important dates

dobro23

anyone have a list of important dates to the steam heating world? Im finding years but not exact days. looking for things such as: October 3, 1854- Steven Gold patents the Gold matress radiator. thanks in advance.

ratio

I think you'll need to get in touch with @DanHolohan for that kind of detail.

DanHolohan

How's this?

https://heatinghelp.com/blog/a-years-worth-of-heating-history/

More history here: https://heatinghelp.com/blog/category/history-lesson

It pays to wander off The Wall.

Eastman

"On August 14, 1903, John Collis of Des Moines, Iowa filed a patent for a one-pipe steam supply valve that could be throttled."

This was patent No. 763724

How did this valve work?

DanHolohan

@Eastman, it worked like this:

https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/35/36/01f65f23c17401/US763724.pdf

Eastman

Anyone care to provide a layman's interpretation? I could not follow the patent description.