Improvements in or relating to Bellows.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Bellows.
I, WILLIAM JAMES BINGHAM, of Clough Works, Sheffield, in the County of
York, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to bellows its object being to so construct them that
they can easily be packed into a small compass.
I take say an ordinary single or double blast bellows and make the following
alterations in their construction:-
The standards can be similar to the ordinary standards used but are made in
parts and flanged or jointed together in the most convenient manner; also the
handle for the purpose of working the bellows can be similarly constructed that
is to say made in parts and when put together extended.
Again, in the double blast bellows a back pipe is used which connects one
chamber to the other; in fixing this back pipe to the chambers skill and neatness
of workmanship is required and the operation is very tedious. To obviate this
I separate the back pipe from its chambers and so arrange that it can be fixed
thereto by flanges, sockets or any other ready attachments; the back pipe can
be made in parts if necessary.
Back-pipes are in use with double-blast bellows at the present time but are
not flanged to the respective chambers or connected thereto so that the connec-
tion can be readily made and unmade.
The whole can be neatly and safely packed in small compass for export.
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L
1000
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in or relating to Bellows.
I, WILLIAM JAMES BINGHAM, of Clough Works, Sheffield, in the County of
York, Manufacturer, 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:-
This invention relates to bellows its object being to so construct them that
they can easily be packed into a small compass.

page_text: I take say an ordinary single or double blast bellows and make the following
alterations in their construction:-
The standards can be similar to the ordinary standards used but are made in
parts and flanged or jointed together in the most convenient manner; also the
handle for the purpose of working the bellows can be similarly constructed that
is to say made in parts and when put together extended.
Again, in the double blast bellows a back pipe is used which connects one
chamber to the other; in fixing this back pipe to the chambers skill and neatness
of workmanship is required and the operation is very tedious. To obviate this
I separate the back pipe from its chambers and so arrange that it can be fixed
thereto by flanges, sockets or any other ready attachments; the back pipe can
be made in parts if necessary.
Back-pipes are in use with double-blast bellows at the present time but are
not flanged to the respective chambers or connected thereto so that the connec-
tion can be readily made and unmade.
The whole can be neatly and safely packed in small compass for export.
In the accompanying drawings:-
Figure 1 is an elevation of a circular double-blast bellows.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the sockets and connecting pipe.
Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional plan through on the line 33 of Fig. 1.
Like létters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
The bellows A are constructed in the ordinary manner with the exception of
the standards B which are made in two parts and jointed by flanges and bolts
at C.
In suitable position on the bellows A, preferably at the side, I attach,
sockets D, D preferably formed interchangeable and connect these sockets by an
intermediate or back pipe E the joints F, F" being made air-tight either by india-
rubber, leather, or the like.
The pipe E and the sockets D, D¹ form the air delivery from the lower
chamber of the bellows A to the higher.
I am perfectly aware that the back-pipe has been made in many forms, thus,
a leather connecting pipe has been used, fastened to the bellows at D and 1,
also metallic pipes have been made in one but their connection has been princi-
pally conducted from underneath the bellows A to the side at D).
In my construction the back-pipe is constructed so as to be easily connected
or disconnected as desired.
The balance weights G are constructed of hollow shells divided in the centre,
having suitable arrangements for jointing. An ordinary eye-bolt is passed
through the centre of the hollow weights and screwed at the bottom by nuts or
other arrangements thus when placed in position the weight is held by the eye
of the bolt on the ordinary hook constructed for that purpose.
One or more holes are preferably made as near as possible to the top of each
balance shell, so as to enable it to be filled with some heavy substance. The
handle is jointed at H by hinges or in some other manner. The ordinary
delivery pipe K with leather connections is employed.
With double blast bellows thus constructed, the standards, balance weights,
back-pipe, sockets, and everything connected therewith can be easily packed in
the same case as the bellows itself, whilst by removing the connecting pipe E
the bellows are allowed to collapse and only require about one-half the packing
room.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The combination with circular single or double-blast bellows of standards
such as B formed in two or more parts substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 2. The combination with circular single or double-blast bellows of sockets
such as D, D with connecting pipe E, substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.
3. The complete double-blast bellows substantially as described and illustrated
in the accompanying drawings.