An Improved Seating or Support for Drain and other Pipes.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1892
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Complete Specification Left, 30th Jan., 1893—Accepted, 4th Mar:, 1893
j.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Seating or Support for Drain and other Pipes.
I, HECTOR GERMAN of Ivy House, Lindfield, Haywards Heath in the County
of Sussex Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The invention has for its object an improved seating or support for drain and
other pipes whereby such pipes are held in their proper relative position to each
other during the process of laying and fixing, at the same time it will form
a permanent support or seating after the joints have been properly calked and
fixed.
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The invention consists of constructing, in any suitable manner, of earthenware
iron or other material, and of any desired shape or design, a block or standard the
foot or lower part of which is formed with a flat or level surface so as to present
a firm base to the ground, and the upper part or face thereof is hollowed out
sufficiently to easily receive the drain or other pipe.
It will be seen that easy access may be had all round the pipe thus facilitating
the making of a perfectly sound and air tight joint without the necessity of extra
excavation where such joints meet.
MA1000
HECTOR GERMAN.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Seating or Support for Drain and other Pipes.
I HECTOR GERMAN of Ivy House Lindfield near Hayward's Heath in the
County of Sussex Surveyor do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
drawings and to the figures and letters marked hereon :-
This invention has for its object an improved seating or support for drain and
other pipes whereby such pipes are held in their proper relative position to each
other during the process of laying and fixing at the same time it will form a
permanent support or seating after the joints have been properly calked and fixed
and in some cases the costly process now employed of forming a concrete bed or
foundation is obviated.
In order that my invention may be properly understood and readily carried into
effect I have appended hereto a sheet of drawings in which :-
Figure 1 is an end elevation shewing an example of a support or seating for
drain pipes constructed according to my invention.
Figure 2 shews the method of using such supports in the laying of drains.
The invention consists of constructing in any suitable manuer of earthenware
iron or other material a block or standard a the foot or lower part b of which is
formed in preference flat to present a firm surface or base to the ground, and the
upper part or face c thereon is hollowed out sufficiently to easily receive the body d'
of the drain or other pipe d the socket d of such pipe being just clear of the
support a as shown in Figure 2 of the accompanying drawing. In some instances
I form near the lower part or base of the support a openings or perforations e
which allow the rain or other water that may be running down the trench to How
therethrough without washing any of the cement or other packing from the joints
or sockets.

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In using my seating or support for drain pipes I place the same the required
distance apart and at the proper level or incline in the trench, the pipes are then
laid therein and the joint made which being the proper or permanent position of
such pipes and joints it will thus avoid any shifting thereof and at the same time
there is no risk of damage to the pipes or joints.
It will thus be seen that easy access may be had all round the pipes thus
facilitating the making of a sound and tight joint, any defects therein may also be
easily discovered on their being tested without extra excavation where such pipes
meet.
I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the exact shape or
design of the support as above described as various other shapes will readily
suggest themselves to persons connected with such matters, for instance the per-
forations e in the support instead of being formed in the body of the same may be
cut through from the base, or the base itself may be arched or curved.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
-claim is :-
A seating or support for laying drain and other pipes constructed substantially
as herein described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of January 1893.
HECTOR GERMAN.