cone by tying the junction round with rag, string and putty.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 15th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1895
I, JAMES ARTHUR HORNBY of Bulkley Square Menai Bridge in the County
of Anglesey Registered Plumber and General Furnishing Ironmonger do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention refers to the connection of, for example, the flush pipe of a water
closet to the arm of the basin and my object is to produce a better and more
mechanically correct method of forming such junctions, than has been hitherto
possible by the employment either of a so called india rubber "plumbers cone
by tying the junction round with rag, string and putty.
"
or
My invention consists in providing a metal clip or collar which surrounds the
arm behind the outer projection or shoulder on the end of arm of the basin or pan.
This metal clip or collar is so made as to be capable of being put over and behind
the shoulder and there firmly held in position and is provided with two or more
equidistant lugs having bolt holes therein. Or it may be made for instance in the
form of a band with holes countersunk from the inside so that bolts with corre-
spondingly shaped heads may be inserted from the inside. The bolts are at a short
distance from their heads bent at right angles so as to be parallel with the arm of
the basin. Or the clip may be made of wire and the bolts may be made hooked
shaped at their ends. The flushing or other pipe is provided with a loose collar
preferably somewhat cupshaped and having lugs with bolt holes corresponding to
those in the collar on the arm of the basin or pan. An india rubber or other
suitable washer is then put on the pipe and the latter is inserted into the hole iu
the arm of the basin.
The two collars or clips are then by means of the bolts drawn closer together
squeezing the washer between the cupshaped collar the end of the arm of the basin
and the pipe, thus forming a tight joint.
The advantage of a joint or connection of this kind is that it is easily made, is
not costly, may be very quickly disconnected and used again if required.
Dated this 15th day of January 1895.
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.
I, JAMES ARTHUR HORNBY of Bulkley Square, Menai Bridge, in the County
of Anglesey, Registered Plumber and General Furnishing Ironmonger do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
My invention refers to the connection of, for example, the "flush" pipe of a
water closet to the arm of the basin and my object is to produce a better and more,
mechanically, correct method of forming such junctions, than has been hitherto
possible by the employment, either of a so-called india rubber "plumbers" cone or
by tying the junction round with rag, string and putty.

page_text: Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings shows, in perspective, the arm of a
basin with the "flush" pipe ready to be connected thereto.
Figure 2 is a similar view with the pipe connected to the arm of the basin.
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the clip or collar.
Figure 4 is a detail view showing one of the bolts employed and
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a modified form of clip or collar.
My invention consists as shown with reference to Figures 1 to 4 in providing a
metal clip or collar A which in the example shown surrounds the arm of the basin
or pan. This collar A is adjustable and made as shown more particularly in the
detail view, Figure 3 in the form of a band so as to be capable of being put over
and behind the shoulder B on the arm C of the pan and there firmly held in position
by screwing up the nut D on the bolt E which connects the two ends of the collar.
The bolt E, see also Figure 4, has a head, bent at right angles and this head seats
itself in a hole F countersunk from the inside in such manner that the head is flush
with the interior surface of the collar. The collar A is further provided with a
suitable number of similarly countersunk holes G through which holes go corre-
sponding bolts H (Figures 1 and 2). The flush or other pipe I is provided with a
loose collar K, preferably somewhat cup-shaped and having lugs L with bolt holes
corresponding to the bolts H. An india rubber or other suitable washer M is
then put on the pipe and the latter is inserted in the hole in the arm C of the
basin.
The two collars A and K are then by means of the nuts on the bolts H drawn
closer together, squeezing the washer M between the cupshaped collar K, the
end B of the arm C and the pipe I, thus forming a tight joint.
If desired ordinary straight bolts H may be used instead of the bent ones shown
and in that case the collar A is provided with lugs such as those shown at L. The
collar A may also be made of wire as shown in Figure 5. One end of the wire is
as shown bent into the form of a loop through which goes the other end E which
is screw threaded and provided with a nut D. Although the invention has only
been here shown as applied to the connection between the "flush" pipe and arm of
a watercloset pan or basin, it is evident that it may be applied equally well for
connecting the soil pipe to the pan and for other similar purposes.
The advantages of a joint of this kind are that it is easily made, is not costly, is
practically applicable to any basin, is much more simple and effective than the
ordinary india rubber cones, is easily disconnected and may be used again if
required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is.
1. A pipe connection consisting of an adjustable collar A having bolts H and a
cup-shaped collar K with lugs L and having a washer M which by means of the
said bolts is so squeezed as to make a tight joint between the two hollow parts
requiring to be connected substantially as set forth.
2. A pipe connection consisting of an adjustable collar A, which is put over and
behind the shoulder B of the arm of a basin and there clamped, provided with
bolts H, a cupshaped collar K on the flushing pipe I with lugs L through the holes
of which go the bolts H, and a washer M which when the two collars are brought
together is compressed and thus forms a tight joint between the outside of the
pipe I and the shoulder B substantially as described and shown.
day of October 1895.
JENSEN & SON,
77 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.