IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC PACKING
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JOHN NICHOLES TAYLOR of 16 Bedford Street North Shields in the County
of Northumberland Blacksmith do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC PACKING to be as follows:-
:-
My Invention is for the purpose of putting in the joints along with Cement in
the joining together of Metal Pipes that have flanges and other Metal Articles and
making the joints Steam and Water tight with more certainty and of greater
durability than any of the ways in use.
My Invention consists of Metal Rings and Strips cut from very thin Sheets of
any suitable Metal such as Copper Brass Tin or Zinc the said Rings and Strips
being stamped with any suitable design or corrugated the corrugated I consider
preferable The Rings are for pipes that have round flanges the strips are cut into
suitable mitred lengths for pipes and other Metal Articles that have square or
oblong flanges.
In making a joint one of the corrugated Rings or Strips are laid along with
Cement on the inner part of the surface of the flange clear of the Bolts and in
screwing up the joint the ridges of the corrugations yielding to it will take the
impressions of all the irregularities of the surfaces of the flanges thus giving great
additional strength and support to the Cement making it nearly impossible for any
ordinary pressure from either Steam or Water to penetrate the joint.

page_text: I JOHN NICHOLES TAYLOR of 16 Bedford Street North Shields in the County
of Northumberland Blacksmith do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN METALLIC PACKING FOR JOINTS 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 Drawing forming a
part of this Specification. Description of the Drawing-Fig 1 is a plan and a
section at A of a Corrugated Ring Fig 2 is a plan and a section at B of a Corrugated
Strip Fig 3 is part of a pipe joint in section showing a section of a Corrugated
Ring in position at C.
My Invention is for the purpose of putting in the joints along with Cement
in the joining together of Metal pipes that have flanges and other Metal Articles
and making the joints Steam and Water tight with more certainty and of greater
durability than any of the ways in use.
My Invention consists of Metal Rings and Strips cut from very thin Sheets of
any suitable Metal such as Copper Brass Tin or Zinc the said Rings and Strips
may be stamped with any suitable design such as small squares or hexagons or any
other design that gives a similar appearance on each side of the Rings or strips or
they may be corrugated as Fig 1 and Fig 2 the corrugated I consider preferable..
The Rings Fig 1 are for pipes that have round flanges the strips Fig 2 are to cut
into suitable mitred lengths for pipes and other metal articles that have square or
oblong flanges.
In making a joint one of the corrugated Rings or Strips are laid along with
Cement on the inner part of the surface of the flange clear of the Bolts Fig 3 and
in screwing up the joint the ridges of the corrugations yielding to it will take the
impressions of all the irregularities of the surfaces of the flanges thus giving great
additional strength and support to the Cement making it nearly impossible for any
ordinary pressure from either Steam or Water to penetrate the joint.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I hereby declare that
I claim the Improvements in Metallic Packing for joints as the same is herein before
set forth and described and illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1885.