USRE4618E - Improvement in automatic barrel-fillers - Google Patents

Description

S C C Awww-tk@ Bmw @l mmm Reissued on. 31,1871.

III l/l//l//I//A lll/11111111111 L. n eifel.

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

sETE o. oATLrN, oE cLEvELANn, omo.

IMPROVEMENT IN AUTOMATIC lBARRELFFILLERS.

rSpecification forming part of Letters Patent No. 99,159, dated January 25, 1870; reissue No. 4,618, dated October 3l,

DIVISION B.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SETE G. GATLIN, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic Barrel-Fillers 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 drawing forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved apparatus for iilling barrels and other vessels with oil or other liquids; and consists in providing certain mechanical devices and arranging them in such a manner that the flow of oil or liquid into the barrel shall be automaticallyT stopped when the barrel is filled or nearly iilled. It also consists in a device combined therewith f'or drawing oils or liquids from the reservoir for testing or other purposes, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing', Figure 1 represents a vertical section ofthe barrel-iiller, showing the parts of which it is composed arranged in their proper positions. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of Fig. 1 through the line a; m, showinga top view of the mechanismv for tripping the stopvalve.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This apparatus consists of a main tube, A, the stop-valve chamber B, the induction-tube G connected therewith, and the branch-tube D inclosing the adjusting and tripping device, together with the iioat-lever, rods, and stop-valve, referred to hereafter. The barrel-filler is represented as when in use. E represents the barrel, and F the surface ofthe fluid in the barrel. G is a float, which operates in the tube H, which tubeis placed within the tube A, as seen in the drawing. The course of the liquid from the reservoir or tank into the barrel is indicated by the arrows. The iiow of the liquid into the barrel is stopped automatically by the drop-valve I onto the seat J. This valve is attached to the rod K, and is supported on the hook L by means of the shoulder m. N is an aperture within the barrel, through the tubes A and H, into the Heat-chamber O. The ioat lis made to act upon the hook L and cause the valve I to drop by means of the lever P, with which the iioat-rod qis connected at the point R. The fulcrum of the lever-rod P is at S. T is a rod which connects the hook L with the lever P at the point U. The point Umay be the end of an arm from the lever P. In this example of my invention is a pin in the periphery of a disk, V, through which the lever passes. W is a movable weight on the end of the lever P for properly balancing the oat. It will be seen that the connecting-rod T is adjustable on the pin U by means of the holes w, and that the cap y covers an orifice in the tube D, through which the adjustment is made. As the apparatus is shown in the drawing, the liquid in the barrel will continue to rise and the iioat will remain stationary in its chamber O until the liquid iiows into the Heat-chamber through the aperture M and buoys up the iioat. When this takes place .the long end of the lever will be raised, which will throw the rod T to the right and draw the hook L from the shoulder m, and valve I will drop and shut off the ow of the liquid into the barrel. The quantity of liquid discharged into the barrel depends upon the position or height of the iioat, and this position is varied by raising or lowering the oat on its own rod. The holes a in the connecting-rod T are for Xing the'proper position ofthe rod. By means of this arrangement the barrel may be filled to any desired height. A gallon (more or less) may be left out of the barrel, as may be desired. At each adjustment the iioat will be properly balanced by means of the movable weight W, so that the exact moment for tripping the valve and stopping the flow may be insured. The valve-rod K drops into the tube z. The tripping-hook L and its point of connection with the rod T, as well as the joint It, is contained in the tube a', immediately above the float-chamber O. This tube a is closed at the top, so as to exclude the liquid. B is a tube, which is connected to the cap C of the valve-chamber B bya screw-joint, as seen at D. E is a tube within B', which is kept in position by means of the cap Ff and the hollow conical foot-piece g on its lower end. The valve-rod K passes through this conical end and into the tube E', as seen in the drawing. h is an oriiice in the tube E', which admits liquid irom the chamber B. z' is a cap on the tube E. j is a screw-valve on this cap, and k is an orice in the cap, through which liquid from the tube F may be discharged When the screw-valve is raised. This arrangement is designed for lling vials with the liquid, for testing or other purposes. This is done when the valve is either up or down, so that the liquid can iloW freely from the valve-chamber B into the outer tube B. The inner tube E is allowed to play freely through the cap Ff, and the valve I is raised by means of this vertical movement, so that the shoulder M on the valve-rod is brought above the tripping-hook L. n is acollar on the valve-rod K, by which the valve and rod are supported on the bottom of the hollow conical end g of the tube E. When the tripping-hook L has caught the shoulder m so that the valve is supported thereby, the tube E is forced down to the position seen in the drawing.

The advantages of this apparatus for filling barrels or other similar vessels are many, and must be obvious to all. It is perfectly sure in its operation and stops the flow at the desired point of time, filling the barrel entirely or leaving it unfilled to any desired degree. When once adjusted it is perfectly self-acting, requiring no attention until it is to be transferred to another barrel; consequently a single attendant may attend to a number of the lillers, keeping them all in operation at the same time, thus greatly facilitating the operation of transferring rliquid from a tank or reservoir to other vessels.

Having `thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- The iloat G and float-chamber 0 and discharg;y ing-tube A, arranged in such correlation to each other that the said chamber and iloat are within said discharging-tube and extending above the outlet of the same, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

SETE C. CATLIN.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE,

N. W. TAYLOR. (17 6)

Images