IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING WATER IN PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES.
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Farrand Clarke, of Moorgate Street, in the
City of London, for the Invention of "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR
DISTRIBUTING WATER IN PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES.
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Farrand Clarko.
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 30th July 1874.
I, JOHN FARRAND CLARKE, of Moorgate Street, in the City of
London, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING WATER IN PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES,”
to be as follows:―
My Invention relates to impicved apparatus for distributing water in
public thoroughfares, for watering roads, and other purposes, and
consists of a portable stand pipe to be applied to cocks or valves,
provided at convenient positions in the street or other place, and com-
municating with the water mains, the stand-pipe being-adapted-to be
readily fitted to any one of said cocks, and serving both as stand pipe

page_text: for the distribution of the water and as key for turning the cock to
which it is applied on and off. The stand pipe terminates at the lower
end in a socket to receive the tubular plug of the cock to which the
stand pipe is applied, the two being connected by a bayonet fastening,
which enables the cock to be rotated by the stand pipe, a tight joint
being also ensured with the aid of a suitable packing. The stand pipe
terminates at the upper end in a cross handle, by which the stand pipo
and cock are turned together, and the stand pipe is provided with a
discharge pipe and nozzle or spreader, and may be fitted with a water
meter if desired. The cock consists of a hollow plug, before mentioned,
fitted in a suitable socket placed below the level of the ground, and
connected to the water main by a pipe. The plug has an aperture,
which when made to coincide with tho orifice of the water pipe gives
passage to the water through the plug and stand pipe to the delivery
nozzle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of tho Lotters Patent,
filed by the said John Farrand Clarke in the Great Scal Patent
Office on the 30th January 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
FARRAND CLARKE, of Moorgate St., in the City of London, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent bearing date the Thirtieth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs, and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said John Farrand Clarke, Her special
licence that I, the said John Farrand Clarke, my executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Farrand
Clarke, executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING WATER IN PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Farrand

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Clarke, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed; and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
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J.
NOW KNOW YE, that. I, the said John Farrand Olarke, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked theroon (that
is to say) :-
My Invention relates to improved apparatus for distributing water in
public thoroughfares, for watering roads, extinguishing fire, and other
purposes, and consists of a portable stand pipe or hydrant to be applied
to valves constructed as hereafter described, and fixed at convenient
positions in the street or other place, and communicating with the water
mains, the stand pipe boing adapted to be readily fitted to any one of
the valves, and serving both as a stand pipe for the distribution of the
water and as a key for turning the valve to which it is applied on and
off. The stand pipe terminates at the lower end in a socket to receive
the tubular plug of the valve to which the stand pipe is applied, the two
being connected by a bayonet fastening, which enables the valve to be
rotated by the stand pipe, a tight joint being also ensured with the aid
of a suitable packing. The stand pipe terminates at the upper end in a
T handle, by which the stand pipe and valve are turned together, and
the stand pipe is provided with a discharge pipe and nozzle or spreader,
and may be fitted with a water meter if desired. The valve consists of a
hollow plug, before mentioned, fitted in a suitable socket placed below
the level of the ground in a cast-iron trap of the usual construction, and
connected to the water main by a pipe. The plug has an aperture,
which when made to coincide with the orifice of the water pipe gives
passage to the water through the plug and stand pipe to the delivery.
nozzle.

page_text: a is the stand pipe, to which is attached the distributing hose 6 by a
union joint at c. The stand pipe a is provided at its upper part with a
T handle d, by which to turn the hollow plug e of the valvo to which
the stand pipe a is fixed. The plug e is fitted in a shell or socket f
provided with a stuffing box to prevent the escape of water.
The
socket is bolted on a suitable foundation, and communicates by a
pipe with the water main h. The plug c is provided with an orifice i
at one side, which may be made to coincide with pipe g. The stand
pipe a is formed into a socket at k to receive the upper end of plug c,
a suitable packing being provided to make a tight joint. The connection 1
is made by a lug on the plug e entering a bayonet slot m in the pipe a,
by which means the plug e is rotated to turn the supply of water on or
off. o is a spring hand lever pivoted on the stand pipe and terminating
in a lug p, which is caused to enter the bayonet slot m, as shown, behind
the lug to prevent the accidental disconnection of the stand pipe while 1
in use.
q is a stop on socket k to limit the motion of plug e.
Having described the nature of the Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
1st. A combined portable stand pipe and key adapted to connect with 2
and to operate valves fixed in suitable positions in connection with tho
water main, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes
set forth.
set forth.
2ndly. In combination with a portablo stand pipo or hydrant a valve
having a hollow plug constructed substantially as and for the purposes 2
herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Farrand Olarke, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.
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