Improvements in or relating to Gas Brackets.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 14th Dec., 1892-Accepted, 28th Jan., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Gas Brackets.
I HARRY THORPE of 59 Theobalds Road, London, in the County of London,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved form of gas bracket, the object being to
obtain a complete universal joint which can be easily adjusted in use, and through
which the gas does not pass avoiding all chance of leakage.
My improved form of joint is a double ball joint, and it consists of one ball
formed on, or attached to, the plate or bracket adapted to be connected to the gas
pipe and to be fixed to the wall or other place of fixture, of a second ball formed
on, or attached to, the tubular arm of the bracket carrying the burner at its free
end, and of a double connecting plate adapted to complete the joint. Each con-
necting plate has a socket in the form of a half ball or sphere in each end, adapting
them to fit over and under the two balls or spheres, and they are clamped together
by a bolt or screw passing through them between the said balls or spheres. This
device gives a perfect universal joint and enables the burner to be placed in any
desired position with respect to the bracket carrying it.
The gas is conveyed from the bracket to the tubular arm, past the double ball
joint, by means of a short length of flexible tube which preferably springs from
both the bracket and the tubular arm in a vertical direction.
The tubular arm may if desired be made adjustable in length by making one
part to telescope within the other, the joint being formed by a stuffing box of the
usual construction.
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ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Gas Brackets.
I HARRY THORPE, of 59 Theobalds Road, London, in the County of London,
Engineer, 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 form of gas bracket, the object being to
obtain a complete universal joint which can be easily adjusted in use and through
which the gas does not pass thereby avoiding all chance of leakage
In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my invention
Figure is a view in side elevation, and Figure 2 is a view in plan of my
improved gas bracket.
Throughout these several views similar parts are marked with like letters of
reference.
In my improved bracket I use a double ball and socket joint, one ball or
sphere A being formed on or attached to the plate or bracket B adapted to be
fixed to the wall or other place of fixture and to be connected to the gas pipe
or main, and the other ball or sphere A¹ being formed on or attached to the
tubular ann C of the bracket. These two balls or spheres A and Al are con-
nected by a double socket consisting of two plates "D, D, each having a half

page_text: Bocket d formed in each end. These half sockets d, d, etc. fit over and embrace
the balls or spheres A and A' and they are clamped together by a bolt or
screw E passing through the plates D, D, between the said balls or spheres. This
device gives a perfect universal joint and enables the end of the bracket carrying
the burner to be placed in any desired position with respect to the bracket
carrying it.
The gas is conveyed from the bracket B to the tubular arm C, past the double
ball and socket joint, by means of a short length of flexible tube F connecting two
nozzles a and a¹ on the bracket B and the tubular arm C respectively. The cock
or tap is preferably formed in the nozzle a as shown.
The tubular arm C may if desired be made adjustable in length by making it in
two parts C. and C₁ adapted to telescope one within the other, the joint being
formed by a stuffing box c of the usual construction in the free end of the part
of the tubular arm. The burner is fitted to the end of the part C of the tubular
arm.
I wish it to be particularly understood that I do not limit myself to the precise
details of construction herein before set forth and illustrated by the accompanying
drawing, but that I hold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as
fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.
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 improved gas bracket as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawing.
2. In a gas bracket, connecting the arm or arms carrying the burner with the
supporting bracket by means of a double ball and socket joint and a flexible bye
tube, as and for the purpose set forth.
3. In a gas bracket, the combination of the bracket B having the ball or
sphere A formed on or fixed to it, of the tubular arm C-either telescopic in its
length or not having the ball or sphere A¹ formed on or fixed to it, of the
plates D, D, having half sockets d, d, etc. formed in their ends adapted when
clamped together by the bolt E to embrace the balls or spheres A and A³, and of
the flexible tube F connecting the bracket B with the arm C, all combined,
arranged and operating as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 14th day of December 1892.
ROBT. ED. PHILLIPS, M.I.M.E.,
Consulting Engineer and Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.