam tight joint for the bore 10. 70
'Segmental slots 15 are cut through the
plates 11, the outer edges of said slots reg-
istering with the wall 13 and are adapted
to receive a portion of the edge of the strip
14, when the same is swaged to its seat, as 75
will presently appear.
A stem 16 is formed on the member 2 and
is provided with an enlargement 17 adapted
to fit a correspondingly shaped opening 18
in a weiahted handle 19, the handle being 80
split, as shown at 20, to permit the same to
spring over the enlargement 17 and grip the
stem.
By reference to Figs. 3 and 4 it will be
seen the opening 7 and the flange 12 are ap- 85
proximately the same length, so that, when
the member 2 is moved to the position shown
in dotted lines in Fig. 1 the two parts may
be separated for inspection and repair. In
replacing the strip 14, which may be done 90
while steam pressure is on the boiler, it is
only necessary to place a new strip in posi-
tion between the plates 11, connect the two
members of the gage and proceed, with the
aid of the weighted handle, to swage the 95
strip to its seat, by forcing it against the
face 13, this operation will force the soft
metal of the strip to a perfect seat on the face
13 and also force a portion of the metal into
the slots 15, thereby securely fastening the 100
strip to the wall 13.
As the face 13 and closure strip 14 are ec-
centric to the hinge of the two members 1
and 2 the tendency of the weighted handle
is to constantly exert pressure on the valve 105
seat to keep it closed and a tight joint is al-
ways maintained.
A lip or flange 21 is formed on the mem-1,326,459.
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Leidecker, Helmoth M. Water-Gage., patent, December 30, 1919; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1258085/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.