Telephone, and other Wires, Pipes, or Tubes.
Year: 1885

page_text: Telephone, and other Wires, Pipes, or Tubes.
I HENRY OGDEN ADAMS of Cambridge Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Timber Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN CASING FOR CARRYING UNDER FOOT TELEGRAPH TELEPHONE
AND OTHER WIRES PIPES OR TUBES to be as follows :-
This invention consists in constructing the curbs of street and other pavements
or paths of a hollow section or sections so as to contain and carry therein wires
tubes or pipes used for telegraph telephone or other purposes.
These casings may be made of cast or wrought iron or other metal concrete
stone brick or other suitable material and may be made with a top bottom and
sides or with the bottom dispensed with and with feet or flanges, or the bottom
may be made loose and moveable. And the interior may be divided longitudinally
into two or more spaces.
These casings may be made in short lengths for convenience of removing when
it is necessary to attend to the wires pipes or tubes. Insulators can be adjusted
within the casing where required.
Where it is ordinarily necessary to discontinue the curbing (for a carriage way
for instance) I construct the casing so as to dip down and carry under or level with
the surface of the road.

page_text: Telephone, and other Wires, Pipes, or Tubes.
I, HENRY OGDEN ADAMS of Cambridge Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Timber Mercbant do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN CASING FOR CARRYING UNDER FOOT TELEGRAPH TELEPHONE
AND OTHER WIRES PIPES OR TUBES, 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 Drawings and to the letters
and figures marked thereon :--
This Invention consists in constructing the curbs of street and other pavements
or paths of a hollow section or sections so as to contain and carry therein wires
tubes or pipes used for telegraph telephone electric lighting or other purposes or
for compressed air. These casings may be made of cast or wrought iron or other
metal concrete stone brick or other suitable material and may be made with top
bottom and sides or with the bottom dispensed with and with feet or flanges or the
bottoms may be made loose and movable and the interior may be divided longi-
tudinally into two or more spaces. These casings may be made in short lengths
for convenience of removing when it is necessary to attend to the wires pipes or
tubes and the separate lengths of the top and bottom portions may vary so as to
break the joint. Insulators can be adjusted within the casing where required.
Where it is ordinarily necessary to discontinue the curbing for a carriage way for
instance I construct the casing so as to dip down and carry under or level with the
surface of the road. One mode of constructing these casings when formed of metal
is to form the bottom of cast iron with flanges and water joints over which the
upper portion of the casing fits. This upper portion consisting of a casting forming
sides and top the top being made with chequers to give a foot hold and being
slightly sloped to throw off the water. The lengths may be fitted together by
socket and spigot joints for convenience of removing the casing for examination of
the wires or tubes therein, these joints may be varied so as to allow of certain
lengths being lifted without disturbing adjoining ones. When it is required to
pass the wires or pipes from these casings to the houses or elsewhere openings are
formed in the side of the casing and short lengths of tubing of any desired section
may be cast therein, When I construct the casing without a metal bottom I form
the bottom of stone, brick, slate, concrete or other material capable of forming &
flat surface and joint for the casing. When these tubular or hollow curbs are used
for conveyance of compressed air the lengths of casing will be cast in one piece
with suitable joints instead of with loose bottom.
Referring to the accompanying drawings Figs. 1 and 2 are side elevations and
Fig. 3 a section of a casing showing one of the modes of construction described
(a) is a cast iron bottom with the flanges (b) and water joint (c) over which the
sides (d) of the upper portion of the casing fit. The top (c) is slightly sloped
towards the street gutter (f) and is provided with the chequers (g) the dotted line
at (h) Fig. 2, shews the socket at one end of a length of casing, (i) Fig. 1 is the
spigot at the other end of the casing. The joint in the bottom plate may be placed

page_text: at (j) so as not to have the joint all round the casing at the same point. By this
means greater security from disturbance of the casing is ensured (k) is a bed of
concrete or cement which may in most cases be dispensed with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The improvements in the construction of the curbs of street and other pavements
or paths substantially as herein set forth and specified, whereby such curbs are
made the means of carrying underfoot wires pipes or tubes or for conveying of
compressed air.
PAYNE & TALBOT,
4 & 5, Arcade Chambers,
Corporation Street, Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.