Improvements in Hose Pipes for Garden Use and for other. purposes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb.,
1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1894-Accepted, 19th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Hose Pipes for Garden Use and for other.
purposes.
I, THOMAS ALFRED VANN, of 2 Cambridge Arcade, Southport, in the
County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of hose pipe manufactured from indiarubber
and canvas and principally intended for use in gardens or for conducting water
from any source of supply to any place as may be desired. Although primarily
intended for this purpose the application of the invention is not limited thereto,
and the same may be applied in the manufacture of hose pipe for other purposes.
As now manufactured the hose pipe has been constructed of two tubes or
covers of rubber between which a wrapping of canvas or other textile material has
been inserted.
In use this form of construction has been found defective. Should any defective
part occur in the internal rubber tube the pressure of the water therein has been
exerted through the canvas wrapping directly on the external tube or coating of
rubber which has soon given way under the stress or pressure and so rendered the
pipe useless.
My invention consists in inserting two or more wrappings or coverings of canvas
or other suitable strengthening material alternating with rubber tubes or coatings
of rubber and so producing a hose pipe capable of withstanding a much greater
pressure per square inch than that now manufactured and so avoiding its defects.
In carrying out the invention the internal rubber tube will be covered with a
wrapping or covering of canvas or any other suitable material, in the manner now
commonly practiced or in any other suitable method and then a further rubber
covering or tube formed thereon and again a further wrapping or covering of canvas
over which a further covering or tube of rubber will be placed.
The thickness or depth of the rubber tubes will be made as desired and each
wrapping or covering of canvas or other strengthening material may be one, two,
three, or any desired number of plies or layers of the material.
Two or any other desired number of canvas wrappings or covers may be
employed and although I have only described the employment of two such covers
three, or four may be used as found most suitable for the purpose for which the pipe
is intended.
As a result a pipe of much greater strength will be produced and one capable
of resisting a much greater internal pressure than when a single wrapping of canvas
only is used where the pressure is exerted on the outer rubber tube or cover in case
of any defect in the internal one.
Dated this 9th day of February 1894.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street,. Manchester, Patent Agents.

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Improvements in Hose Pipes for Garden Use and for other
purposes.
I, THOMAS ALFRED VANN of 2, Cambridge Arcade, Southport Manufacturer
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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in hose pipes for garden use and for other
purposes; and refers particularly to that class of hose pipe manufactured from
indiarubber and canvas which is principally intended for use in gardens and for
conducting water from any source of supply to any place desired, and it has for
object to give additional strength and greater resisting power to hose pipes of this
type, rendering them almost indestructible, and this without increasing the weight
or the price of the hose. Amongst the many advantages possessed by the hose
constructed in accordance with this invention are lightness combined with increased
strength; pliability-it will bend without breaking; and non-liability to burst,
a fracture er flaw inside or outside not affecting the wear of the hose.
And in order that this my invention may be fully understood and readily carried.
into effect I will now proceed to describe same with reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings upon which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in
each of the figures.
Figure 1. represents in cross section the hose as hitherto constructed.
Fig. 2. is a longitudinal sectional view of a hose constructed in accordance with
my invention in which two section of canvas are shewn combined with three
sections of india-rubber. Fig. 3. is a cross section of the same.
Fig. 4. is a longitudinal sectional view of my hose but in which three sections of
canvas are employed in conjunction with four sections of india-rubber, and Fig. 5.
is a cross section of the same.
In Figs. 2 & 3 two ply canvas is shewn as being employed whilst in Figs. 4 & 5
three ply canvas is so used. It will readily be understood that as required either
one, two, three, or more ply canvas. may be employed in the construction of hose
pipes according to this invention.
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Now this invention consists essentially in the insertion of two, three, or more
layers of canvas or other suitable strengthening material (each layer either one, two,
or three ply as may be desired) alternately with rubber tubes or coatings of rubber in
the manufacture of hose pipes and so producing a hose pipe capable of withstanding
a much greater pressure per square inch than that hitherto manufactured, and
avoiding its consequent defects. In use the combined canvas and rubber hose.
pipes as ordinarily constructed have been found very unsatisfactory, for should any
defective part occur in the internal rubber tube the pressure of the water therein
causes same to percolate through the canvas wrapping directly on to the external
rubber tube or coating which soon gives way and so renders the hose useless.
In carrying out this invention the internal rubber tube a see Figs. 2, 3, 4 & 5
of the drawings is covered with a wrapping or covering of canvas or any other
suitable material and then a further rubber covering or tube c is formed thereon,
and again a further wrapping or covering of canvas or the like d is placed over
same and then another tube or covering of rubber e is placed over all.
In Figs. 4 & 5 an additional layer of canvas fand a further covering of rubber g
are shewn, and these alternate layers of canvas and rubber may be increased in
number indefinitely all as may be required and in accordance with the strength and
resistance required in the hose pipe to be manufactured.
Although particularly applicable for hose pipes intended for garden use this my

page_text: invention is of equal advantage when applied to hose pipes employed for other
purposes such as for instance engineering, diving, and other operations; and for
pumps and hydrants generally when it is desired to conduct water from one position
to another.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvements in hose pipes for garden use and other purposes
substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2. In hose pipes the arrangement of two, three, or more layers of canvas or the
like (each layer being one, two, three, or more ply), alternately with rubber tubes
or coatings of rubber; substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described
and shewn particularly in Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5. of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 10th day of November 1894.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.