An Improved Appliance for use with Burst Pipes and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for use with Burst Pipes and the like.
I HORATIO SHEAF of the National Schools, Wanstead, in the County of London,
Schoolmaster, da hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved appliance for use with burst pipes and the
like and is designed to prevent the damage and inconvenience caused by the escape
of water and the like through a burst or break in the pipe through which it passes.
According to my invention I provide a portion of rubber or other strong elastic
material of suitable dimensions fixed securely at its ends along the whole width to
a bar or portion of wood or other material designed to receive it. These bars may
be if found necessary, longer than the width of the rubber and they will be pro-
vided with suitable clips or fasteners at either end so that they are capable of
being easily and securely fastened together at each end.
In using my improved appliance when the fissure is found, one end and con-
sequently one of the wooden bars is passed round the pipe when upon the two
bars being drawn to and fastened together the rubber will be stretched and
encircle the pipe thus pressing hard against and effectually closing the burst until
such time as it can be mended in the ordinary manner. It will thus be seen that
my improved appliance can be attached and removed from a pipe in a very
expeditious manner and it will consequently be found of great use in all cases of
bursting in pipes. Any kind of fastening may in practice be used providing that
the rubber be suitably stretcheu over the break in the pipe and held securely in
that position.
Dated this 0th day of October 1896
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, London, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for use with Burst Pipes and the like.
I HORATIO SHEAP of the National Schools in the County of Essex, Secretary,
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 relates to an improved appliance or device for use with gas burst
water pipes and the like is designed to prezent the damage and inconvenience
caused by the escape of water and other liquid or gas through a burst or break in
the pipe through which the liquid or gas passes.
According to my invention I employ a strip or sheet of rubber or other strong

page_text: elastic material of suitable dimensions each end of which is attached securely
along its whole length to a bar or strip. of wood metal or other suitable material.
These bars or strips may be of greater length than that of the elastic material
and are provided at each end or at the centre with screwed pins and nuts, clumps.
or other suitable fastenings for fixing them tightly together."
In using my improved device the elastic strip is placed around the pipe so as to
cover the break or fissure formed therein and the two bars or strips at the ends
are drawn together and fixed in position on the side of the pipe opposite the break
or fissure thus fixing the elastic strip in a stretched condition around the pipe
so as to effectually close the fissure therein and prevent the escape of water there-
from until such time as the pipe is repaired in the ordinary manner.
Instead of employing two separate bars or strips at the ends as aforesaid I may
fix the elastic material to a thin plate of suitable flexible material such as tin
forming a cover or protection to the elastic material and tightly clamping the
latter around the pipe, by means of a suitable fastening in which case also the
elastic material may extend only partly around the pipe.
And in order to clearly understand my said invention and the manner of its
application I will describe the same with reference to the accompanying sheet
of drawing in which Figure 1 is a side view thereof applied to a pipe and Figure 2
is a cross section of the same Figures 3 4 & 5 are views of the modification.
a is the strip or sheet of rubber or other elastic material and b b are the bars
or strips of wood or other material attached to its ends c c are the screwed pins or
bolts provided with nuts e and washers for securing the strips a together in
position on the pipe d and e is the fissure or break in the latter. The bars &
are cemented or otherwise attached to the ends of the elastic material along their
whole length and may extend a little beyond on each end where the fastening
devices are applied or the latter nray be applied in other positions along the said
hars. Figure 3 is a side view of a modification of the device applied to a pipe
Figure 4 a cross section thereof and Figure 5 an end view of the device when
detached or separate from the pipe.
In this case the elastic material a is attached to the inner side of a thin flexible
plate of suitable material such as tin bent or curved to the form shown in
Figure 5 the material a extending partly around the inner surface of the same and
thus forming a pad. The ends of the plate f are clamped together by the
screwed pin or bolt c and nut as in the previous example so as to cause the plate
to tightly grip the pipe d and thus force the elastic material against the break or
fissure e therein.
The application of my improved device is as follows:-When a break or fissure
occurs in a pipe caused by the action of the frost for instance I place the device
upon the pipe so that the elastic material covers the fissure and draw and fasten
the ends together as before described which causes the said material to press tightly
against the fissure and thus to effectually prevent the flow of water therefrom as
long as it is kept in position and until such time arrives that the supply of water
may be turned off when the device is easily removed and the pipe repaired in the
ordinary manner.
I make the devices of various sizes so as to be applicable to different lengths of
fissures formed in the pipes and also to fit various sized pipes and in the arrange-
ment shown in Figure 3 to 5 I provide one or more extra holes g in the plate f
for shifting the fastening according to the diameter of the pipe.
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. In a device or appliance for stopping the flow of water liquid or gas through
fissures or breaks in burst pipes the use of a strip or sheet of elastic material whose
opposite sides or edges are attached to the bars provided with fastenings or clamps for
fixing the elastic material in a stretched condition around the pipe so as to effect-

page_text: ually close the break or fissure therein substantially as herein described and set
forth.
2. In a device for the purpose above claimed attaching a strip or pad of elastic
material to the inner side of a flexible plate provided with means for fixing it in
position upon a pipe substantially as described and shown with reference to
Figures 34 and 5 of the accompanying drawings
3. The improved device or appliance for use with burst pipes and the like
substantially as described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 7th day of July 1897.
J. B. FLEURET,
5 Hatton Garden, London, Agent for the Applicant.