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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,
ROBERT L. WILLIS, OF SHERMAN, TEXAS.
WATER-GAGE.
SPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 311,093, dated January 20, 1885.
Application filed September 5, 1884. (No model.)To all w72on? it n-cUy CCee,7b :
Be it known that I, ROBERT L. WILLIS, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Sher-
man, in the county of Grayson and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and useful Im-
provement in Water-Gages, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.
My invention consists in the arrangement
of a chamber attached to the lower valve of an
to ordinary water-gage; and the object of my im-
provement is to prevent the foam and sediment
of steam -boilers from .accumulating in the
glass, stuffing - boxes, and valves of water-
gages. I attain this object by the mechanism
15 illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in
which the figure is a vertical elevation of the
entire device.
A and B are pins projecting from the sides
of ordinarygage-valves, CC. They screw into
20 the shell of a boiler, and by which the gage is
attached thereto. Through the former steam
and through the latter water passes into the
glass tube D, which is suitably secured at each
end in hollow chambers E and F. These tubes
25 are flanged. Said flanges serve for holding
guard-rods G.
H H are stuffing-boxes, in which there is
suitable packing to secure the ends of the glass
tube D.
30 A petcock is usually placed in the aperture
I at the bottom end of valve C, intended for
the purpose of blowing out any sediment or
dirty water which may accumulate in the glassor valves of the water-gage. This cock I re-
move, and in its place screw the hollow cham- 35
ber K, at the bottom end of which I screw the
cock L, removed from the valve. This cham-
ber acts as a repository for any sediment or
lime which may enter the glass or valves.
The sediment tends to settle downward into 40
this chamber, when it may be readily and fre-
quently blown out through the cock L. By
means of this attachment the glass and valves
are always kept clear of lime or other deposit
which rapidly accumulates in ordinarygages. 45
Should this chamber become coated with lime,
as it will in the course of time, it may be re-
moved, cleaned, and replaced, when it will
act as effectually as when new.
By proper use of this device it is never nec- co
essary to remove and clean the glass or valves,
thus rendering the breaking of glasses much
less frequent.
Having fully described my invention, what
I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent c 5
is-
A glass water-gage having attached to the
lower valve, C, thereof a receptacle or cham-
ber, K, to receive foreign matter, and pro-
vided with a blow-out cock, L, at its lower 6o
end for relieving said receptacle of said mat-
ter, as shown and described.
ROBERT L. WILLIS.
Witnesses:
NAT GUNTER,
R. R. DIXON.
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Willis, Robert L. Water Gage., patent, January 20, 1885; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170892/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.